The Penn's Grove record., 1899-11-24

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and carry them out to stout stakes
driven in the ground, as shown in the
accompanying illustration.
Diseases of Poultry.
The following remedies for poultry
diseases are given by Home and Farm,
and may prove valuable to those who
keep chickens:
ROUP.
Roup is unquestionably the most
dreaded of all the diseases to which
poultry is subject. 1t is caused from
q neglected cold, and when once it has
gained a foothold it is well nigh i'm.
possible to subdue it. There are
many methods of treatment, but that
which is most generally adopted is as
follows: Conline all afflicted fowls in
dry, warm coops, free from draughts
and dampness, aud feed on hot mashes.
Treat the throat, mouth and nostrils
with q solution of common salt, pre-
pared as follows: Into two gallons of
warm water put one t1acupful of salt
and thoroughly dissolve it; with this
carefully wash the mouth and nostrils,
being sure that all mucus is removed.
After this inject kerosene into the nos,
trils and put a teaspoonful of kerosene
in each gallon of drinking water, Do
not let such fowls return to the focks
for two weeks after treatment.
CHOLERA.
Cholera is contagious and extremely
fatal when it attacks a flock of fowls.
1t is caused from overcrowding, bad
sanitary arrangements, unwholesome
food, and from various other causes.
1t is a disease about which very little
is known, and one which is often mis-
taken for some other. The first
symptoms are drowsiness, accom-
panied by thirst; the fowl, in moving
about, having a slow, unsteady gait,
with heavy and labored breathing.
The comb and wattles lose their
natural color, usually becoming pale,
though sometimes turning almost
black. The fowls have dimrhGa and
the crop fills with mucus, thus pre-
venting the food from digesting.
On first appearance the coops and
yards should be given a thorough
cleaning, and every part sprayed with
crude carbolic acid. Separate the
afflicted fowls aud burn the bodies of
any that may have died. One of the
most successful remedies, and one
which at the same time involves but
little expense, is kerosene. In n
gallon OF cornmeal put one gill of
kerosene. and mix thoroughly with
warm water. This should be sufi-
,ient for fifty hens and should be
given every other day to those that
,how the least symptom.
cRor BOUND.
Crop bound can hardly be termed o
disease, it being simply an obstruc.
ton of the channel thror Ii which the
food passes from the crop to the giz.
gard, and may bc v%ariously caused-a
bone, hard, dry g%rass-in fact many
things will produce the trouble. A
te~aspoonful of castor oil will often al.
ford relief, or an opening may be
made III the upper part OF the CROP
and the foreign substance removed,
After treatment feed lightly for a few
days.
GAPEs.
Gapes are undoubtedly caused from
filthy surroundings, and are nothing
more or less than small worms which
establish themselves in the w%indplpe
and strangle the chicks.
They are always found in chicks at
from two to six weeks OF age, and tho
best remedy is prevention. Chicks
that have a nice grass plot to run over
never have gapas, but should any
symptom appear give each chick a
small piece of camphor the size of a
grain of wheat, daily for four days,
and put a few drops of turpentine III
drinking water.
LEG WEAKNESS.
Leg weakness, unless hereditary, is
caused from overlooking, always at
lacking the large breeds.
A pill, made OF one grain OF suIphate
of lime and half a grain of quinine,
given three times q day, will afford
relief, unless the fowl is totally unable
to walk, in which case there is scarcely
any medicine that will RESULT in a cure.
scALY LEGs.
When scaly leg makes its appear
ance the whole flock will be attacked,
unless prompt remedies are applied,
The trouble is caused by q small
parasite, which burrows under tho
scales on the legs. An application Of
sulphur, lard and kerosene ia equal