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some has proved successful. Give the Douglas Mixture to drink 

 A very strong decoction of oak bark or peach tree leaves is recom- 

 mended for stopping the discharges. Another remedy is carbon 

 (charcoal), one pound; sulphur, one pound; sulphate of iron (cop- 

 peras), one-half pound; calomel, ten grains; salicylic acid, one 

 drachm; ground to a fine powder, and thoroughly mixed. Dose, a 

 tablespoonful in moist meal for twelve fowls once a day. Another 

 medicine is rhubarb, five grains; cayenne pepper, two grains; laud- 

 anum, ten drops, every three hours, with a little brandy between 

 doses. Kerosene is recommended, but it should be used with meal, 

 or on bread. Three or four drops to every bolus, and if the bird 

 refuses to . eat, cram it down its throat, the proportion should be a 

 pint of kerosene to a pailful of meal. 



Equal parts of cayenne pepper. May apple root and blue vitriol, 

 thoroughly mixed and made into a pill the size of a garden pea, 

 given every three hours, has proved very successful. 



Roup. — This disease is by far the most prevalent among 

 poultry. The first symptom usually shows about the eyes, which 

 become watery, and a clear viscid discharge at the mouth and nostrls 

 is generally seen about the same time. At this stage it assumes the 

 nature of catarrh, and is easily cured. , In a few days discharges 

 from the nostrils appear, the membrane of the air passage, throat 

 and tear tube becomes inflamed, often the eyes swell up and close, 

 and an accumulation of matter closes the eye ball. When the 

 secretions become acrid, they cause purulent discharges, and when 

 they get thick and hard about the nostrils, the case needs prompt 

 attention. 



Treatment : — First wash the head, eyes and nostrils with castile 

 soap and tepid water, or with warm vinegar and salt, to which a 

 little alcohol can be added. If a mild case, inject some of this pre- 

 paration into the nostrils, and swab the mouth and throat two or 

 three times a day. A solution of sulphate of zinc, say twelve grains 

 to the fluid ounce of water, is excellent for the same purpose. 

 Syringing the mouth and nostrils with water, in which enough per- 

 maganate of potash to give it a rich color is dissolved, is good. 



After thoroughly cleansing the head, face and nostrils of matter, 

 press out all you can from the nostrils and inject with a dropper or 

 machine oil can, or insert with a feather the following mixture : 

 Equal parts of sugar of lead, pulverized alum and acetic acid, when 

 it becomes the consistency of thin cream, inject twice a day. This 

 mixture will cure most every case. One ounce of camphorated oil 



