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when the hen -will often injure them seriously for the intrusion. 

 To place a number of these coops of chickens in the kitchen gar- 

 den, is one of the best methods of reducing those pests, the striped 

 cucumber beetle, cut worm, and potato beetle. 



Before closing this paper, it is but proper that some mention 

 should be made of the diseases of poultry. The most common 

 are the pip, roup, diarrhoea, and gapes. The pip is mostly con- 

 fined to young fowls. The symptoms are " a thickening of the 

 membrane of the tongue, especially towards the tip ;" this soon 

 becomes sufficiently great to obstruct the breathing of the fowl so 

 far as to cause gasping, and the beak is held open to assist breath- 

 ing ; the chicken then soon pines away in solitude. This disease 

 is caused by feeding upon hot food, and drinking impure water. 

 Generally, if the end of the tongue is cut off, and a supply of pure 

 water is ke})t hy the fowl, a cure will be effected ; in obstinate 

 cases, the bird had better be killed. The symptoms of the roup 

 are similar to the glanders in horses ; " constant gaping, dimness 

 of sight, lividity of the eyelids and the total loss of sight, a dis- 

 charge from the nostrils, that gradually becomes purulent and 

 fetid." For treatment, place the fowl in a warm apartment and 

 bathe the mouth, eyes and nostrils with a weak solution of chlo- 

 ride of lime and acetate of lead. The diarrhxa is caused by 

 dampness and improper food. In treatment of this disease, the 

 fowl should be placed in a warm room, and some chalk and cay- 

 enne pepper be given in its food. The treatment for the gapes is 

 similar to that for the pip, and the symptoms are nearly the 

 same ; it is caused by the presence of numerous parasitic worms 

 in the windpipe. These may be removed with a stiff feather. 



KEPORT ON PROGRESSIVE HUSBANDRY. 



The Committee on Progressive Husbandry visited the farm of 

 Dr. Morton, for the purpose of seeing the improvements made 

 during the past year. The Chairman having resigned, in conse- 

 quence of illness, and the records of the last visit not being at 

 hand, we cannot make so minute a comparison of this year's with 

 last year's condition of the farm, as would be desirable. 



The general appearance of the farm shows continued attention 

 to its improvement. The cows, pigs, fowls, horses, implements 

 and manure-heaps, show^ the same determination of the owner to 

 reach his ideal standard of success. The crogs of grain and ruta- 

 bagas iiad a promising appearance. The grass had been mowed. 

 The manufacture of manure on a liberal scale was carried on, as 

 it had been for some years. The chief improvement was the con- 



