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pathic Padophyllum, a few drops in the drinking water. 

 Also remove the hardened excretion and anoint the parts. 

 Chamomilla is also useful in this complaint. 



DYSENTERY. The symptoms are frequent straining and the 

 passage of urates streaked with blood. Homeopathic Mercurius 

 corrosivus is indicated. 



Loss OF SIGHT AND WASTING AWAY. Homeopathic Phos- 

 phorous, 6. 



FROSTED COMB AND WATTLES. As soon as discovered 

 bathe with compound tincture of benzoin. 



FOR LICE on perches, walls and coops, use kerosene or lime 

 wash. To make the lime-wash more effective, pour a little crude 

 carbolic acid on the lime before slaking or mix with plenty of 

 salt. 



For use in nests, pour crude carbolic acid on lime and allow 

 it to air-slake. Put one or two handfuls of the carbolized lime 

 dust in the nest box. 



Pyrethrum powder, sold as insect powder, is the dry leaves 

 and blossoms of Pyrethrum roseum ground to a fine dust. This 

 kills by contact and is effective for dusting in nests, and through 

 the feathers of birds. It is not poisonous to animal life. Its 

 judicious use in the plumage and nests of sitting hens will in- 

 sure immunity from lice for the hen and her young brood. 



Chicks and poults are often killed by large lice that congre- 

 gate about the head, throat, vent and wings. To destroy them, 

 soak fish berries (coccolus indicus) in alcohol, take the birds 

 from under the mothers at night and slightly moisten the down 

 of the infested parts with the poison. Kerosene oil, clear, or 

 mixed with sweet oil or lard may be used in the same way if care 

 be taken to use only a little. 



RATS, of all vermin, are probably the most destructive 

 because of their number and because they harbor in and around 

 poultry buildings. Cats, terrier dogs, traps and poisons should 

 all be used for their annihilation. Rats have a great liking for 

 ducklings and it is necessary to guard them with special care. 



OPOSSUMS will lodge in rail piles during the day-time and 

 raid the coops and houses at night. They kill a few at a time 

 and gnaw the neck and head only. A steel trap set inside at 

 the hole where the animal enters and screened by boards to 

 prevent the fowls from interfering will catch the rascals. 



