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to do SO. When these remedies are not sufficient to check the disease, 

 give chlorodyne in water as prescribed on the bottle. 



Roup. This is a very contagious and fatal disease, and when it once 

 gets into a flock is very difiicult to get rid of. Especial care is necessary 

 to see that it is not communicated from one fowl to another, and as long 

 as there is a case of roup about the place wash all dishes every day with 

 carbolic acid water, and the houses should be lime-washed once a week. 

 The affected bird, of course, will be separated from the flock, and as soon 

 as it is positively known that roup is the disease, killed off at once, and 

 very deeply buried. 



The bird seems to have a cold, but roup is known by the offensive 

 breath, swollen face and eyes, and a discharge from the nostrils. 



If this attacks a very valuable fowl and it is desirable to try and cure, 

 the following remedies may be successful. Wash the face, nostrils and 

 mouth with chlorinated soda to kill the mucus which gathers there. 

 Give sulphur or charcoal to cure the scrofula symptoms, and copaiba 

 capsules for the cold. 



Common Cold, or Catarrh. This disease in poultry produces 

 the same symptoms that it does in man, namely: a running at the nose, 

 and a slight swelling of the eyes. It arises from exposure, and if not 

 attended to, may result seriously. To cure the cold the bird should be 

 kept in a warm place and have doses of copaiba capsules, and be given 

 nutritious food. 



Bronchitis. Common colds sometimes settle on the bronchial tubes 

 instead of in the head, and the fowls are seen constantly coughing with- 

 out any other signs of a cold. These symptoms are caused by bronchi- 

 tis. Generally all that is necessary to cure is to remove the bird at once 

 to a warm, moist atmosphere. A warm day should be chosen to re- 

 turn the fowl to its former house. If the cold lingers, give one grain of 

 calomel and one grain of tartar emetic each morning till an improve- 

 ment is seen. 



Disorders of the 'Bigg Organs. Bad feeding sometimes is the 

 cause of the delicate mechanism by means of which the egg is formed 

 and voided getting so disordered that it can not perform the functions of 

 nature. These organs may be disordered b)' lack of a sufficient supply 

 of shell-forming material, which results in soft -shelled eggs. Birds that 

 are free to run generally find enough of the shell-forming material, so 

 that they are rarely troubled with this difficulty. Occasionally a hen 

 becomes egg-bound. When this happens inject into the oviduct a little 



