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Show any flock in ease an individual seems 1 j to be K"tting sick. I Any fowl that shows signs of trou-j ble, such as discharge at the nostrils 1 and watering of the eyes, should be! removed from the flock and have j head, throat, face and nostrils bath-1 ed in warm water containing some antis"plic solution and should be. kept in perfectly clean surroundings.' Permanganate of potash in a fairly! strong solution is now indicated. Some poultrynien use Epsom salts j as a preventive remedy. This may be given in the d; inking water or in a slightly moistened mash at the rate of 10 to 12 ounces to each 100 fowls. Before the salts are admin- istered the fowl should be kept away 1 from all feeds and drinking water for about 12 hours. j Care With Vitrol j Other poultrynien use copper sulphate sul-phate or blue vitrol at the rate of one ounce to each 10 gallons of water wat-er to prevent the spreading of the disease. If this disinfectant is used, however, great care must be taken not to get the solution too strong or the birds may be injured. All things considered, the permanganate perman-ganate of potash is the most satisfactory. satis-factory. A handy way to administer it is to make a saturated solution and then use this to make up the 1 drinking waer. Place eight ounces of the permanganate of potash in a pint hott'e of water to make the stock solution. One teaspnonful of this saturated solutio-i will he sufficient suffi-cient to a. ltl to on:; gallon of drinking water. A warm mash containin.-r a little ginger and red pepp.-r may also he given to fowls that have colds or roup. Fowls hadly affected with roup should he promptly killed and their ho'lh'S either huried r - humed. Af'.er th's the preni'scs should he cleaned and disinfected with eieo.-;ole or some similar material. "CMC AN AND DRY" IS FOWL IILALTU SLOGAN Ly SCTII V. S1IOKMAKICU Director, The School of Agriculture,1 International Correspondence 1 Schools, Scranton, I'a. The most common ailments of fowls are cold, canker, catarrh and loup, developing during the fall ant! winter months. The poultry-man who gets the host results out of his flock will he he one who takes time hy the forelock and adopts preventive measures. All of these trouhles arc likely to come, from exposure to damp or cold at seasons of the year when the temperature tem-perature rises and falls quickly. Although Al-though fowds are just as likely to tal e a cold in July or August as in midwinter, in cold weather they do not seem to recover uA quickly and the results are liahlo to he more serious. They are especially likely to take cold on damp, rainy days when they go to roost with wet plumage. Canker and roup often are merely stages of the same disease. Canker and catarrh, which are infections of the mucous memhi'ane, are mild forms of diphtheria, in which may j occur patches on the inside of the throat and on the tongue or at (he opening of the windpipe. These conditions con-ditions follow one another quickly unless prompt attention is given to the first symptoms of cold. While the earlier forms of the disease do not. seem to he contagious, roup is very cold aginiis. Disease may he prevented if the fowls aie provided with plenty ol loom and fresh air without draff, dry, ch iin sci aldiing lifter anil an eliuiid.-iiicc nf sunlight. The careful I poult ryman will go over the flock '".-.eh day and remove all liirds I li.it show symptoms of disease. I r inn nganal e of I'ol.isli I A oiong i i-nieilies perhaps the most s i ! :.".f.-icl 01 y is permanganat e of potash pot-ash in the di inking wafer, .lust, a I pi ; n il is necessn ry. I II. will give the water a pinkish jliuge. Thja is general treatment for |