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Show TREAT FOWLS FOR CHOLERA Sharp Axe Is Advocated Where Dia ase Has Reachea Advanced Stage Use Good Common Sense. The best troatenent for fowls in an advanced stage of cholera is the Instant use of a sharp axe and the i complete burning of the carcass, says the Farm and Fireside. Those mildly affected should be at once removed to remote quarters and there treated. The following will prevent cholera among fowls, 'but plain, common sense must also be used, and plenty of it at all times: After the coop or house has been thoroughly sprayed with a solution of one part crude carbolic acid to one part gasoline and three parts hot water wa-ter and allowed to dry, spray or brush ill the interior, nestracks, roosts, etc., with hot whitewash. Place clean straw chaff for a litter, and after a thorough cleaning of the water dishes or fountains, refill with pure cold wa-ter, wa-ter, to which is added to each gallon two ounces of well-dissolved sulphate (not sulphate) of soda. Allow no other liquid or drink for three weeks or a month. Disinfect all run's, etc., where cholera-infected' fowls have been, with, the acid formula. Feed lightly or not at all on mash feeds, substituting cracked, mixed, dry grains in place, and the cholera will leave. 'Thoroughness in all particu-ars particu-ars should be observed. ' |