Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds and their profitable management . lime, and then daub the ends of the roosts,where they come in contact with supports, wifeh coaltar, so the mites will have to cross it to reach the fowls. Douglass Tonic Poultry Mixture.—Take sulphateof iron, half a pound; sulphuric acid, 1 oz; pure softwater, 2 gallons. Mix, and give to the fowls by addingone teaspoonful to each pint of their drinking water. Parrishs Chemical Food (An English tonic).—Protosulphate of iron, 10 dr.; phosphate of soda, 13 dr.;phosphate of lime, 12 dr.; phosphoric acid, glacial, 2
Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds and their profitable management . lime, and then daub the ends of the roosts,where they come in contact with supports, wifeh coaltar, so the mites will have to cross it to reach the fowls. Douglass Tonic Poultry Mixture.—Take sulphateof iron, half a pound; sulphuric acid, 1 oz; pure softwater, 2 gallons. Mix, and give to the fowls by addingone teaspoonful to each pint of their drinking water. Parrishs Chemical Food (An English tonic).—Protosulphate of iron, 10 dr.; phosphate of soda, 13 dr.;phosphate of lime, 12 dr.; phosphoric acid, glacial, 20dr.; carbonate of soda, 2 scruples; carbonate of potassa,1 dr.; muriatic acid and water of ammonia, each a suffi-cient quantity; powdered cochineal, 2 dr.; water suffi-cient to make 20 fluid ounces; sugar, 3 lbs. troy; oil oforange, 10 minims. Cholera Disinfectant Mixture.—Mix sulpiiuricacid, 8 ounces; pure soft water, 8 gallons. This acid is a good preparation whenever the housesor grounds need purifying after an infectious disease. 334 PBOFUS m « 7 FIG. 134. TYPES OF FKATHEltS. I Striped. i Laced. 8,4. Spangled. 6. PenciUed. 6, MotUed. CHAPTER DICTIONARY AND CALENDAR. 3eard—A bunch of feathers under the throat of soik» breeds, as —Any variety of fowl presenting distinct chfcjt —Family of chickens cared for by one —Desiring to sit or —Bearing, attitude, or —Covered with fleshy protuberances, as on the neck of a turkey —A newly hatched fowl. Used only while but a few weeks —This word is often applied to any age indefi-nitely until twelve months —This term is applied both to tlie batch of eggs sat upon by the fowl, and also to the brood of chick-ens hatched —A young —The bag or receptacle in which food is stored before digestion. Can be easily felt in any fowl after feeding
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