POULTRY. 
IT is an old and true saying that "an ounce of prevention 
is worth a pound of cure." This seems to be particu- 
larly applicable to the subject of Diseases and Treat- 
ment of Our Domestic FowL Viewing the matter therefore 
Fig. 91. A Black Minorca Cock — Sketched from life. 
in this light we may venture an apology for deviating to 
some extent from the lines followed in former pages in treat- 
ing of the diseases of horses, cattle, sheep and pigs. 
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