78 TWENTY LESSONS ON POULTRY KEEPING 



and is siire to flourish on tlie feet of poultry that are allowed 

 to roost in filthy quarters. Two or three applications of 

 equal parts of lard and sulphur usually will cleanse the feet 

 and legs of a fowl that is suffering from this pest. 



Baby chicks are often afflicted with diseases caused by 

 their being too warm or too cold, or by their being fed too 

 young. They are also subject to white diarrhoea, a germ 

 disease. The best way to prevent these diseases is to exer- 

 cise care in housing and feeding the little chicks, as directed 

 in Lessons XII and XIII. 



REVIEW 



1. What is tlic worst enemy to poulti'y ? 



2. Tell how to control liawks and erows. 



3. Tell how to control rats and skunks. 



4. How can we control lice? 



5. How can we control mites? 



QUESTIONS 



1. What is the first step in controlling diseases? 



2. What is tlie beginning of roup? 



.3. Give symptoms and remedy for roup. 



4. Give symptoms and remedy for canker. 



5. Give symptoms and remedy for chicken pox (sore head). 

 0. Give sj'mptoms and remedy for limber neck. 



7. Give symptoms and remedy for gapes. 



8. Give symptoms and remedy for scaly legs. 



9. If fowls have a cold wliere would you look for the trouble? 

 10. If they catch cold in tlic yard what can be done? 



IIO:\IE WORK 

 Find two diseases in the ilock at home and reniedv them. 



