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February 8, 1899
The Central Presbyterian
Richmond, Virginia
What is this article about?
Historical remedies for poultry diseases: chicken cholera treated with red pepper, alum, sulphur, and copperas mix; gapes with sulphur in water; roup by blowing sulphur into throats to prevent damp-weather issues. From Mary G. Paterson, California, Mo.
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Diseases of Poultry.—The following mixture is a sure cure for chicken cholera: Two ounces each of red pepper, alum, sulphur and copperas. Mix in scalded corn meal and in severe cases allow one-third of a teaspoonful to each fowl daily, but in ordinary cases one tablespoonful in three pints of meal is sufficient.
For gapes, a teaspoonful of flour of sulphur mixed in a quart of water will rid poultry of gapes in a few days. This is a certain cure.
Roup is caused by damp, chilly weather and if the poultry house is warm and tight, so there is no draught, there will be but little roup; but when chickens contract it they can be cured by making a paper funnel and blowing sulphur down their throats. These remedies are simple, cheap and effective.—Mary G. Paterson, Epitomist, California, Mo.
For gapes, a teaspoonful of flour of sulphur mixed in a quart of water will rid poultry of gapes in a few days. This is a certain cure.
Roup is caused by damp, chilly weather and if the poultry house is warm and tight, so there is no draught, there will be but little roup; but when chickens contract it they can be cured by making a paper funnel and blowing sulphur down their throats. These remedies are simple, cheap and effective.—Mary G. Paterson, Epitomist, California, Mo.
What sub-type of article is it?
Medical Curiosity
Animal Story
What themes does it cover?
Recovery
What keywords are associated?
Poultry Diseases
Chicken Cholera
Gapes
Roup
Sulphur Remedy
Red Pepper Cure
What entities or persons were involved?
Mary G. Paterson
Where did it happen?
California, Mo.
Story Details
Key Persons
Mary G. Paterson
Location
California, Mo.
Story Details
Mixture of red pepper, alum, sulphur, and copperas in corn meal cures chicken cholera; flour of sulphur in water cures gapes; blowing sulphur down throats cures roup, caused by damp weather.