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Pasty mixliii-es are sometinip.s ^iveii. Medicines are 

 mixed \Nitli sticky materials, as molasses, honey, etc., 

 made into pasty masses and placed in the back of the 

 mo-uth witli a small wooden paddle. Flocks can be 

 treated, when the birds avIH eat, by mixing medicines 

 with the food or dissolving them in water. Sometimes 

 powders are given by si)rinkling them on moist grain. 

 Chalk is frequently given in this way to birds with 

 diarrhoea by mixing it with rice that has been moist- 

 ened. It thus adheres to the kernels and is eaten with- 

 out reluctance. 



When a very iAck fowl is under treatment, it is bet- 

 ter to give small doses at frequent intervals than large 

 doses at long intervals, for in this way the action of the 

 medicine can be measured more accurately and the 

 proper dose can be ascertained by trials. Fowls of 

 different breeds and different sizes and ages require 

 different doses. It is not always possible to determine 

 these accurately, but the judgment cf the poultry 

 keeper must be called into play in all instances. 



DISINFECTION. 



Disinfection is alluded to very frequently in the fol- 

 lowing pages and is often of the greatest importance. 

 Many poultry keepers are under the impression that it 

 •s sufficient to scatter strong smelling jmwders or li- 

 q.iids about the cC'0j)S or poultry houses, and that so 

 long as the odor of these materials is in the air. the 

 premises are undergoing disinfection. Nothing could 



