Milford chronicle., 1916-07-14
The Use Of Simple Remedies
About The Poultry Plant
By J. H. McFAUL, Jr.
(AH Rights Rese,Vedl

NAL condition fails
In all cases. then, ! advise you to try
at first the simple remedies, and in most
cases, a complete cure will result.
Another form of disease so common
among young and growing fowls is that
I generally referred to as hard crop. Most
I persons from whom advice on this all
ment is sought, will advise an operation
upon the bird with the result that in
most cases the fowl is practically muir
dered. Not one Gaze out of twenty-five,
where an operation is resorted to, is
successful, at least with the unexperi-
enced. Now. when one of your birds
develops hard crop, instead of resort
ing to the knife in an effort to relieve
its condition, and incidently killing it.
why not try some other simple remedy
which can be administered with but lit
tie trouble, and save almost every bird ?
Instead of taking to the knife, heat
little milk, and while it is yet warm,
give the bird several teaspoonfuls, hold
ing the bird in such way that the milk
will run down its throat. As this runs
into the crop, gently press it with the
fingers to allow the not milk to mix with
its contents. This will loosen up the
compact food on the inside and remove
the substance from the opening, thus |
allowing the food to pass off in its nat |
ural way instead of taking it out of the |
bird. Or, if you wish, you may give the |
bird a dose of oil. and by turning the /
fowl head downward the substance may
be worked out of the crop through the |
mouth. The milk treatment. however,
l find to be the best remedy Tor hard |
crop and it rarely ever fails to cure.
No matter how good a treatment is
given the birds, they will at times be-
come sluggish and inactive. Of course,
this will not happen often where all the
requisites for their health and comfort
are particularly attended to, but like
humans, they will at times be subject
to this condition. They need something
to tone them up and give them a fresh
start in life. This can best be accomp-
ished in the shape of pergative Place
about two heaping tablespoonfuls of
EPSON salts into gallon of drinking
water at least once a month, and allow
the fowls no other water save it; thus
assuring that they get a good dose of
he salts. This will clean up and clean
,ut their systems and you will notice
he difference in their actions within
hours.
Ihese are but a lew of the many e
ases where it will pay to administer
lmple and inexpensive remedies, with
he chances for improvement of the
lock, rather than to resort to those
Nth unpronOunceable names. and in
many cases, run the risk Of losing the
ird. Care should be taken, however,
o prevent the aforementioned diseases
S well as others. Proper feeding, hous-
lg and the general care of the flock
NIL reduce all diseases to a minimum.
Furthermore, the advice of our Poul-
~ Expert is constantly at your service.
there is anything you would like to
now about your birds at any time, do
OF hesitate to drop a few words to the
Oultry Editor he will take pleasure in
setting you straight There is no
1pense or obligation for the assistance
'ndered-it is free to all our poultry
,aders.