84 Hubbard's poultry secrets. 



dose which would mean a great deal of work. The best way 

 to treat a flock that has the fall cold or distemper is to keep 

 them out in the air all you can on clear days. 



On rainy days keep them in. They should be treated in the 

 following manner : For drinking water use clear water to 

 which has been added a tablespoonful of spirits of camphor (to 

 two gallons.) Give them no other water to drink. They should 

 be fed twice a day. These feeds should consist of mash which 

 has been wet up with water and into which there has been 

 mixed a large quantity of raw meat or liver ; also put in three 

 drops of aconite to each bird. Mix up what mash they will 

 eat up at once. Burn a cresolene lamp at night in their sleep- 

 ing quarters. Follow this treatment for a week or ten days 

 and your trouble will be all over. If the birds show a loose- 

 ness of the bowels use a little Venetian red in the mash. 



LIVER TROUBLE. 



When a bird is affected with a bad case of liver trouble, the 

 best thing to do is to kill it, but a light case can be helped by 

 cleaning the system with a dose of salts. Then they should 

 be put on a very light diet one that is easily digested. Boiled 

 rice makes a very good food for a few days. Make one of 

 their feeds sprouted oats, and a little later some whole wheat 

 thrown in the litter to make them exercise. They should also 

 be given some liver pills. A bird treated in this way will 

 sometimes get over a bad attack of liver trouble. 



Nine times out of ten a man can trace diseases to filthy 

 quarters, crowded quarters, draughts, or improper feeding. 

 See that you don't have any of the above faults and your 

 chickens will be free from disease. 



