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them from wandering from the others as well as to prevent the 

 hen leaving the nest loo soon. 



DISEASES OF HENS. 

 Hens are liable to but few diseases, and these, by a little at- 

 tention, are easily prevented or cured. 



GAPES OR PIP 



Is caused by drinking unwholesome water, or by long con- 

 finement. 



Remedy. — Remove the scab, or white blister, from the 

 tongue, and apply salt and vinegar, and give some oily sub- 

 stance with their food. Spirits of turpentine, and ginger, mixed 

 with their food, is a preventive. 



ROUP, CROUP, AND CATARRH. 



The symptoms are swelling of the head, thirst, inflamed and 

 swelled eyelids, difficulty of swallowing, loss of appetite, and 

 an offensive watery discharge from the mouth. These diseases 

 are produced by long confinement, impure air, or unwholesome 

 food. 



Remedy. — Put them in a warm place, bathe their heads in 

 warm, weak soap-suds, or warm new milk, giving them a 

 small quantity of ginger, mustard, or pepper, mixed with their 

 food. Should they refuse to eat, it should be forced down their 

 throats. A small quantity of pulverized charcoal, mixed with 

 corn-meal will sometimes effect a cure. 



COSTIVENESS. 



Remedy.- -Mix lard, castor-oil, or honey, with their food, or 

 dissolve a tcaspoonful of Epsom salts in 1 quart of water, in 

 which soak oats or corn, and give to the fowl. 



FLUX, OR LOOSENESS. 



Remedy. — Take 10 drops of laudanum and ^ a pint of water, 

 in which soak oats or corn, and give the hen. Or, take the 

 yolk of an egg boiled hard, cut up fine, and give with food. Or, 

 give a small quantity of lard and pulverized charcoal. 



LICE. 



These are destroyed by placing ashes and sand for the hen 

 to wallow in, and by putting a little sulphur in their food. Or, 

 immerse them in a weak decoction of tobacco-water, or sprin- 

 kle snuff over their bodies. 



GEESE. 

 These are not as profitable as some other fowls, yet if they 

 are permitted to range on commons and unoccupied lands, they 

 will yield a fair return for the capital invested. They will 

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