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A GOOD TONIC. 



There are times when a good tonic is of great value in the 

 poultry yard. After a long, cold winter or when disease makes 

 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, oz. 



Water, i 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 produc- 

 tion 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 begins, 

 for it is best for both the males and females to be separated 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 50 fowls, and on alternate days a tablespoonful of 

 carbonate of iron. Do not give the carbonate of iron to white 

 fowls, unless you are indifferent as to the purity of their plum- 

 age, for it will give the new feathers a creamy or brassy tinge. 

 If this treatment is kept up 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, 



