CHAPTER XIV 



POULTRY AILMENTS 

 ROUP 



T)OUP is a disease that gives worry to 

 -*-^ the poultry men and women. Like 

 cholera, it is contagious, runs a rapid course, 

 and even if some birds are brought back to 

 apparent health, they are not safe to breed 

 from, as their progeny are sure to have a 

 predilection for colds, sore eyes, or swollen 

 heads, which sooner or later break out and 

 cause endless trouble. Many people scoff 

 at the idea of roup being transmitted to fu- 

 ture generations. I did myself at one time, 

 and bought two sittings of eggs from two dif- 

 ferent farmers whose fowls had suffered an 

 attack of roup the preceding winter, and 

 proved myself all wrong ! 



Of the first sitting twelve hatched, rather 

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