W. COOKS TURKEY, OOOSE, AND PHEASANT HOOK. 4I 



place should be wiped dry, and a little spirits of arnica 

 rubbed on ; that prevents the birds taking cold after the hot 

 fomentations. 



If the swelling does not go down with this treatment, an 

 incision should be made under the eye with a large penknife 

 and the liquid squeezed out, the forefinger should be put in 

 the roof of the mouth at the same time, as there will be a 

 lot come from the nostrils. 



If the incision is not made the liquid forms a hard 

 cheesy matter, and when that is the case the incision 

 should be made exactly in the same way, only larger, and 

 the cheesy matter will usually come out in one piece, some- 

 times weighing as much as half-an-ounce. 



The Roup Powders should be given whenever turkeys 

 show the least signs of a cold or roup. If they are put in an 

 open shed, and not kept too warm, they do not feel the 

 sudden changes so much and it is very seldom they will 

 have either a cold or roup. 



Occasionally turkeys will suffer with liver disease, this is 

 often the case when the parents have been fed largely on 

 Indian Corn or have been in-bred. When a turkey hen or 

 cock gets very thin and is wasting away, the bird should 

 always be killed at once, as it is only waste of time to keep 

 them. The symptoms are usually a stiffness in walking, as 

 though there was a pin pricking them inside the stomach. I 

 wish to make myself quite plain here, because during the 

 breeding season turkey hens often get injured by the male 

 bird and are apt to walk stiff or lame on one leg, so the owner 

 or attendant must be very careful and make sure the birds • 

 have liver disease before killing them. 



