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say once a week, once semi-monthly, or once a month ; and we 

 will thus be in a position to meet the requirements of a ration 

 balanced by the hens themselves. "Ask the birds, their judg- 

 ment is good." 



Conditions Should Be Watched and Noted 



To be a successful poultryman, there are no qualities 

 more necessary or valuable than the power of observation, 

 and decision for quick action in correcting conditions when 

 anything wrong is observed. 



After disease takes a thorough hold on a fowl, to such 

 an extent as to sap its vitality, the ax is about the best remedy 

 one can use, generally speaking; but, if conditions were noted 

 earlier, the fowl could have been saved and brought into good 

 condition quickly. 



Sick fowls should be separated from the well ones at 

 once — if for no other reason than that they should not use 

 the same drinking fountains, and thus contaminate the water. 



The droppings are a valuable indication of trouble. If 

 they are without form, or greenish, they suggest at once 

 something wrong in the feeding., or the necessity of charcoal 

 or grit. If the droppings are of a consistency to hold their 

 shape without being too solid, it is a good indication. 



For excessive looseness of the bowels the old fashioned 

 Douglas Mixture is a quick remedy, and seems to act as a 

 tonic. This mixture is greatly in favor among English poul- 

 trynien. The formula for Douglas Mixture is eight ounces 

 of Sulphate of Iron (commonly called copperas or green vit- 

 rei), and one ounce of Sulphuric Acid, dissolved in two gal- 

 lons of water. 



This mixture should be kept in glass or stoneware, and 

 should never be placed in metal receptacles either in the stock 

 solution, or when placed before the flock. A teaspoonful to 

 about a quart of drinking water will act as a tonic, and may 

 be given to fowls which are well and to the sick birds. 



The regular drinking supply may be taken away tem- 

 porarily, and the earthenware vessels substituted containing 

 the diluted Douglas Mixture. 



Looseness of the bowels is not always "cholera," but may 

 be caused by faulty diet. The writer some years ago had a 



