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bird to bird. The buildings should be cleaned, white- 

 washed and made as dry, light and warm as possible. 

 Feed the well birds attractive food, but never leave it 

 before them to eat at will. Add Douglas mixture to 

 their drinking water. As for the sick fowls, if they 

 are numerous enough or sufficiently valuable to be 

 worth treatment, a simple remedy is a drop of kerosene 

 in the nose passages and a very little applied to the 

 other diseased parts with a small brush. Carbolic acid 

 one part to fifty parts water may be used. Peroxide 

 of hydrogen diluted one-half with water and squirted 

 into the nostrils with a fountain pen filler or medicine 

 dropper will help clear the passages. Remove matter 

 on face and eyes with soft sponge and warm water, 

 and from the throat with a cotton wad on a splinter. 

 Roup is sometimes mistaken for gapes on account of 

 the gasping for breath, but examination will show the 

 difference by the appearance of whitish matter and 

 other signs of roup. 



Sore Heads — Use vaseline, kerosene and sulphur 

 rubbed on the head. This is quick and effective. 



Scaly leg is caused by a parasite that lives under 

 the scale of the leg, and the scab is the excrement, etc., 

 thrown off by these insects. It can be easily cured if a 

 little pains is taken to rub on ointment made of kero- 

 sene, lard and a little sulphur added. The quantity 

 is immaterial ; the kerosene, being the most penetrat- 

 ing, is the best part of the remedy, and the lard gives 

 sufficient consistency to it, so that it does not run off 

 quickly. Rub this well in under the scales three times, 

 about a week apart, and it will effect a cure. It is no 

 harm to rub it on oftener if you wish to, but there is 

 no particular need of it. 



Skunks — Lay for them on moonlight nights with 

 a good gun, and shoot them. After you have killed a 

 few they will be less troublesome. You can trap them 



