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Costiveness. The existence of this disorder will become apparent by observing 

 the unsuccessful attempts of the fowl to relieve itself. It frequently results from 

 continued feeding on dry diet, without access to green vegetables; indeed, without 

 the use of these, or some substitute, such as mashed potatoes, costiveness is 

 certain to ensue. The want of a sufficient supply of good water will also occasion 

 the disease, on account of that peculiar structure of the fowl, which renders them 

 unable to void their urine, except in connection with the faeces of solid food, and 

 through the same channel. 



Treatment. Soaked bread, with warm skimmed milk, is a mild remedial agent, 

 and will usually suffice. Boiled carrots or cabbage are more efficient. A meal of 

 earth-worms is sometimes advisable; and hot potatoes, mixed with bacon fat, are 

 said to be excellent. Castor oil and burned butter will remove the most obstinate 

 cases; though a clyster of oil, in addition, may sometimes be required, in order to 

 effect a cure. 



Lice. Treatment. To attain this, whitewash frequently all the parts adjacent 

 to the roosting-pole; take the poles down, and run them slowly through a fire made 

 of wood shavings, dry weeds, or other light combustibles. Flowers of sulphur placed 

 in a vessel, and set on fire in a close poultry house, will penetrate every crevice and 

 effectually exterminate the vermin. When a hen comes off with her brood, the old 

 nest should be cleaned out and a new one placed; and dry tobacco leaves, rubbed to 

 a powder between the hands, and mixed with the hay of the nest, will add much to 

 the health of the poultry. Flowers of sulphur may also be mixed with Indian meal 

 and water, and fed in the proportion of one pound of sulphur to two dozen fowls, in 

 two parcels, two days apart. Almost any kind of grease, or unctuous matter, is also 

 certain death to the vermin of domestic poultry. In the case of very young chickens, 

 it should only be used in a warm, sunny day, when they should be put into a coop 

 with their mother, the coop darkened for an hour or two, and everything made quiet, 

 that they may secure a good rest and nap after the fatigue occasioned by greasing 

 them. They should be handled with great care, and greased thoroughly; the hen, 

 also. After resting, they may be permitted to come out and bask in the sun; and in 

 a few days they will look sprightly enough. To guard against vermin, however, it 

 should not be forgotten that cleanliness is of vital importance, and there must always 

 be plenty of slacked lime, dry ashes, and sand, easy of access to the fowls, in which 

 they can roll and dust themselves. 



MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES. 



Wound Balsam, for Horse or Human Flesh. Take gum benzoin, in powder, 

 six ounces; balsam of tolu, in powder, three ounces; gum storax, two ounces; frank- 

 incense, in powder, two ounces; gum myrrh, in powder, two ounces; Socotorine 

 aloes, in powder, three ounces; alcohol, one gallon. Mix them all together and put 

 them in a digester, and give them a gentle heat for three or four days; then strain. 



Nerve and Bone Liniment. Take beefs gall, one quart; alcohol, one pint; 

 volatile liniment, one pound; spirits of turpentine, one pound; oil of origanum, four 

 ounces; aqua ammonia, four ounces; tincture of cayenne, one-half pint; oil of amber, 

 three ounces; tincture of Spanish flies, six ounces. Mix. Uses too well known to 

 need description. This is more particularly applicable to horse flesh. 



St. John's Condition Powders. Take fenugreek, cream of tartar, gentian, 

 sulphur, saltpetre, resin, black antimony, and ginger; equal quantities of each, say 



