104 POULTRY BREEDING 
lv appear among fowls, especially young chicks. The 
ordinary forms disappear after treatment as a rule, but 
what is known as white diarrhoea (see White Diarrhoea) 
has so far not been treated successfully. ‘In fact, no 
remedy that will even relieve it has been found. For 
common forms of this disease any one of the following 
treatments is recommended by government authorities: 
1. Subnitrate of bismuth in one to four-grain doses, 
two or three times a day. 
2. Pulverized cinchona bark, one to two grains three 
times per day. 
3. Quinine one-eighth to one-half grain two times per 
day. 
+. Dry feed or cooked and slightly moist feed. 
DISEASES OF POULTRY (SYMPTOMS).—It has 
seemed advisable to treat each disease under the proper 
alphabetical classification in order that when information 
is sought it readily may be found. A great many times 
when fowls show symptoms of sickness the poultryman 
is at a loss to know what the trouble really is. In order 
to set him right in this respect we have set down the 
symptom characteristic of the principal diseases to which 
fowls are subject. By observing the actions of a sick 
fowl and consulting the symptoms given, it will be pos- 
sible in most cases to arrive at a proper diagnosis, al- 
though mistakes may be made because so many diseases 
have practically the same symptoms to those who are not 
accustomed to observing every detail. However, it is 
believed that this list of symptoms affords the best plan 
that can be followed. 
Dealing with a sick fowl is a difficult proposition at 
the best. We are obliged to guess a great many times 
as to the nature of the disease, as we must depend en- 
