Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-06-29
ROup.

This is perhaps the most common OF
the diseases with which poultry are af-
hicted. 1t may be said to hold the same
rank as colds with human beings. The
causes are exposure to draughts, damp
houses, and cold, wet weather; in short,
the same exposure that would produce
cold in a man is very likely to give a
hen the roup. The SYMPTOMS are the
same also-sore throat, running at the
nose, swollen eyelids; and as some men
take cold more easily than others, so
some breeds of fowls are more readily
affected. Those known as hard feather
ed, the Hamburgs, Legnorns, Black
Spanish, etc., are more likely to have
the roup than those whose feathers are
more downy. as the Plymouth Rocks,
Brahmas, Cochin Chinas, Shanghais,
etc. The former seem well protected;
but lift a wing or part the feathers and
it will be seen that with the exception of
the large feathers the bodies are nearly
bare, while the bodies of the latter can
scarcely be seen, so thick is the down or
small feathers.
The roup, like an ordinary cold,
shows itself in many forms, and conse-
quently is liable to be misunderstood.
To guard against this, if any fowl in
damp, cold weather shows any symp-
toms of illness, look out for roup, and
proceed accordingly. We could till the
whole of this column with approved
remedies for roup; and in this respect
again it resembles colds, for who ever
knew of person without half a dozen
invaluable remedies for a cold? We will
print few, which are all highly recon-
mended, and let our readers take their
choice. But before applying any
remedy, the first thing to do is to re-
move all fowls that seem in any way in
disposed to dry, warm place for hos.
pital. A heroic remedy is to take a
small feather, dip the end in nitric acid
and insert it in the nostril of the bird,
giving it twist while in. This is to be
repeated two or three times day, always
removing the burnt scab before repeat
ing the operation.
A more humane treatment is table
spoonful of castor oil for week, with
mashes and chopped vegetables for food.
Others wash the back with warm water.
Swab the throat with strong copperas
water every night, and give teaspoon
full of solution of chlorate of potash three
times day. For aggravated cases we
have the following: Sulphate of iron,
half a drachm; capsicum powder, one
drachm; extract of licorice, half an
ounce; make into thirty pills and give
one at time three times day for three
or four days. Then mix half an ounce
of sulphate of iron and one ounce cay
enne pepper. Put a teaspoonful of this
with butter to make a paste; divide it
into ten parts, and give one every morn
ing and night. Keep the head, eyes,
mouth, and nostrils clean, by washing
| in vinegar.
We approve the following: Feed light
" on oatmeal, mixed with ale or beer,
and chopped vegetables. Wash the
head, bill, etc., in tepid water, and give
one grain of sulphate of iron daily. We
prefer to avoid all medication when not
absolutely called for, believing drugging
and dosing kills quite as many as it
cures. If fowls be kept warm, well
nursed, and the heads clean b. bathing,
they will be quite as likely to recover az
by any other treatment.-N. Y. Sun