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its appearance and it is desirable to reinforce the health of the 

 fowls, a good tonic should be given. Douglas Mixture is one 

 of the best, and is used by poultrymen everywhere. It is made 

 as follows : 



Sulphate of iron, 8 oz. 



Sulphuric acid, l / 2 oz. 



Water, 1 gal. 



Put into a bottle or jug one gallon water, add the sulphate 

 of iron ; as soon as the iron is dissolved add the acid. When 

 the mixture is clear it is ready for use. Dose, a tablespoonful 

 to every quart of drinking water. The drinking vessels while 

 using this tonic, must be glass or glazed earthenware. 



MOULTING. 



Moulting is not a disease, in the sense that it is something 

 abnormal or unnatural ; but it is a disease in the sense that it 

 is a state of discomfort or dis-ease. For best results in egg 

 production birds should be helped through the moult, and the 

 time should be made as brief as possible. 



Remove all males from the flock as soon as moulting be- 

 gins, for it is best for both the males and females to be sepa- 

 rated at this time. Feed about as usual, only be sure that 

 plenty of meat or green ground bone is given in the daily 

 ration, and that plenty of green food is always at hand. Three 

 times a week in dry, bright weather put a tablespoonful of 

 flowers of sulphur in the mash for every fifty fowls, and on 

 alternate days a tablespoonful of carbonate of iron. Do not 

 give the carbonate of iron to white fowls, for it will give the 

 feathers a creamy or brassy tinge. If this treatment is kept 

 lip during the entire moult the birds will get through easily, 

 as there will be no loss of strength, nor will any of them hang 

 in the moult, but keep on until completed. 



EGG EATING: HOW TO PREVENT IT. 



Egg eating is a vice that is much easier to prevent than to 

 cure. Where the eggs are gathered at frequent intervals, 

 where the hens are supplied with plenty of material for making 

 shells, where the hens are kept busy when not on the nests, 

 egg eating is practically unknown. 



The only sure cure for egg eating is the hatchet. Before 

 this is applied, however, an effort should be made to stop the 

 vice. Two or more china eggs should be placed in each nest 



