The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-14

fectants are most easily applied to the
walls and ceilings with a spray pump
or brush. AS it is difficult to keep
them from coming into contact with
the face and hands, the more harm
less Of these mixtures should gen.
orally be used. Ordinary limewash
made from freshly slaked lime is ex-
cellent and its properties are well
known to all. In the case of an &C
tual outbreak of virulent disease, it
is well to add to the limewash six
ounces Of crude carbolic acid to each
gallon, to increase its activity as a
disinfectant
The kerosene emulsion which is
frequently used to destroy lice and
mites may readily be converted into
a disinfectant. To make the emulsion
shave half a pound Of hard laundry
soap into half a gallon of soft water
and boil the mixture until all Of the
soap is dissolved, then remove it to
safe distance from the fire and
stir into 1t, at once, while still hot,
two gallons of kerosene oil. This
makes a thick, creamy emulsion, or
stock mixture. When it is to be
used for killing lice in the house one
part of this emulsion is mixed with
ten parts of water. When it is to be
used as a disinfectant add one quart
of emulsion to ten quarts of water
and stir well; then add one pint of
crude carbolic acid or crude cresol,
oj,, OF oil io
Lice Powders.
Very good lice powder may be made
at little cost by mixing fine road dust,
two quarts, and tobacco dust, one
pint. In place of road dust, anthracite
coal ashes well sifted may be used.
of sulphur may be substituted for the
tobacco dust. The important point is
that all the ingredients should be in
the form of very fine dust.
Cholera and ChoIera-like Diseases
There are several diseases which
have been investigated and described
as different because the bacteria which
cause them differ in some Of their
characteristics. The symptoms and
the changes which are seen after
death are so nearly identical that it
is only by studying the bacteria that
any one of these diseases can be dis
tinguished from the others. The treat
ment applicable to one is equally ap-
plicable to the others.
Treatment.
The best method of treatment rs to
kill the sick fowl in such q way as
not to spread the infection with their
blood, burn or deeply bury their bod
les, and separate the remaining birds
into small lots of three to five each,
so that when a bird is attacked there
will not be more than this number
exposed to 1t. Then watch each bot
SO as to remove any sick bird as soon
as symptoms appear. Disinfectants
should be used in the houses and
yards where the disease first ap-
peared. and also in the small pens in
which the separate birds are kept.
Roup or Contagious catarrh.
The disease called 'roup" by pouk
trymen is contagious catarrh, close
ly resembling the more malignant
forms Of influenza in the larger ami
mails and in man. 1t attacks princi
pally the membrane lining the eye
the sacs below the eye (infrarorbital
sinuses), the nostrils, the larynx, and
the trachea. 1t is attended with high
fever and is very contagious.
Treatment.
The medical treatment Of this dis
ease may be very successful if ap
piled. The sick birds should be re
moved from the flock and put in {
warm, dry, and well-ventilated room
which is free from drafts of air. The
affected mucous membranes SHOULD
then be treated by applying antiseptit
and healing mixtures. The BEST meth
cd is to use a good spraying apparat
US; but, lacking this, a small syringe
an oil can, or even a medicine droppe
can be made to answer the purpose.
1t has been recommended that thu
, birds head be plunged into a BASH
or bowl of the mixture and held Their
a few seconds, but not long enough t
cause suffocation.