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distributed in the droppings of sick birds, the longer such 

 birds are permitted to live the greater is the risk of spread- 

 ing the infection. 



Although some medicines are stated to have been tried 

 by various poultry keepers with more or less beneficial results, 

 there is not sufficient evidence to show that any of them are 

 thoroughly effective, and it is therefore recommended that 

 every infected bird should be destroyed as soon as possible. 

 The bodies of all birds so destroyed, or of birds which die ot 

 the disease, should b^ burnt, or else buried at least three 

 feet deep. If for any reason it is decided not to kill the sick 

 birds, it is suggested that, immediately any of the above- 

 mentioned symptoms are observed, the infected birds should 

 be isolated and confined in a place from which they cannot 

 escape, and fed with bread and milk, or a raw egg beaten 

 up in milk, and if possible with plenty of barley water. 



The fowl-house or out-house used by the poultry should be 

 thoroughly cleansed, the flooring dusted with quicklime, and 

 the walls and roosts white-washed. The manure should also 

 be removed daily from under the roosts, and burnt while 

 the disease lasts. 



Poultry-keepers are further recommended to carefully scrape 

 the parts of the yard, runs, or other places that may be con- 

 taminated by diseased droppings, and scatter lime freely over 

 such places. When possible the surface should be turned 

 over with a fork or spade before liming, and the same pre- 

 cautions should be taken with respect to the banks of the 

 stream, pond, or ditch at which the birds are accustomed to 

 drink. This is said to be a most important precaution. 



The pamphlet mentions the following as preventive 

 measures, which should always be in force : — 



Keep the fowl-house and the yard or run clean and well drained, so as to be as free 

 as possible from stagnant moisture, and occasionally disinfect with quicklime. 



Do not throw the food for the fowls on the ground, but give it in covered troughs or 

 in any suitable vessel into which the fowls cannot place their feet. 



Do not feed the fowls close to the dwelling house. Give the food preferably in the 

 fields, and frequently change the feeding place. 



Hunt the fowls away from the dwelling house, and try to stop them picking about 

 the yard and manure heaps. 



When there is not a pure stream of water, supply fowls daily with fresh water, 

 which should be placed in the shade in a vessel into which they cannot get their feet. 



