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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
December, 1910 
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is almost always promptly effected. If 
the disease is far advanced, all depends 
on whether the dog has still enough stam¬ 
ina to give the serum a chance to destroy 
the germs. On an average one can say 
that a cure is effected in ninety per cent, 
of the cases. Improvement shows usually 
within twenty-four to seventy-two hours, 
and the change in the appearance of the 
dog seems in most cases truly miraculous. 
Great care, however, is necessary to pre¬ 
vent relapses. The dog must be kept in 
an airy place, but free from drafts; the 
diet must be easily digestible, mostly li¬ 
quid. Peptonized milk, good broth, raw 
eggs, meat juice (not meat extract, which 
is useless), raw meat, etc., should be given, 
and only in small quantities at a time. 
Where there is no appetite at all, we have 
frequently found that a mixture of raw 
egg and beer is taken with avidity. The 
return to the usual diet must be very gra¬ 
dual, even if the dog seems perfectly well. 
With these precautions a prompt recov¬ 
ery is effected even in bad cases of span¬ 
iels and other extremely sensitive dogs. 
Far more important, however, than 
the curative action of the serum seems' to 
me its immunizing power. I have seen 
puppies inoculated with it kept for 
months in the distemper ward of the Phil¬ 
adelphia Veterinary Hospital with the 
very worst cases, without catching the dis¬ 
ease. Well known breeders like Mrs. 
Conklin, of the Carteret Kennels; Mrs. 
Howard Sellers, of Melbourne, and many 
others, have not had a case of distemper 
since using it. The inoculation is easy 
and painless; there is no fever or after¬ 
effects and the expense is slight. I trust 
that the day is not far off when the unvac¬ 
cinated puppy will be just as rare as an 
unvaccinated child. 
In conclusion, my advice to every 
breeder or dog owner is: inoculate your 
pups when they are eight weeks old and 
thus avoid all trouble and danger from 
this insidious disease. If you prefer to 
take chances, inocculate them at the slight¬ 
est sign of a cold with a full dose of the 
serum and your distemper troubles will 
be a thing of the past. 
W. M. Zintl 
The Practical Nest 
T HE laying flock must be provided 
with good nests, or else ranging 
fowls will hide their eggs. The requisites 
for such a nest are: easy access, cleanli¬ 
ness, ample space, seclusion and dryness. 
Soft non-absorbent stuff, such as dry 
leaves, hay or straw should be used as 
nest material. 
When space is at a premium, the nests 
should stand beneath the roosts, protected 
by a wooden drop board—smooth to be 
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