| Show SIMPLE BUT GOOD POULTRY REMEDIES it Is far more profitable to become master of tho the art aft of prevention than it Is to be an expert in tho the art of cure it la Is well to doctor the early stages of sickness and thereby avoid serious ailments but when it comes to the contagious diseases like roup and cholera we are strongly stion gly in the b bo 6 ilef that thoy they cannot be cured we may apparently cure these ailments but the germs genna of the disease can never bo be eradicated from tho the body when such euch birds are used for breeding purposes they have but one result a generation of sickly poorly constituted offspring hero here are a few simple remedies tot for early stages which it might be well to remember for bumble foot toot paint the corn alb eralia with tincture or of iodine dally for 6 a week if this Is done in the early stages the corn can be spread for canker three applications of fine salt rubbed on the ahe sore spots i has been reported arted as aa an excellent remedy for catarrh four drops of aconite in a half pint of drinking water la Is rec om mended Crool ln one part to orio one hundred parts of water has also been known to cure boric acid 20 grains to one ounce of water or listerine llster lne one part pari to ten parts of water are also safe remedies V for or chicken pox paint the head and wattles with vasel vaseline lne after first having bathed well with hot water at night give a one grain quinine pill repeat treatment each night for a week for colds colda a one grain quinine pill each night for three nights or a week until cured 2 prepare a mixture of one tablespoonful tablespoon tul of a good family liniment one teaspoonful of spirits of turpentine and four tablespoonfuls tablespoon tula of water when using warm slightly and shako well before using inject two to four drops in the nostrils lm for costiveness ten drops of sulphate of magnesia to each pint of drinking water for crop troubles enlarged or so sour ur crop add about hilt half a teaspoonful of 0 baking soda to a quart of drinI drinking tIng water dally for a few days during which time feed sparingly for crop bound powell says he has cured bad ca canes hesby by making afflicted birds swallow all the warm warin coffee that could be forced foiled into its crop repeat the dose sei several eral times bior debility an english remedy Is a raw caw new ladd egg every morning until the fowl begins to recover then change to a little cooked meat and add a little of iron to the drinking water 2 when the writer has baa u fowl that aliat Is moping he gives a family liver pill each night for three nights in succession also gives the bird a free range over a grass grasa plot for diarrhea slight cases a few drops of spirits of camphor in the drinking water 2 A half teaspoon ful of oe paregoric dally daily 3 give a teaspoonful of sods boda water made by using three teaspoonfuls of bicarbonate soda eoda to a pint of waters water 4 use charcoal finely grounds ground in feed and water for indigestion a gill of linseed meal to each dozen hens 2 A teaspoonful of fenugreek lu in the mash for svery ten fowls for leg weak weakness nesa a pill composed of a balf grain quinine ono one grain of sulphate of iron fron ard and fl fave ve grains of phosphate of lime 2 ton ten drops of tincture ot 0 in a quart ot of drinking water for lim berneck night ald morn ios ing give a pint of asafetida about the size of 0 it ft pm pea 2 four or drops of turpentine in a spoonful of castor oll oil or make it into is ft pill biej wl teloir tt loir 3 mix sweet ill nil find 0 0 of I 1 turpentine equal parts and give from ten jeri drops to io a of bf the mixture to each afflicted bird after it has fasted for several hours for pip anoint the tongue with vaseline 2 A small bit of butter the size of a nut and a bit of aloes of the size of 01 a pea anade into a pill and put down the throat for rattling in the throat give grown fowls a halt half teaspoonful every morning of a mixture composed of equal parts ot of vinegar and water 2 give ten drops dally of a mixture composed of one part spirits of turpentine with four parts af sweet oil for scaly legs rub with an ointment made of 0 equal parts of kerosene and melted lard 2 one third cat carbolic acid to two thirds glycerin glycerin has a tendency to soften and bring out the color on oil shanks and toes that have become dry and harsh before using any bint ointment ment on a fowls legs it to Is best beat to wash them with warm water and carbolic soap for sore eyes nothing Is better than a drop of glycerin for sore more head a little bromide of potassium in the drinking water and then anoint with carbonized vaseline |
