The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . ull-grown fowl will have a good effect upon the liver,and will cool the system in cases of roup. Thenkeep a bottle of castor oil and a bottle of sweet oil. In case of diarilnea, always shun chalkyremedies, and begin with a brisk dose of castoroil, which will clear away all f<etid matter fromthe intestines ; then follow on with frequent dosesof sweet oil (half to one teaspoonful at a time) tokeep the bowels soothed. Liver complaint needs no other remedies thanthese. If they fail there is nothing more to bedone. But in roup treatment you need a
The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . ull-grown fowl will have a good effect upon the liver,and will cool the system in cases of roup. Thenkeep a bottle of castor oil and a bottle of sweet oil. In case of diarilnea, always shun chalkyremedies, and begin with a brisk dose of castoroil, which will clear away all f<etid matter fromthe intestines ; then follow on with frequent dosesof sweet oil (half to one teaspoonful at a time) tokeep the bowels soothed. Liver complaint needs no other remedies thanthese. If they fail there is nothing more to bedone. But in roup treatment you need a can possibly be more useful, whether itbe for-sponging the nostrils and mouth of a roupybird or for bathing a sore place or wound on ahealthy bird than a lotion made by dropping a fewcrystals of permanganate of potassium into a tea-cupful of water. The crystals should be kept in aglass bottle, and they will suffice for the purposeof making instantaneously an antiseptic lotionwhenever such is required for any purpose A FIRST PRIZE GOOSE. Necessary Surgical Appliances. A few words, first of all, about surgical appli-ances, which may, if desired, form part of thepoultry-keepers- outfit. There are a good manyaccidents of various kinds which need attentionwhere a large number of poultry are kept, rangingfrom the tririing injury caused by a thorn, which apair of small pincers will extract in a moment,to the more serious trouble known as crop-bind-ing, which frequently calls for a surgical opera-tion—neither risky nor troublesome but requiringto be performed with proper appliances and in aproper .manner. A pair of sharp-pointed and a pair of bluntscissors of the ordinary surgical type, needlesand some silk thread, a piece of soft sponge, athreepenny roll of calico bandage about , a pair of small tweezers, aud a smallsurgical knife, or a sharp penknife. These areevery one sure to be useful, and will be all thatthe fancier is likely to require for
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