The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
AUTUMN WITH THE POULTRY
Now Is the Time to Look Ont For
Colds That May Lead to Worse.

Now Is the Time to Look Ont For
Colds That May Lead to Worse.
At no season do all poultry diseases
cause more trouble than when the fall
weather makes its presence felt. 1t is
the season for colds and roup, for bron-
chitis and pneumonia and the many
mysterious diseases which follow
neglect of the fowls during the preced-
ing hot season. Unless you take care,
roup win get a foothold in your flock.
1t is up to you TO see TO it that the ma
iignant little germ does not have a
favorable opportunity to do business.
Your poultry houses must DE dry and
ready for winter; the fowls must be
gradually hardened Off They should
not be made tender by suddenly shut
ting them in tightly in close houses At
the first suggestion Of cold weather
The front windows ought 60 remain
open nights for some time yet but they
should be ready to close on very chilly
nights. The birds must not I've crowd
ed, and the vcrmiu must not DE allow
ed to flourish. You cannot afford 10
feed fowls and lice both You Will
have TO sacrifice one or the other, and
the lice ought to go.
That night feeding of mash needs 10
be q little stimulating 10 keep pace
with the weather. but don't have It too
much So Keep the birds busy. ana re-
member that exercise means health
ana warmth. Keep "a sharp lookout
for the snuGics or nose colds. These,
If neglected, mean trouble later. \
neglected cold makes % favorable OPP
portunity for the roup germs to get in
their work. and you will have indu-
enza, true roup and all the other varie-
ties of roupy disease "if you don't
watch out" Don't let slight colds get
the start of you Almost all fowls are
liable to slight colds at this season.
The trouble almost always starts with
snutiles or nose cold y little treat
ment in time win avoid trouble
For sample cases Of cold with a
slight glary discharge from the nos
trils, if the bird seems all right other
wise, try II drops of spirits of cam
phor dropped on sugar and then dis
solved in a pint of drinking water
For bronchial colds with rafting in
the throat and noisy breathing try a
tablet representing one onc-thouSandth
grain of arsenite of anthony given
three times a day in severe cases, or
for treatment Of n number of fowls
put ten such tablets in pint of drink
ing water and let them drink rs they
want it. If the fowl is suddenly fever
ish and dumpish, with much sneczing
and running ut nose and eyes or other
Influenza symptoms, try giving n one
grain quinine pill per fowl each night
for a week For n remedy for this
trouble, to be used in the drinking wa.
ter, use - to 80 drops of tincture Of
gelsemium in each pint of water, ac-
cording 10 the severity Of the case.
Don't waste time doctoring any very
severe cases. Kill them and get rid
Of the carcass by burying it deeply or
by cremation. Dispose of 1t at once
and do not leave the carcass lying
around for a more convenient time to
dispose of it. The safety Of your
flock depends a good deal on YOU
promptness. Make the food stlmulat-
ing and easily digested for birds with
colds. a little ginger or cayenne pep
per will make a valuable addition to
the mash at this time.
An old time farm remedy, and one
widely published as a remedy for au-
tumnal colds in poultry, is the follow
ing: Take a teaspOOnful of lard, add
half teaspoonful each of ginger, mus
tard and red pepper Mix thoroughly
and make into stiff dough with flour
Roll into pills the size of a pea. Give
one pill at night. Repeat twice daily
if necessary. 1t is a good remedy and
proves helpful in many cases.
For obstinate catarrhal colds, with
running at the nose and no other
markedly noticeable symptoms, try the
following local treatment: Dissolve in
one pint of water one teaspoonful of
powdered sulphate of copper (use the
common crystals of blue vitriol pow.
dered). Make a swab by twisting a
bit of absorbent cotton about a sharp
pointed stick. Swab out the nostrils
and the cleft Of palate with this solu-
ton daily until discharge stops. Use
gentle treatment. Rough handling Will
do more harm than the remedy will
do good.-Dr. Wood in Poultry Month
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