applied. The foot should then be so wrapped up with cotton cloth as to 

 protect the wound and keep out all foreign matter. The pen should be 

 covered with fresh, clean straw to prevent further injury. It is well to dres.s 

 the wound once a day for several days, until it is fairly well healed. Study 

 the original cause of this trouble and remedy it. 



WIND PUFF 



This appears mostly in little chicks. Its cause is an open question. It 

 may be recognized by a puffing up of the skin, air being present underneath. 

 Puncture the skin with a needle, or sharp, thin knife, and if this does not 

 effect a cure, cut out a small piece of the skin and apply CONKEY'S 

 HEALING POWDER to the surface. 



CUTS, BRUISES, BURNS, ETC 



Birds are liable to these accidents and ii is well to attend to them 

 immediately, as such wounds permit the entrance of bacteria to the system, 

 which might prove fatal. 



TREATMENT— Wash the affected part with a solution of CON- 

 KEY'S NOX-I-C E, two teaspoonfuls to a quart of warm water. Allow 

 to dry and then apply C' NKEY'S HEALING POWDER. Repeat every 

 other day until cured. If you have not the NOX-I-CIDE, use Castile soap 

 and warm water, applying CONKEY'S HEALING POWDER as above. 

 You will not only prevent complications, but you will be surprised at the 

 speedy recovery. Fo\/ls should be separated and placed in coop containing 

 litter of clean, dry straw, or s-milar material, so that foreign matter cannot 

 enter into the sores. 



BROKEN LEGS 



Fractures sometimes occur even in the best-regulated poultry yards. If 

 a little chick, or growing fowl, is the sufferer, it may be cured by bringing 

 the broken parts together and winding around the leg a piece of clean 

 cotton cloth. Use toothpicks, or arger pieces of wood, for splints or 

 supports, and bandage these between the layers of cloth. A half dozen 

 winding will be enough. Sew firmly to the bandage and allow them to 

 remain until the leg is healed. It will take but a short time. It is not 

 wise to try this with heavy fowls, or to treat broken bones other than those 

 of the legs. If there is an abrasion of the surface, it would be well to 

 wash it with a weak solution of CONKEY'S NOX-I-CIDE before dressing. 



MOULTING 



This is a natural function which should occur annually with every indi- 

 vidual of the feathered species. It is a very trying period on the bird, 

 and everything possible should be done to lessen the suffering and to 

 shorten the period. Some advocate feeding nothing for a week or ten days, 

 thus forcing the feathers to be dropped quickly; then, after the feathers 

 have been dropped, to feed heavily, especially with animal foods, and those 

 containing a high percentage of protein. 



We think it best to underfeed slightly and to give simple foods. See 

 that a liberal supply of green food, such as clover or alfalfa, is given. Give 

 warm mashes in the morning, putting in a teaspoonful of CONKEY'S POUL- 

 TRY TONIC to each quart and making the mash crumbly. Feed grain 

 in the litter and make the fowls work. It will be found of great value to 

 put in each mash a quantity of linseed meal. A plentiful supply of beef 



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