r210: Live Stock.—Poultry—Galena—Turkey.

practice is equally beneficial to the people who undertake it as the farmer. The climate and{oil are there both highly favourable to the raifing of poultry.

Fowls are liable to be affe@ted with many different difeafes, but the moft com- mon ones are the following.

The Pip, which is diflinguifhed by a thin white fcale being feated upon the tip of the tongue; and it is fuppofed to be produced by the fowls’ notbeing kept fufhi- ciently clean, or the food and water being taken ina foul condition.

The beft remedy is the removal of the fcale, and the wafhing of the part with a: weak folution of common falt in pure water.

The Roup is thown by the rump becoming fwelled and enlarged, the feathers. fianding awkwardly out, and the quills being full of blood. The‘cure is beft effect- ed by removing the feathers, and then in flight cafes ufing a weak faturnine wath; but where there is much fwelling the part fhould be opened and the contents difcharged.

The Flux is thown by the fowls’ becoming fuddenly thin and lean, and their not eating as ufual. It is moftly caufed by the ufe of too large a portion of moift fermenting food’; or fuch as has run into the fate of acidity. It is beft removed by the giving of rice dry and wheat unground; the coop or other place in which: they are confined being kept perfectly clean and well aired.

Stoppages are often produced in fowls by their picking up different forts of indifloluble fubftances; fuch as old mortar,&c.: when in the crop they may be taken out by making a fmall opening externally.

Blindnefs in fowls is beft removed by changing their food, and letting them have more frefh air.

Galena or Guinea Fowl. This isa kind of fowl that lays a great number of eggs;. but probably retains too much of its wild nature to be kept with advantage by the farmer. The leaft difturbance makes it forfake its. neft, which is moftly made in forne diftant unfrequented fituation. The fleh of this fort of fowl is fomewhat dry, but has more of the game flavour than that of the common fowl.

Turkey.—In grain diftriéts, this is a bird that may perhaps be raifed with advan- tage by the farmer; it is however very delicate and tender, requiring much attention. and management while young. There are two breeds or varieties of this bird,. the black breed, and the white or /peckled breed: the former is in general the largeft and moft hardy.‘

Thefe birds differ from others in not requiring the males to be conftantly with the females during the laying feafon, as in Norfolk it isa practice to fend the hen

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