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Diseases of Poult ri/ 



affected birds may be saved by applying flowers of sulphur 

 or tincture of iodine to the diseased patches seen in the mouth 



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Fig. 32. — Aspergillus fumigatus. Greatly enlarged. (After Mohler and 

 Buckley.) 



and throat, and causing the birds to inhale the vapor of tar 

 water or turpentine. Tar water is obtained by stirring 

 2 tablespoonfuls of wood tar in a quart of warm water and 

 letting the mixture stand for a few hours. Then the birds 



