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from all classes of breeders almost every week in the year. I usually 

 give riiy fowls Poultry Powder all through the winter about four 

 times a week, but should it be a bitterly cold morning I give them 

 the Roup Powder as that is a stronger tonic, and acts a great deal 

 ujion the liver. It also helps digestion rather quicker than the 

 Poult i-y Powder, but" I do not advise giving it regularly to laying 

 hens. I also manufacture Eoup Pills : these are always handy for a 

 Poultry Keeper to have by him in case a, bird gets out of sorts.. 



One shilling's worth of the Powder is worth eighteenpenny Morth 

 of Pills, only there is the trouble of making the latter up. In case 

 of Diphtheric Roup, I have prepared a lotion which will take all the 

 mucus from the mouth and throat. Some fowls are subject to scales 

 or scurf upon the legs, and I have brought out an ointment which 

 is used very largely at the jjresent time amongst Poultry Keepers 

 for clearing the scales off the legs. 



I have also prepared an Insect Powder especially for Poultry, 

 Pigeons, Cagebirds and Rabbits, so that it will not injure the birds or 

 animals, but will destroy all the vermin in a few minutes if the birds are 

 dusted with it, but it must be rubbed well into the feathers so that the 

 skin becomes covered. In cases where there are nits round the head of 

 the fowl the Powder will not kill them, but I have brought out an 

 Ointment specially for destroying these pests. Some fowls liave cramp 

 in the legs, and to cure this I have prepared an Embrocation which 

 usually puts the birds right after two or three times dressing. 



Many Poultry Keepers lla^'e a difficulty in fattening their birds, 

 and to make this easier I have brought out a fattening powder for the 

 purpose. One shilling tin is sufficient for 10 or 15 birds while they 

 are in the coop. It sharpens the appetite and helps them to digest 

 their food. Jlost Poultry Keepers are troubled more or less with 

 rats, and I have prepared a Rat Destroyer which is non-poisonou.s, 

 and one which will poison and. kill quickly. The first named will 

 answer well where there are no dwelling houses near, and is splendid 

 for poultry houses, but should the rats get in the Jiouse and under 

 the floor they go in and die, which of course makes things rather 

 unpleasant; but the poison kills thenr quickly and does away with 

 that unpleasantness. I found by experience some years ago it was 

 very necessary that fowls should have sharp grit, but it was a long 

 time before I could pitch upon which was the best kind to give them 

 I tried glass and crockery ware broken up, pebble stones and oy.ster 

 shells, but by opening the gizzards of the birds I found the edges of 

 tliese materials were worn as smooth as marble, the glass lasting 

 longer in the gizzard than the crockery ware, but it occurred to me 

 flint stones might answer well, so I set to work to smash some in 

 snmll jiieces, and since tlien have kept my birds regularly supplied 

 with this sharp flint grit for many years. This has also been one of 

 tlie secrets of my success in poultry farming. 



