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Marketing. —If the squabs are sold to a local dealer, they may be 
taken from the rack at once, placed in a suitable basket, and delivered 
immediately. If they are to be expressed to a distant market, packing 
in ice is necessary, and a box or barrel must be used. Place a layer 
of cracked ice at the bottom, alternate with layers of birds and ice, 
and finish with a generous topping of ice. Only in quite cold 
weather is it safe to omit ice. Place a secure covering on the 
package and mark full directions to whom shipped, as well as your 
own address, and the number of birds. 
DISEASES, PARASITES, AND REMEDIES. 
With good, wholesome food, proper housing and care, very little 
disease is usually encountered. The best preventives of disease are: 
(1) A dry house, free from drafts; (2) untainted grains; (3) pure water; 
(4) regularity of feeding; and (5) cleanliness. 
DISEASES. 
Going light. —This disease is characterized by moping and drooping 
of the bird, which, when examined, will usually be found to be thin 
in flesh. Diarrhea is frequently a first symptom, which may be 
checked by a dose of sweet-fern tea. If the discharge is slimy give a 
dropperful of cod liver oil and creosote every night and morning 
until improvement is noticed. This remedy is prepared by mixing 1 
dram of creosote with 2 ounces of cod liver oil. By a dropper is 
meant the little instrument which is used in filling fountain pens, and 
which is very convenient to use in giving drops or small doses. 
If the disease has so far progressed that the bird breathes heavily or 
gasps for breath, use what some have designated as the “hatchet” 
remedy, that is, kill the bird. This disease usually manifests itself 
only during the moulting season, and in all cases the tail quills should 
be plucked. 
I think the disease is often due to unsound grain or permitting feed 
to lie on the ground and sour. In light attacks three drops of com¬ 
pound tincture of gentian is sometimes sufficient to effect a cure, if the 
tail has been plucked. Too hard driving by the cock bird may cause 
the trouble, by preventing the hen from getting full quantity of food. 
The first diarrhea may be caused by feeding too much wheat or grain 
that is too new. A good remedy in such cases is to give two dropperfuls 
of sweet-fern tea at once. 
Roup. —Roup may be known by a discharge from the nostrils and 
a very offensive breath, and is probably the sequence of a neglected 
cold, coupled with a diseased condition of the bird. It is very con¬ 
tagious and requires careful treatment. Fill a small oil can with 
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