AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 
chickens for a year or two, frequently treating the 
soil with applications of slaked lime and a strong 
solution of salt water. 
Diarrhoea among chicks, or as it is often termed, 
“pasting up behind,” may result from many causes. 
Diawtheee Sometimes it is due to breeding from 
Among debilitated stock. At other times 
Chicks 
errors in incubation, on account of 
which the chicks are not hatched properly, are the 
cause of the trouble. After the chicks are hatched 
the disorder may be brought on by chilling, 
improper brooder temperature, or by improper 
feeding and general mismanagement. Find the 
cause of the trouble and remove it if possible. 
Mild attacks may often be cured by withholding 
water and giving boiled milk to drink to which 
some grated cinnamon has been added. Feed char- 
coal freely. If the trouble is very bad and preva- 
lent, medicine is necessary to correct it. Use some 
reliable bowel regulator for either fowls or 
humans. 
Tuberculosis, consumption, and “ going light ” 
are used synonymously with regard to the poultry 
Miscellaneous disease which afflicts both old and 
Diseases young fowls and causes loss of flesh, 
listlessness and rapid emaciation generally. The 
comb becomes pale or even yellowish in color. The 
only effective treatment is preventive. 
Break Down Behind. If simply due to over- 
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