AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 
inhale the steam from boiling water in which has 
been placed a teaspoonful of carbolic acid to a 
quart of water. 
Genuine fowl cholera is comparatively rare; 
simple indigestion and bowel disorders are often 
Indigestion termed cholera. With true cholera, 
and Cholera diarrhoea is always present and is one 
of the main symptoms. Improper food, filthy 
quarters and general mismanagement are always 
at the bottom of an attack of cholera and of 
all other bowel disorders. In general, among 
beginners, derangements of the fowls’ digestive 
organs are more common where mashes are fed 
than where the dry-feed system is employed. 
The free use of a good disinfectant is very 
essential in cases of these diseases. There are 
on the market many poultry remedies especially 
for cholera and bowel disorders. One of the best 
home remedies is one dram of hydrochloric acid in 
a quart of water, keeping all other water away 
from the fowls. The fowls in the flock that are 
apparently well should be fed liberal quantities of 
charcoal as a corrector, or may be given sulpho- 
carbolate of zinc in the drinking water, one-eighth 
of an ounce of the drug to a quart of water. 
For mild diarrhoea, charcoal will often be as 
efficient as anything required, giving boiled milk 
to drink and dry food. Constipation is usually 
caused by lack of exercise and of green food. Cor- 
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