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by good strengthening food, plenty of exercise and clean, well-venti- 

 lated houses, free from draughts. The afflicted birds should be given 

 an internal remedy of a stimulating and tonic nature. A good one 

 is as follows : Carbonate of Iron 2 drams, Gentian Root 4 drams, 

 Cayenne Pepper I dram, Flour of Sulphur 2 drams, Hyposulphite 

 of Sodium i dram, Salicylate of Sodium I dram. These should be 

 well pulverized and thoroughly mixed. Four grains should be given 

 for a dose once a day. Wet it and make into pellets or place it in 

 capsules and force the fowl to swallow them. It may be mixed with 

 the mash if the fowl will eat. The mouth and nostrils should be 

 washed once or twice a day with a solution of Boric acid, 15 grains 

 to an ounce of water. If the eyes are closed or to clear them of the 

 sticky fluid generally present bathe them with salt water, a half tea- 

 spoonful of salt in a pint of water. Sometimes it becomes necessary 

 to open the swellings on the head and remove the pus which has 

 accumulated. This should be done with a very sharp instrument, 

 and the wounds kept filled and treated with antiseptic powder such as 

 iodoform. The throat, nostrils and cleft in the roof of the mouth 

 connecting with the nostrils should be treated two or three times daily 

 by injecting antiseptic solutions into them. Many remedies have 

 been found efficacious and cures have been effected with common 

 coal oil or kerosene, but it is better to dilute it with half sweet oil. 

 Peroxide of Hydrogen is perhaps the best. It is cheap and of un- 

 doubted merit. Whatever is used should be forced well to the affected 

 parts with a syringe, medicine dropper, or even a small oil can such 

 as used on ordinary sewing machines. Some bad cases have been 

 cured with Mexican Mustang liniment applied in this way. 



QUESTION What are the symptoms of cholera and a cure for it? 



ANSWER Genuine fowl cholera is not often found. It is often 

 confounded with some forms of indigestion that produce somewhat 

 the same symptoms,and are generally fatal. Cholera proves fatal 

 in about 3 or 4 days and treatment is useless. As good a remedy as 

 any, or one that will be as apt to produce results, is one dram of 

 hydrochloric acid in a quart of water. Give a teaspoonful twice a 

 day. One of the symptoms is loss of appetite, but in exceptional 

 cases it has been observed that the fowl will eat nearly to the time 

 it dies. One of the first symptoms noted is the yellow coloration 

 of that part of the excrement voided by the kidneys, which in a 

 healthy fowl is white, but this is present in other diseases, and in itself 

 is not an infallible indication of cholera. The droppings are con- 

 stant and are thin and watery, changing from yellow to green. The 

 bird droops and falls into a drowsy condition, from which it is with 

 difficulty aroused. The crop is sometimes distended and has the 

 appearance of being paralyzed. There is great weakness and loss 

 of flesh, an4 the bird falls over at the slightest touch, The diarrhoea 



