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same treatment. Almost all their ailments 

 proceed from wet, which must, of course, be 

 counteracted by the appropriate remedies. 

 The French writers speak of two diseases 

 incidental to turkeys, le pousse du rouge, or 

 the red, and le blanc, or the white. The first 

 occurs when their wattles begin to appear, 

 and wet weather comes on ; for this they 

 recommend crumbs dipped in wine, pepper, 

 fennel, and other stimulating articles, accom- 

 panied with bleeding in the axillary vein. 

 A better practice is to house them, and feed 

 with corn or buckwheat. The second I only 

 know by name, but it appears to arise from 

 exposure to wet, and would seem to require 

 the same treatment. In France they also 

 appear to be liable to an eruptive disease, 

 which is very fatal, but which I have never 

 seen in this country. They are, however, 

 subject to the scratches, which is usually at- 

 tributed to buckwheat feed. 



