| Show DISEASES OF POULTRY little has been done to find cures for many ailments every should have on hand plentiful supply of per manganato mang anata of potash crystals and epsom salts dy by D I 1 n D instructor in coultry husbandry now new york state school of agriculture tile iho old adago adage nn an ounce of prevention Is worth n pound of cure Is nowhere more than in the caiso of diseases 0 of f domestic birds so little has boon been dono done thus fur far by b scientists to find cures for the oua ailments of fowls fowl that not cay very many lunny of them can be secured cured our must then bo be directed to tho the prevention of diseases discuses and in ili most anost cases they can call be avoided in it if tho the poultry man Is only willing to take tho the proper sanitary there uro tire two medicines which every poultry man should hould t always lime have on hand namely of crys tills and epsom suits salts the former Is now very expensive duo to the lio nit unsettled condition of the chemical hinr ket batso but so little of it la Is really needed that a poultry inna should not go without it the crystals uin cun bo be bought pt it any drug store do not buy it in ili solutions as you are then paying pacing for water mater two tablespoonfuls of perin nate of potash should bo added to n quart of warm warin water most of it will dissolve but a tow few crystals will remain at tho the bottom of tho the bottle uso use this thili solution to color tile the drinking water of birds young loung nind od being careful to minke solution well veil each time before using tile drinking water should show a claret red color against your hand thrust into tho the water it Is necessary to put your lour hand in tho the water because pre presence senco of light or shadow will make binau the water appear to bo be a different shado than it really Is too much of tilts this water cannot be given to poultry sick birds should receive no other water the permanganate nets acts as it a disinfectant for the water and the dejes dl restive organs of the fowls it is alo alao good for healthy birds la in dapp weather it should bo be put int into the thinking drinking water ater two to or three times a week ns as tills this will often prevent the spread of cat nril chicks just hat hatched receive water tt liter for tho the entire first week ns as the infection from white hutc diarrhea occurs nearly always in ili this critical period of tho the birda existence epsom salti should bo be used when fowls tire constipated or have diarrhea in both cases it clearis cleans out tile the system tho the dose barles from one quarter of a for a very young chick to a full teaspoonful for mature birds dis dissolve 0 ive tile the suits in fit aarni w ater anti moisten ni mush with avith this solution do not feed the stell sick birds in III tho the morning but in tile tho ot of thu the afternoon give gho thoin thein the |
