THE LAW OF PROGRESS 
found by long experience to be very suc- 
cessful. But I shall not claim that these 
methods are the only ones by which any- 
body can succeed in treating the many 
diseases of poultry, but I do claim, with- 
out reserve, that they are the only meth- 
ods by which I have been able to succeed 
in a way that was satisfactory to myself. 
I am not content to breed birds that suffer 
from every trifling disease that comes 
along, and take cold with every sudden 
change of weather, nor have I ever found it 
profitable to breed such birds; therefore 
I have sought out, by reading and obser- 
vation, nature’s way of keeping her birds 
strong, vigorous, healthy and beautiful. 
It will require considerable courage 
for most people to follow the methods 
that I practice in combating disease, more 
especially if their birds are pets, as most 
successful poultrymen’s birds are; but 
after they have practiced my methods for 
a short time, and begin to see the good 
results that follow such practice, they will 
no longer look upon death as a bad thing 
sent by our Creator to cause suffering 
amongst His living creatures, but as 
a good thing sent for the purpose of 
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