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thorough disinfection of the premises and on sanitary 

 precautions. Give a thorough cleaning to the houses, 

 yards and whatever ground the poultry frequent. For 

 ■disinfecting, sulphuric acid is the cheapest, but it is 

 ■extremely dangerous to use, as it burns severely if it 

 touches one's flesh or clothing. One pound to fifty 

 •quarts of water is the right proportion to use. Pour 

 the acid slowly into the water in a wooden vessel, as 

 it creates considerable heat in mixing. Sprinkle the 

 weakened acid freely around the henhouse and on 

 the ground frequented by the poultry. Thoroughly 

 •cleanse the drinking and feeding vessels and keep them 

 ■clean. Persistent and heroic measures are necessary to 

 get rid of cholera when once it gets into a flock. The 

 following remedy is given by an Illinois poultry- keeper 

 as a sure cure for chicken cholera: Two ounces pul- 

 verized capsicum, two ounces pulverized asafetida, one 

 ■ounce pulverized rhubarb, six ounces Spanish brown, 

 two ounces flowers of sulphur; mix thoroughly and 

 keep in an air-tight can. Put one teaspoonful m two 

 quarts of the mash and feed twice a day until all symp- 

 toms of the disease disappear. 



To Avoid Colds — Each fowl showing evidence of 

 •cold or congestion should be shut up in a small coop 

 .and given two grains of calomel at night, followed by 

 ,a one-grain quinine pill night and morning for two or 

 three days. If there is any dischaige from nostrils 

 inject a few drops of camphorated oil into each nostril. 

 If any improvement is manifest in two or three days, 

 remove to a small room and add a solution of copperas 

 to the drinking water. Keep here for a week or two, 

 ■or until they show a complete recovery If, on the 

 other hand, after two or three days' observation and 

 treatment, no improvement is manifest, the bird should 

 be killed and buried. 



