RELIABLE POULTRY REMEDIES 



cheaper. A one-grain pUl of quinine sulphate given at night and morn- 

 ing for a few days and then only at night will often effect a cure in recent 

 cases. The aconite, bryonia and spongia mixture (ten drops of the tincture 

 of each in an ounce of alcohol), a teaspoonful in. a quart of drinking water 

 is a very useful and effective remedy. 



The tablet form is sometimes more convenient to use. For this pur- 

 pose is recommended the aconite, bryonia and spongia comp. tablets (1-100 

 of a grain drug strength each) twelve in each pint of drinking water, or give 

 one tablet to each bird two or three times a day. 



COMMON COLDS 



In the winter season, when cold, blustery winds prevail, even fowls 

 having the best care are sometimes liable to contract simple colds. If 

 these are taken in time, serious trouble wiU be avoided, as siinple catarrhal, 

 colds, if neglected, render fowls liable to roup, the inflamed mucous mem- 

 brane being a very favorable site for the development of the roup germs. 

 The common causes of simple catarrhal colds are exposure to cold, chilly 

 winds; exposure to stormy weather without proper shelter f6r the fowls 

 to run to, overcrowding the sleeping quarters, draughts, improperly ven- 

 tilated houses, houses which have been closed too tightly early in the season, 

 thereby making the fowls tender; very warm sleeping quarters, combined 

 with coldj bleak, open scratching sheds; hot mashes; fussy coddling of the 

 birds, making them tender; the careless application of artificial heat; ex- 

 posure in shipping coops; very dusty houses, and sudden atmospheric changes. 



Symptoms 



Sneezing, bubbles in the corners of the eyes, watery or sticky discharge 

 running out of the nostrils and eyes, with much coughing and sneezing. 

 There is no odor as in roup. If the discharge has a "roupy smell," the dis- 

 ease is roup and not a simple cold. 



Treatment 



The disease may be easily controLed if taken early. Remove the cause 

 if possible, and confine the birds to the house until they have fully recovered ; 

 air the house well daily, and do not allow the birds to be exposed to the Cold 

 winds or storms. When the first symptoms appear with a little sneezing 

 and frothiness about the eyes, use twenty drops of spirits of camphor dropped 

 on sugar and then dissolved in a pint of drinking water, no other drink being 

 allowed the fowls. Do not drop the camphor into the water, or it will not 

 mix. Use as directed. This often checks the trouble at once. If the cold 

 is slightly more advanced, with much sneezing, and water running from the 

 eyes and nostrils, the aconite, byronia and spongia mixture or tablets ad- 

 vised in preceding disease will be found a valuable remedy. For "head 

 colds" of long standing, where there is thick discharge from the nostrils 

 and no odor, try (after thoroughly cleansing the nostrils with hydrogen 

 dioxide solution) injecting morning and night into each nostril a little of 

 the following: One part of finely powdered iodoform in twenty parts 

 liquid alboline. 



