CARE AND SIMPLE REMEDIES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, 30 January 1909, Page 1

CARE AND SIMPLE REMEDIES.

i _ Poultry -kept.. under proper conditions SKonljTiot 1 require Tjdtieh' dosing, and'bey^Aat^w.'simpl'e'rfimedie*, which nAarly^evetypne^KaS.athan'd, the poultry keeper* should* not'need "'any' ruedicina * .cUesUMc^t authorities in dealing with $}fe^ubjcct"give' a list of drugs and remedies that would go d gocd way towards stocking a chemist's shop. The truth is, however, that apart from valuable showspecrmens, fowls with any affliction tlkt is not amenable to prompt homely refrieclie's are better speedily despatched. |A leading. American poultry journal remarks in this connection, that "it ia nfther^a sayere commentary on'the poul-try-keeper of this "country to.jsay .that poultry remedies have- ,a'large and increasing sale. The ■ truth-"of ■this is fully p&£en by;the number.of roup cures and otie^'iemftdies whicK'pre advertised year aft^r^gi.j.Mf't&^ultrjr of this country w^'reTgiyen p'ropjer. care a- good many ,oi; those' wfio/adyerjisj poultry^ remedies ,w >uld.Tie cpmpelleaj-' r.to go out;of th» bi Biiioss, and the'paltry press - would 10 c .j&. considerable j»rtiqn,of the income it d«ses.fr'pm its advertising pages. Syefl;tajrea-fjjr pqqHry, bred from "props rly,Jie'lect|dJ.stock,;rarelyr makes any call mite pwner-jtojf medical attention. U ider" the arti&jal;, conditions of dom stiSition,, where there is crowding and ca?eles§ngss, th"eresis"*always danger. But su^n.'diseS«Sr j a&^)up',-:; which is the troub) | ,njd?t In "evioLenpe in'poultry seen in th i city fearEetsirEhould never bo allow- < f(Stg get?a i hold >o4a.flock, because its presence) is a true indictment against the owner- of the Sock. If it were not for some carelessness, the disease would n«yer manifest ' itself in the chronic form. It should be nipped in the bud in the slight cold stage. The bird that ' has had diphtheric ronp should 'never bo bred from or Ifept, as its progeny will always be. predisposed to that disease. A case in point: Several years ago a locat poultry farmer in a big way purchased an Indian Game cock to mate with a pen of Buff Orpingtons to breed crossbreds for the table. He found out that the bird had been "cured" of roup, and was apparently healthy. Nearly everyouq of his progeny, however, has 6hown the: tendency to roup, and this has been on for several years. „ Sometimes. it missed a generation, and reappeared .is the result of mating apparently sound birds. A lot would have been saved by killjng the bird in the first instance. The first} loss is always the least with diseased poultry, or those lacking constitution! ; First symptoms should never be neglected. Take the cold and running, at the eyes and in time, and ' pre.•ent it de.Yoloping into 1 somethijjg serious, .tikev^ise any bird'that is, seen to mopa and refuse fdo3-should have a dqiei of skits, arid be Wpt oh soft food until alright. Taken, in. time, _ there is no trouble, generally in putting mattore •itraighf, tluflet the'sMiip. bird mope and qtarpe for a couple: of^days, and prp; 'jabty it v»U be,paS^ecpyejy. '», ninej caaea out jot ten; -t)H>..doge of Baits, given; promptly will>havc~ the desiied. effect, atad, :saVe wbrryiilgi with' more complex .treatment ;later ;on. If a fowl beg\n» to'droop* and grow lighter :day by day, aartii not infrequent, kill dfe and burn" the body, for it is more than likely"tgat it "is a case of tuberculosis, and th§r^isltSe,risk of the A-hole Hock becomfiig infected, although there..is-n&^dauger of the dis->aserbeing-communicated' to humanbeings. Any aihnente that cannot bo ctared with aiph'siiiple: agent* *■ the iise of,'a goqd "g«rmicjde (as fcerinlingaiiate of potasK as a) dressing or the Brin¥%" ■^ater^,;; salt?, kerosene, and IcharcoalJ ate' best' treated with the axe. At this sea»?n.' p.f the year, with' the approach" "of'tlie moult-, a danger of heat apoplexy, and attacks 11 cMckcnpox,- the;i'egTilar use of modora'to doses.of r salts."is'desirable to iecp the blood cool and in a healthy eond(itipn.