The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies; . ure. It is a most valuable article in the poultry yardwhenever the fowls seem weak andla nguid, or when any ofthem are recovering from an attack of sickness. The receiptfor it is as follows :— Douglas Tonic Poultry Mixture. Take Sulphate of iron, half a pound. Sulphuric acid, 1 oz. Pure soft water, 2 gallons. Mix and give to the fowls by adding one teaspoonful to each pintof their drinking water. Whilst the fowls are moulting, the above mixture, or alittle sulphate of iron, should always be used; it will assistthem greatly through
The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies; . ure. It is a most valuable article in the poultry yardwhenever the fowls seem weak andla nguid, or when any ofthem are recovering from an attack of sickness. The receiptfor it is as follows :— Douglas Tonic Poultry Mixture. Take Sulphate of iron, half a pound. Sulphuric acid, 1 oz. Pure soft water, 2 gallons. Mix and give to the fowls by adding one teaspoonful to each pintof their drinking water. Whilst the fowls are moulting, the above mixture, or alittle sulphate of iron, should always be used; it will assistthem greatly through this, the most critical period of thewhole year. A little hemp-seed should also be given everyday, at this season, at least to all fowls of value; and withthese aids, and a little pepper on their food, with perhaps alittle extra meat, or even a little ale during the few weeksthe process lasts, there will rarely be any lost. CHICKEN LICE AND FLEAS. These are the pest of many a hennery. To prevent them,the chicken houses should be frequently whitewashed, and. Chicken lAce and Fleas. 433 powdered sulphur (flour of sulphur) be freely sprinkled overthe floor and in the nests. For the birds themselves, the desire which fowls have ofdusting themselves—taking a dust bath, as it has beentermed—indicates the easy and natural remedy for relievingthem from fleas; a heap of dry sand, or still better, of siftedashes, is the simplest and most effective remedy; fowls knowhow to apply it themselves. As to more loathsome enemiesto their comfort, and even to that of chickens, in whosetender down vermin will sometimes lodge, a good dusting ofpungent snuff, or flour of sulphur, at the roots of the downor feathers, extending to the bare skin, will destroy them. CHAPTER IX. THE PEOFITABLE MANAGEMENT OP LIVE STOCK. CONTKIBUTED BY WILLIS P. HAZARD, ESQ.,Author of \The Guernsey and Jersey Cow, Farmers Friend and Planters Guide. The Cow. On the Best Breeds—How to Choose a Good Cow — How to Kee
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