230 DISEASES IN CHICKENS. 



and naturally frugal fare, build up prize goslings. 

 To attain to the enormous weights required, high 

 feeding is de rigueur. 



In spring the weather is generally very trying 

 for young chickens. They have then much to 

 strive against — and happy those breeders who can 

 say they have not suffered in stock from the pre- 

 valence of cold winds, showers of rain and sleet, 

 with treacherous glimpses of sun, wnich, like 

 a false friend, smiles upon us only to leave us in 

 the hour of trial and weakness. It is then that 

 roup and other diseases will probably appear, 

 with the usual fatal results. Much, however, 

 may be done, by care and experience, to ward off 

 the malady, and I am glad to be able to come 

 to the assistance of desponding fellow-henwives, 

 and give them a recipe for the benefit of their 

 valuable young birds. If roup, though a very 

 deadly disease, has made its appearance, it can 

 be cured. Put into each drinking vessel a piece 

 of camphor, and as it dissolves replace it. If 



