44 HOW TO .HATCH, BEOOD, FEED AND PREVENT 



count of the animal matter contained in the latter, which is consumed in 

 the charring process. Fresh bones when ground are the most valuable. 



Boiled oats are good for chickens in winter, especially if you are feed- 

 ing for egg production. It is a good feed at any time, much better when 

 boiled than fed dry. 



Diarrhoea and How to Treat It 



Diarrhoea in fowls is caused by worms, cholera, indigestion, lice, con- 

 gestion or over-feeding. 



Treatment — Seek the cause and remove it, it possible. A feed of corn 

 meal and bran, made damp with a tea stewed from boiling white oak bark 

 or blackberry roots will usually allay the trouble. Feed this for several 

 da}s. Camphor is also good. I sometimes mix Venetian red in their feed; 

 it is a mineral and is good for indigestion. It should be fed to your hens 

 twice or three times a week. Put Douglass mixture in the drinking water 

 once a day at least. This is composed of one pound of copperas to two gal- 

 lons of water. After this dissolves add one ounce of sulphuric acid. Keep 

 in a jug; give a teaspoonful in a quart of water. (This receipt will be 

 found on another page in this book.) Put remedy in a jug, for the action 

 of the acid on tin would soon eat a hole through it. If this does not cure 

 your fowls, write the author of this book for a trial package of her Poultry 

 Compound. An addressed and stamped envelope is all it will cost you. 



Apoplexy 



This disease occurs among fowls that are very fat. The heavier breeds 

 are most liable to suffer. The attack is sudden, no previous illness being 

 shown. Fowls suffering from apoplexy often drop from the perch dead, or 

 are found dead on the nest or expire from some slight exertion. 



Treatment — Cut down the amount of food, especially fat-forming 

 food, such as corn, and compel the birds to take exercise. Laxatives also 

 are of advantage. A dram of sulphate of soda dissolved in a small amount 

 of water and used to moisten the food for twenty to thirty chickens acts 

 nicely as a laxative. 



You will find remedies advertised in this book that are good for all 

 diseases. 



Globular salts in the water once a week will keep your chickens 

 healthy. Look for lice and mites every day. They can soon get away with 

 a brood of little chicks; they can soon sap the vitality of your hens and 

 make them an expense to you instead of a profit. 



