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which conform to the description of tuberculosis given 

 by that eminent authority, Professor Dryden (Oregon). 



A pullet attacked with leg weakness goes down com- 

 pletely and her legs are useless. There is no evidence of 

 pain when the bird is picked up and the legs are manip- 

 ulated. 



The cases amongst hens which we class as rheuma- 

 tism are distinguished from the pullet cases by the fact 

 that the bird shows signs of pain if the legs are touched. 

 The bird does not lose flesh and the appetite is normal. 

 The cases which may be tuberculosis diflfer in that the 

 bird is usually thin and emaciated when the legs fail and 

 the appetite is abnormal — the bird will eat almost con- 

 stantly if food is within reach. Happily these cases are 

 extremely rare. 



We have never identified diphtheria and we have never 

 heard it claimed that either true roup or cholera was ever 

 identified in Southern California. 



It may be noted that we do not specifically mention 

 diarrhoea. This is because of a belief that most cases 

 of looseness of the bowels are due either to a cold settling 

 in the intestines or to defective feed stuffs. 



Medicines 



In our earlier experience we bought and used perhaps 

 99 per cent of the various and sundry "remedies'' offered 

 for poultry diseases. As we grew older (perhaps not 

 wiser) we came to be like the man who had one standard 

 remedy: if too cold he took whiskey and if too hot he 

 took whiskey. 



We buy no "dope" of any kind. Our standard remedies 



