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treatment and proper care the disease in its worst form can be cured. 

 Nearly every breeder has a method of treatment, but as the difference 

 is not particularly great, one method will answer every purpose. The 

 method given above we have applied in many cases, and invariably 

 with results most favorable. Some authors advise a dOse sufficient for 

 a horse, entirely beyond the capacity of a fowl. The method of treat- 

 ment as given by Bement is : "For roup and all putrid affections take 

 finely pulverized fresh-burned charcoal and new yeast each three parts, 

 pulverized sulphur two parts, flour one part, and water sufficient to 

 mix well ; make into boluses the size of a hazlenut and give one three 

 times a day." He also believes in bathing the head, eyes and nos- 

 trils with warm milk and water. 



PIP, OR GAPES 



Is a very common disease among young fowls, and is particularly 

 troublesome during the warmest months. It is caused by drinking 

 filthy or muddy water, and eating dirty food. Some claim that 

 drinking rain-water also brings them on; and perhaps it were as well 

 to keep them from it. This disease will be detected by the fowl 

 holding up its head and gasping for breath. We have tried many 

 advised cures and find none so effectual as turpentine administered 

 with a feather. Take a tail or wing feather, strip it within one or 

 two inches of the feathered end, and dipping it into turpentine gently 

 put it down the fowl's windpipe, not his gullet. After turning the 

 feather once or twice draw it out, when it will be found to be covered 

 with small red worms. These as well as those that remain will be 

 destroyed by the turpentine. We would advise as likely to prove 

 beneficial, that camphor be put into the drinking water. A few 

 drops of turpentine mixed with the corn meal with which the fowls 

 are fed will, in general, prevent the appearance of the disease. 



INDIGESTION, 



The remarks on this subject we take from the works of Dr. Bennett : 

 ''Cases of indigestion among fo<vls are common, and deserve atten- 

 tion according to the causes from which they proceed. A change of 

 food will often produce crop-sickness, as it is called, when the fowl 



