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poultry- that have slight colds two tablets two or three 

 times a day for from 1 to 3 da. 



Homeopathic remedies are used by many poultrymen for 

 their poultry with satisfactory results. Such remedies 

 should be given to poultry in quantities about as 

 recommended for children. 



Healing powders for applying to sores of any kind are 

 useful to have on .a poultry establishment. Equal parts 

 of burnt alum and zinc oxide; or zinc oxide, powdered 

 magnesia, and Venetian red are effective for this pur- 

 pose. Burnt alum and the mixture of burnt alum and 

 zinc oxide are excellent for use on any kind of sores. 

 The zinc oxide and the powdered magnesia are very 

 healing and painless. The Venetian red is slightly 

 caustic and may be used where a light cauterization is 

 needed. 



Hydrogen peroxide, a clear solution that looks like 

 water, is useful for cleansing and disinfecting ulcers 

 or other sores on poultry. 



Paraffin oil is a mineral oil derived from petroleum. 

 It may be used for relief in cases of scaly leg and 

 bumblefoot and may be applied to injuries of the shank, 

 but should not be applied to the skin of the body or to 

 the feathers. 



Ointments are sometimes needed for irritations of the 

 skin. Fresh zinc-oxide ointment is useful for this pur- 

 pose, but when it becomes rancid it is unfit for use. An 

 ointment made of equal parts of glycerine and rose 

 water mixed in a mortar with zinc oxide until the 

 whole assumes a thick mass, may also be used. 



Iodine, turpentine, creoline, zenoleum, and tincture of 

 iron are effective for destroying warts on poultry. 



Tonics for preventing illness should never be given to 

 poultry. Fowls in good health do much better without 

 them. A tonic for young or half-grown chicks that have 

 been weakened from any cause may be given in pill 

 form according to the following formula: 2 dr. of 

 iron citrate and 30 gr. of quinine sulphate, mixed 

 into a mass with sirup of gum arabic so as to make 



