Poultry Diseases 219 



Copper is a part of the common garden sprays, and 

 may get to fowls on sprayed foliage. 



I once came home on a hot evening and found 

 some well-grown chickens, in wire runs, very 

 thirsty. I filled their water basins, and later, 

 when watering the garden, I happened to notice one 

 set again and filled their feed trough, where they, 

 had lately finished supper, with fresh water. The 

 nejct morning four or five in the next run were dead, 

 and the rest were lying about in distress, or very 

 weak. "Where I had filled the feed trough with 

 water, none were dead and none lying down, 

 though all were gaping and panting. Every drop 

 of water was gone. 



I rushed for the water pail and filled pans and 

 trough. They drank like boys at a free soda 

 fotmtain, and soon improved. By night all except 

 one, who died, were well. 



It was a clear case of poison. Many questions 

 brought no light, till my wife said she used the 

 water the ham was boiled in to mix in their mash, 

 as she had seen me save soup and water that meat 

 had been cooked in, for such use. The salt had 

 poisoned them and, had I not noticed their thirst, 

 every one would have been dead by morning. 



