58 POULTRY SECRETS REVEALED. 



Fowl cholera is a contagious, rapid and deadly disease. Symptoms 

 are great thirst; loss of appetite; high fever; drowsiness; comb, face, 

 and wattles seem bloodless; excessive diarrhoea; death. 



There is no cure. 



The treatment is preventive. Disinfect thoroughly and often. 

 Promptly remove all infected birds. Give them water to which creolin 

 has been added — a teaspoonful to an ordinary wooden bucket. For 

 individual treatment with valuable birds that are under suspicion, 

 give a small dose — a one-thousandth of a grain tablet of mercury 

 bichloride every two or three hours. If the disease is established, then 

 promptly kill and cremate the bird. 



Genuine cholera is rare. Therefore note all the symptoms. 



Roup is a cold — that means, a congestion. But a cold is not often 

 roup. When the bird stinks — that's the proper word, for the roup 

 "odor" is a stench — when this smell is present with the usual marks 

 of a bad cold — don't hesitate. 



CHOP OFF ITS HEAD! 



All the roup "cures" on earth will not make such a bird fit for 

 breeding. She is almost certain to transmit the disease, or a tendency 

 to contract it, even though she herself should apparently be "cured." 



Don't "fuss" with a roupy bird. If you do you are liable to catch 

 the distemper — for it is very contagious. 



A neglected cold Is the usual exciting cause of roup. And a cold 

 is easily cured if taken in hand at once. 



As soon as you hear any wheezing or sneezing among your birds 

 you should begin operations. A dollar cure for dime— or less— may 

 be had as follows: 



