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Scurfy Legs. The coops should be thoroughly 

 cleaned and whitewashed, and the legs of the affected 

 birds well soaked in hot water, the scales peeled off, and 

 the legs then washed with some antiseptic soap. All 

 affected fowls should be removed, and all affected 

 pheasants isolated. 



Partridges. The remarks made above in regard 

 to overcrowding, interbreeding, change of ground and 

 food, cleanliness, and the burning of all dead birds, apply 

 equally to partridges as to pheasants. What has been 

 said about supplying partridges with drinking fountains 

 in very dry weather must be remembered in consider- 

 ing the question of gapes. Mr. Horace Hutchinson 

 practically cured his estate at Newmarket of this disease 

 by putting down numerous drinking fountains the 

 moment dry weather set in after hatching time. 



Rabbits. The constant change of blood, attention 

 to the feeding capacities of the ground, and the avoid- 

 ance of turnips as a food are the best preventives of 

 disease. If disease has spread to any large extent, the 

 whole stock should be killed off. This applies also to 

 partridges and to pheasants. The ground should also 

 be thoroughly dressed with salt and lime. 



