1022 POULTRY. 



with water sufficient to mix into boluses of the size of a hazel-nut, 

 and give three times a day. Infallible. (Dr. Bennett.) Or, put three 

 drops of mother tincture of aconite fnto half a pint of their drinking 

 water, and feed moderately warm food seasoned with — 



Licorice 2 oz. 



Ginger .' 2 oz. 



Cayenne pepper 1 oz. 



Anise seed J oz. 



Pimento. 3 oz. 



Sulphate of iron 1 oz. 



/ 

 Powder and mix. 



CHOLERA. 



This disease is thought to be caused by the cholera microbe, a 

 minute organism ift the blood. 



Symptoms! — Specific, infectious, often epidemic. It affects the 

 liver, poisons the blood, causes violent diarrhea, and terminates 

 quickly. There is immoderate thirst, the droppings, green at first, 

 become thin and white ; there is great debility, and often cramps. 



Treatment. — Give alum water in drink, and food as soon as the 

 fowl looks droopy; also, put in a day's feed for a dozen fowls a 

 tablespoonful each of red pepper, gunpowder, and turpentine, well 

 mixed through, and well-cooked cornmeal. (Lewis.) 



Rhubarb {j gr. 



Cayenne pepper 2 gr. 



Laudanum '.' 10 drops. 



Dose every three hours, giving between doses a teaspoonful of brandy 

 diluted with its bulk of water into which have been dropped three 

 grains of calcine. 



Here is a desirable prescription for cholera pills : — 



Sulphite of soda ._ 1 dr. 



Powdered red pepper ' J dr. 



Powdered rhubarb ; 1 dr. 



Powdered boracic acid 1 dr. 



Mix to a paste with mucilage of acacia, and make 40 pills. Give one 

 in a dose of salad oil twice daily to each fowl. *- 



, CONSUMPTION. 



This disease is chiefly constitutional and hereditary, but it may 

 also be acquired by damp, dark, badly ventilated, and filthy houses. 

 It is incurable., Prevention is all we can recommend. Watch the 

 housing and feeding, and do not breed suspected fowls. (See De- 

 bility,) 



CRAMPS. 



Cause.r~ Close confinement on damp, cold, clay floors. 



