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istering it or simply drop it out of the bottle. To prevent 
colds and keep roup at bay, put enough permanganate of 
potash in the drinking water to give it a slight reddish 
color. This permanganate of potash dissolved in water 
until the water is a deep claret color and used as a wash 
for the head and mouth is a very good cure for mild 
cases of roup. 
“When a cold degenerates into any of the diseases 
known as roup it is time for the owner of the sick fowl 
to take immediate action. Roup has several phases and 
is known by several local names. It is called ‘swelled 
face,’ ‘pip,’ ‘canker’ or ‘catarrh.’ Some authorities call 
the kind that appears as a swelling on one or both sides 
of the face, ‘catarrhal roup,’ and the kind that develcps 
a tough yellowish membrane in the throat and mouth 
as ‘diphtheretic roup.’ Either kind may easily be known 
by the foul odor known to poultrymen as the ‘roup smell’ 
which once met is always recognized. When it reaches 
this stage it has become contagious. The pus clogs up 
nostrils or throat, according to the form of the disease, 
interfering with the breathing of the patient. The fowl 
coughs and sneezes to throw the obstruction out, wipes 
its beak on its feathers and the diseased and germ laden 
matter is scattered about the feed boxes, the poultry 
house and on other birds only to be swallowed and pro- 
duce disease. 
‘Radical measures must be adopted to effect a cure. 
If the face is swelled near the eye or one or both sides, 
watch the swelling and when it becomes soft in the cen- 
ter open it freely with a sharp knife, cutting from the 
upper to the lower side. Cut deep enough so the enclosed 
pus will drain out, then wash the wound with a mixture 
of peroxide of hydrogen and water, half and half. Drop 
