out the nose, and washing the throat with salt and vinegar, or even with water and castile soap, is rarely necessary and really of very little consequence. As the catarrh passes off, the secretions will become healthy and natural, and all these discharges disappear. Soft Eggs May be a sign of over-feeding, but are more commonly from the want of material of which to form the shell—lime, starch, sulphur, etc. The flock should have an occasional feed of mashed potatoes and lime; old mortar; burnt oyster shells, pounded up, should be placed in reach. An occasional dose of J.K., will be beneficial. White Diarrhea This disease probably causes more loss among newly hatched chicks than all other diseases combined. It attacks chicks when from 1 to 3 weeks old, and usually when the chicks are over 3 weeks old they are safe from it. White Diarrhea is caused by a germ, and when a flock have this disease, it will be found that some of the chicks were born with this disease and gave it to the others. When a flock of chicks have this disease, most of them will die, but a few live through, and it is found that these few who live through are the ones that carry the disease. The germs in this case resides in the ovaries and are in every egg such a hen lays. The chicks hatched from these eggs develop the disease and communicate it to the others. SYMPTOMS.—The chicks appear stupid and remain under the hen most of the time as if cold; they do not run around with the others but remain by themselves. The feathers are rough and the wings droop. They lose weight and eat little or nothing. A white diarrhea appears from which the disease gets its name; this is usually creamy, but sometimes there is a little brown in it. This discharge is sticky and sometimes even plugs up the vent. The chick will often utter a shrill cry, apparently of pain when voiding. TREATMENT.—No satisfactory cure has yet been found for this disease and we must rely on prevention. Where eggs are hatched under a hen, if one of a setting develops this disease, the entire setting should be killed and the nest and quarters of the setting disinfected. In using incubators, the eggs should be taken on the 18th day and placed in wire trays or baskets, holding about 12 eggs each, and after the chicks are hatched they should remain in these trays until 48 hours old, then any trays that have developed the disease should be destroyed. [Illustration: [Case]] Humphreys’ Veterinary Remedies Prices of Single Bottles SINGLE BOTTLE, Small, =$ .60= SINGLE BOTTLE, Medium, =2.00= SINGLE BOTTLE, Large, =3.00= Prices of Stable Cases