WITH 4200 HENS 165 



Where the canker fastens in an eye the eye is lost. 

 In this respect canker must be distinguished from simple 

 pox. Pox-scales will form on the eyelids and close the 

 eyes temporarily but if the bird is watched and is hand- 

 fed and watered regularly, the sight will not be lost; it 

 is, in fact, not affected at all. It is simply a question of 

 keeping the bird from starving to death. The application 

 of carbolated vaseline to such cases will hasten recovery ; 

 but they will recover without it, as may be learned by 

 observing a bird who has but one eye closed with the 

 pox-scale. We do not give individual treatment in such 

 cases. Where canker attacks both eyes the bird should 

 be put away immediately — the case is hopeless. We have 

 experimented with removing the canker when one eye 

 is attacked but found it conducive to no particular good. 

 It is painful to the bird and a trial to the operator. The 

 growth will eventually slough off, carrying the eye-ball 

 with it. 



Where an eye is lost in this manner the bird need not 

 necessarily be disposed of. If it is in good flesh and con- 

 dition when attacked there is better than an even chance 

 that it will be profitable to carry it until the next moult. 



Individual Treatment 



When time is available for individual treatment a bird 

 with a cold can be cured quickly. A teaspoonful of castor 

 oil; a careful cleansing of the nostrils (of the eyes also 

 if affected) with a soft cloth ; the injection into each nos- 

 tril and the cleft of the mouth of a minute quantity of 

 kerosene, by means of a little "squirt" oil can, milk-moist- 

 ened mash for a few days, or bread and milk — these meas- 



