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Oil the other hand, beef or any kind of meat is rich pro- 

 tein or nutriment, over seventy per cent and the rest water. 

 It also causes indigestion as the meat is hard to digest, not 

 being" cooked. The gizzard cannot grind meat, it grinds 

 grain, but this meat gets to the gizzard in chunks and stops 

 up the opening of the gizzard at times and what food is 

 eaten after the meal stays in the stomach, causing a disor- 

 der, distemper and indigestion. It causes a high fever and 

 affects the liver and bowels. If you want to kill a dog just 

 feed him all the raw meat he wants. You will soon notice 

 a froth on the mouth, he will get stiff and a regular distem- 

 per set in, and if not attended to he will die. 



It is the same with fowls, the first visible effect of rich 

 highly fed poultry is a high fever, heavy breathing, water 

 and froth in eyes, swollen eyes and head, then canker in 

 mouth, then bad breath, worse than a rotten egg. This is 

 roup, and if one has it they all get it and the whole lot will 

 die. It is contagious. No medicine on earth will cure roup. 

 The very best thing to do is to not feed anything for a week. 

 Give them water. This will stop the fever. Hunger is the 

 best cure for almost any disease. Not only that, but a sick 

 bird or person has no desire to eat. and if forced to eat 

 while sick it is very dangerous. 



Mash food also causes roup. Mash fed to poultry over- 

 loads their whole system, causes disorders and indigestion, 

 fever, and if in winter the fever brings on a cold, then roup 

 gets into the flock. 



To prevent roup, feed a variety of grain, and give them 

 free range. Give them lots of outdoor exercise and sun. 

 Keep the house clean and open every day for air. Throw 

 the grain in straw and keep them scratching. 



To prevent frost on the walls of poultry houses air it 

 well and don't close it up tight. 



Birds in the air never have roup or colds. They are not 

 housed nor fed on high rich foods and are out in cold, rain 

 and snow. 



Above all, don't overcrowd the house with hens and 

 don't keep 1,000 in a house, even if it is 1,000 feet long and 



