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that it always originates in a cold, when it appears in a 
healthy flock that has not been subject to contagion. 
There is very good reason to believe that the disease is 
not infectious, as the writer has known it to rage in one 
yard while the fowls in another near by showed no 
symptoms. The following from “The Breeder’s Gazette” 
agrees very closely with present knowledge of the dis- 
ease and gives a course of treatment which has been 
found as efficacious as any tried: 
“The very best way to treat a bad case oi roup is to 
kill the patient and burn the body. Then try to save the 
remainder by using some thorough system of disinfection 
that any druggist will recommend. Roup starts from 
carelessness, possibly through ignorance or lack of knowl- 
edge. No one would deliberately expose his fowls in a 
way to ruin their health, but many do not know that a 
little crack in the wall of the poultry house or some other 
exposure to unequal temperature may start a cold with 
disastrous consequences. Colds are shown by a watery 
discharge from the nostrils and a gathering of a frothy 
substance in the corners of the eyes. Sometimes hens 
will rattle in their throats when they breathe or they will 
sneeze, especially after going to roost. Usually common 
kerosene will cure a simple cold, if taken when it first 
shows. Put the oil in a sewing machine oil can and 
squirt it into the nostrils and the slit in the top of the 
mouth. If the cold seems severe give the patient a one- 
half grain capsule of quinine once a day for two or ‘three 
days. 
“Another good cure is peroxide of hydrogen, reduced 
one-half with water. Drop a few drops of this in the 
eyes, nostrils and the slit in the roof of the mouth. Keep 
this ina glass bottle and use a glass syringe when admin- 
