Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-13
AUTUMN WITH THE POULTRY
Row rs the Time to Look Out For
Colds That May Lead to Worse.

ROW AH Int LAAAC W AOVkA ON+ - W
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-
cnitis and pneumonia and the many
mysterious diseases which follow
neglect OF the fowls during the preced-
ing hot season. Unless you take care,
roup will get a foothold In youg flock.
It is up to you 10 see to 1t that the ma
lignant little germ does not have a
favorable opportunity to do business.
Your poultry houses must be 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 to remain
open nights for some time yet, but they
should be ready to close on very chilly
nights. The birds must not be crowd
ed, and the yerlnin must not be allow
ed to flourish. You cannot afford to
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 to
be a little stimulating to keep pace
with the weather, but don't have it too
much so. Keep the birds busy, and re-
member that exercise means health
and warmth. Keep sharp lookout
for the snuffles or nose colds. These,
if neglected, mean trouble later. A
neglected cold makes favorable OPP
portunity for the roup germs to get in
their work, and you will have infu-
enza, true roup and all the other yarie-
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
snuffles or nose cold. A little treat
ment in time will avoid trouble.
For sample cases of cold with a
slight glary discharge fraRa the nos
trils, if the bird seems al right other.
wise, tE-zzu-sszuisRps of spirits of cam
phor droTsed on sugar and then dis
solved in pint of drinking wote1
For bronchial colds ..n rafting IN
liz. s.ss---dud noisy breathing try
tablet representing one one-thousandth
grain Of arsenite of anthony, given
three times a day in severe cases, or
for treatment of a number of fowls /
put ten such tablets in pint Of drink
ing water and let them drink as they |
want it, II the fowl is suddenly fever /
ish and dumpish, with much sneezing |
md running at nose and eyes or other |
influenza symptoms, try giving one
grain quinine pill per fowl each night |
for a week. For a remedy for this /
trouble, to be used in the drinking wa
ter, use - to 80 drops Of tineture OF |
gelsemium in each pint of water, ac-
cording to the severity Of the case.
Don't waste time doctoring any very |
severe cases. Kill them and get rid |
Of the carcass by burying 1t deeply or
by cremation. Dispose Of it 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
Make the food stimuIat- |
ing and easily digested for birds with |
colds. A little ginger or cayenne pep
per VIII make valuable addition to
the mash at this time.
An old time farm remedy, and ono |
widely published as a remedy for au-
tumnal colds in poultry, is the follow |
ing: Take teaspoonful Of lard, add |
half teaspoonful each Of ginger, mus
tard and red pepper. Mix thoroughly |
and make into stiff dough with -four.
Roll into pills the size of 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 |
at the nose and no other
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 sharp
pointed stick. Swab out the nostrils
and the cleft of palate with this soIu-
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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