in of other birds afflicted by the disease, or from the show- 

 room. Any good protection on the windward side of the 

 poultry plant should be looked to. For instance, the placing 

 of grain sacks, or burlap, on the windward side and keeping 

 the same sprayed with any good disinfecting spray, is cer- 

 tainly a good thing. In anticipation of the disease, or when 

 it first makes its appearance in a flock of birds, the follow- 

 ing remedy or remedies, may be resorted to. 



Dissolve one tablespoonf ul of cream of tartar in one pint of 

 boiling water and put this in the drinking water, proportion- 

 ately, one pint to one half gallon of water. Do this the first 

 thing in the morning, so they will get the benefit of it. The 

 idea is to put enough of the cream of tartar water out so 

 that ealch chicken will receive its full share. Keep this up 

 until the disease is cured. The number of chickens served 

 with the cream of tartar water depends on the amount that 

 each chicken drinks. It being understood that it is not neces- 

 sary to designate how many chickens should be served with 

 each one half gallon of drinking water. This remedy is also 

 good as a tonic and may be used as such when chickens are 

 in a run down condition. Also, in anticipation of an outbreak 

 of chickenpox, this remedy may be resorted to with bene- 

 ficial effects. In measuring the cream of tartar, sixty-four 

 tablespoonsf ul are contained in one pound. It has been sug- 

 gested by some that Epsom salts be used in connection with 

 this remedy, but to the writer's mind, this is absolutely un- 

 necessary, as the cream of tartar will do the work without 

 the aid of the Epsom salts, although the salts are a good 

 thing to give in the treatment of almost any kind of disease 

 in poultry fiocks. Cream of tartar is a carthartic, diuretic 

 and a refrigerant and can be depended on to do the work 

 intended for it if properly used. If you wish to amplify the 

 work of the cream of tartar, carbonate of magnesia may be 

 resorted to; using about 2%, that is to say, about 2 pounds 

 to every 100 pounds of dry mash, mixed thoroughly. 



Next, take out of the flock all those chickens that have a 

 watery eye, and inject through the nostrils with a small 

 urethral syringe (this syringe may be purchased at any 

 druggist for about 35 cents) the following: One pint of salad 

 oil, one half pint of prescription turpentine, one half pint of 

 kerosene, and two ounces of gum camphor. The gum cam- 

 phor is soluble in the turpentine. In the event of canker in 

 the mouth and throat, first remove the canker with a steril- 

 ized crochet hook and apply to denuded spots Pearson's Cre- 



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