48 HOW TO HATCH, BEOOD, FEED AND PREVENT 



fowl will be all right in a few days. I have often treated fowls this way, 

 with good success. Feed plenty of crushed oyster shell and sharp grit at 

 ail times. This will prevent fowls' crops from becoming bound. Give cop- 

 peras or Mrs. Johnson's Compound in their water every few days. 



Cure for Roup 



The roup is a very dangerous disease, and a hen with roup may spread 

 .the contagion by drinking water from the same receptacle as the others, for 

 the exudation spreads out on the water. Hens sleep with their heads un- 

 der their wing and the pus that comes from their eyes and nose stick 

 to the small feathers. These come out and other hens that pick at the 

 feathers will get the roup. The only way to prevent this is to separate the 

 sick from the well fowls and clean up the coop thoroughly. Close up all 

 the cracks as they are a fruitful source of roup. In cold weather close 

 your coop so that no cracks are open, and when the weather is warm keep 

 the door of the coop wide open. The sick fowls must be kept in a warm 

 place until they recover. Bathe their heads with warm water, then grease 

 their heads and throat with kerosene and lard, equal parts; give each sick 

 fowl a teaspoonful of castor oil; feed them a warm mash of bran, cut grass 

 or clover, meal, a little onion and meat scraps If they are very sick cut 

 their heads off and burn them; do not throw their carcass where other hens 

 can pick at them. 



If the above does not help your fowls, send a stamped and addressed 

 envelope for a trial package of Mrs. .Johnson's Poultry Compound, or send 

 fifty cents and I will send you enough compound to make one gallon of 

 medicine. This compound I guarantee to cure roup, cholera and diarrhoea 

 in old and young fowls, if given in time. 



