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liver disease, diarrhea, and many other complaints. Half a 

 teaspoonful for a full-grown fowl is a standard dose. It can 

 be mixed in the soft food, but is more effective by starving the 

 fowl for a few hours, dissolving the salts in warm water, and 

 pouring it down the bird's throat. Epsom salts always act best 

 accompanied with a good quantity of water." (Bradshaw.) 



The following table of doses of Epsom salts for young birds 

 has been worked out by Gage and Opperman : 



Cotton Seed Oil. — "Olive and salad oils are useful when hens 

 are egg-bound, for diarrhea, and also for external use in dress- 

 ing torn combs and other wounds. In eye troubles it takes the 

 place of a simple lotion." (Bradshaw.) 



Bichloride of mercury, i to 1000 solution. — To make this the 

 simplest way is to buy of the druggist bichloride of mercury 

 tablets, and ask him to label the box to show how much water 

 a tablet must be dissolved in to make a i to 1000 solution. If 

 one desires to mix it up for himself ask the druggist to make 

 up some I gram {isV^ grain) powders of bichloride of mer- 

 cury. Dissolve I of these powders in a quart of water. Put 

 in enough laundry bluing so that the color will be deep blue. 

 Then the solution, which is highly poisonous, will never be mis- 

 taken for water. 



"i to 1000 bichloride" is a germicide and disinfectant for 

 external use, cleansing wounds and the like. 



Medicines in Tablet Form. — One of the most convenient 

 forms in which medicines may be administered is in tablets. 

 Wholesale and mail-order drug houses carry extensive lines of 

 these graded as to dosage. They may be administered to poul- 

 try very easily and conveniently by holding the bird's mouth 

 open with one hand and with the other thrusting the tablet far 

 enough back in the throat so it will be swallowed. 



The following list of tablets will be found useful to the poul- 

 tryman. They fairly well cover the medicines recommended in 



