CHAPTER XIX 

 Diseases — Their Cause and Cure 



I am going to write a few words here on diseases of 

 chid\ens, of which there are many; in fact, so many that 

 I will only mention a few which are apt to give you 

 trouble. 



First. I will take the cause, which is improper feeding 

 in nearly every case. All colds, roup, cholera, bowel 

 trouble come from improper feeding. This also causes 

 lice, which live on the hen, or rather the poison thrown 

 off her system. 



Heavy feeding of rich mashes will quickly knock out 

 your birds and various diseases will soon step in 



Our old-fashioned farmers never knew what colds and 

 roup were, but of late years many farmers have been 

 feeding mash to increase their egg yield, and the result — 

 colds, roup, cholera. 



If you will feed my way and cut your mashes out 

 you will not be troubled with disease. Roup and cholera 

 will not be known. If you see a hen sick just give her 

 a tablespoonful of castor oil and in twenty-four hours 

 more, if she is not all right, give hfer another spoonful. 

 If she is no better at the end of next twenty-four hours 

 better cut her head off and bum- her up for she will only 

 mope around and finally die. 



I find roup and colds in fowls grown, or nearly grown, 

 can be cured in nearly every case without medicine by 

 feeding them my way, and partly grown to one-third 

 grown birds will improve very rapidly on this hopper 

 feeding, and by the aid of good roup cure you can save 

 nearly every bird and get them well and strong. But 

 never give them a mash. 



You may occasionally have a hen go light, but very 

 rare on this method of feeding. I find corn is the cause 

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