DISEASES. 



the fowl can be removed, on the first symptom 

 of illness. 



Sickly fowls are generally ill-used by their 

 companions, pecked at, and evidently objects of 

 dislike ; therefore a sanatorium is indispen- 

 sable. 



Poultry are subject to many diseases ; tbe old 

 (alderman-like) suffer from gout; moulting, with 

 them, is often so severe and protracted that it 

 carries them off. 



The young are victims of roup, gapes, leg weak- 

 ness, and bad feathering. Roup is highly infec- 

 tious, and a very deadly disease, but if taken in 

 time, can be cured. The premonitory symptoms 

 are a slight hoarseness and catching in the breath, 

 as if from cold. Do not neglect this, but at once 

 remove the sufferer to the hospital, and give a 

 tablespoonful of castor oil. 



A few hours after, administer one of Baily's 

 " roup and condition pills," and take the scale off 

 the tongue, which can easily be done by holding 

 the bill open with the left hand, and removing the 

 excrescence with the thumb-nail of the right. 



Repeat the dose of physic every morning for a 



