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can be bought for a penny, and it is pure neglect that causes 

 them to lay shelless eggs, except in a few cases of debility where 

 the power of assimilation is lost. 



PARALYSIS. 



Leg weakness, referred to at page 135, is not the same 

 thing. It is a derangement of the nervous system or a pressure 

 on the spinal cord. 



ROUR 



This disease has been called glanders, from its malignancy 

 in some seasons. Coming on with the appearance of a 

 common cold, it soon develops into a nasal gleet, and the 

 whole of the respiratory membranes of the head are 

 involved. The nostrils become glued together and the 

 eyes closed. 



Treatment. — Change of food, a dose or two of castor-oil 

 and rubbing the legs with the EUiman's. 



PIR 



A horny tumour on the tip of the tongue. 



Cause. — Stoppage of the nostrils and breathing through the 

 mouth. 



Treatment. — Scrape it off and dress with powdered alum. 

 See to the general health, as pip is but a symptom and not a 

 disease in itself. 



POISONING. 



Many valuable fowls are lost by carelessness in throwing out 

 poisoned bails that have been used or intended for rats and 

 mice. Vermin-killers of the dry kind sold in packets, contain 



