The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-03-13
MANAGEMENT OF POULTRY.

Poultry are subject to a variety of dis.
eases. but nearly all of serious nature
are attributed 10 the ELECTS of climate 81
want Of care or skill. Pip is caused BY
want OF clean water, or b. driaki q dirty
water IN dry weather. Cure--remoyt
The while blister found upon the tongue,
and wssh II with warm vinegar and wa.
ier--feeding tie bird lnr few days viii
soaked bran and lettuce; orcabbage chop.
ped very fine.
Fllx is cured by pills Of the yolk oil
an egg boiled hard. mixed with bruised
hemp seed, or boiled barley diluted with
wine.
Costiyeness. the reverse of tie former.
. cured by giving them beet root chopped
fine, or bran and water with lille hone Y
mixed.
Vermin may be DESTROYED BY fumigai-
ing the ruosts v i'll birthstone.
Sab aud itch are curcdby feeding Them
with moist bran.
Cramp is caused by cold and damp.
When afflicted, the birds should not be
allowed to rnost out OF doors, and the
roost should he we'll secured and warm--
rub the legs aud feet with little fresh byt-
ter.
Ahscess frequently cones upon the
rump. and is 'aused by heat of blood, or
torpid stomach. which corrupts the mass
otbiood. Open the abscess and press out
the matter. Feed Them with chopped beet
root or lettuce, with some bran mixed.
mois,ened with honey, or molasses and
water.
Fowls should not be allowed to roosi in
very large numbers together, but where
great quantities are raised, they should be
Kept in fiocss of moi more than one hurd-
red They should be kept very clearly
Warmth, with freedom from damp, is
the great secret in the care Of fowls. Their
food should be frequently changed, and
green food ufien mixed with their meal,
shorts, or bran. Indian meal and mulas-
ses and water will larten poultry faster
than any other food. Cinders should be
silied for them 10 roll in, which will free
them frcm vermin, aid they should ne.
yer he without a supply Of clean wafer
Cor drinking.
Never give them warm or hot food.
which causes them 10 become crop bound
Hemp and buck wheat, or wheat OCCASION.
ally, are good stimulants.
So Ear as food is concerned, every far.
mer's wife throughout the country knows
what Is proper. One great danger arises
from their voraeity of appetite inducing
them to eat too much of food too nn,ri-
cious for their delicate digestive organs,
whereby they become sickly, or what is
commonly called crop bound. Simple as
the remedy for this evil may appear, it is
somew hat difficult TO put in practice
where large numbers are fed together.
As regards attention to cleanliness, and
their other c'mmon wants. such as regu-
larity of feeding. and an abundant supply
Of pure water. nothing need be said; they
can scarcely lie, certainly not flourish,
without these necessary requirements be-
ing strictly attended 10.
Under. however, the hest arrangement,
and the creates, precautions used against
their various ailments, many will perish.
II is a truth, however. that almost all the
diseases of poultry arises from atmosphe.
rio causes.
With respect to medical treatment. app
piled to the disease Of poultry. but little
regarding its efficacy is known. The
nostrums and mode Of treatment adopted
throughout the country, tog Their with the
treat part of VIII t has been written upon
the subject. is flrrago of nonsense and
,bsunlity. II shelter, warmth. food, and
cleanliness, congenial 10 their hal its, will