94 DISEASES. 



" WoLSELET Aviaries. 



" Eestoeative to prevent Eotjp and Gapes 



IN Chickens and old Fowls. 



" One pound of sulphate of iron, one ounce of sulphu- 

 ric acid, dissolved ia a jug with hot water, then let it 

 stand twenty-four hours, and add one gallon of spring 

 water ; when fit for use, one teaspoonful of the restora- 

 tive to a pint of water, given every other day to chickens, 

 and once a-week to old fowls, will make roup and gapes 

 entirely a stranger to your yards." 



" Pills to Cure Koup in Poultry and Pheasants. 



" One grain of calomel, one graio of antimony, made 

 into a pill ; one to be given every evening ; fowls kept 

 dry, and fed on soft food ; when getting better, add a 

 teaspoonful of the restorative to the water every day 

 untU they have quite recovered, which wUl be in about a 

 week." 



I hope none of my readers will be so unlucky 

 as to have a fowl poisoned; but if so, I give Mr 

 Douglas's method of cure : — 



" How TO Treat a Poisoned Fowl. 



" There must be no delay. Give two or three spoon- 

 fuls of castor oil, according to the size of the bird. 



" In haK-an-hour administer a strong infusion of coffeo 

 - with a little sugar, but no milk. 



" The strength is one ounce of coffee to a wine glass 



