382 liiK'KAU oi- Farmers' I^•sTITUTES. 



have them dry and cleau. Gapes are caused by a worm whicb 

 gets into the chicken's throat. If they are kept on board floors- 

 they will not get hold of the worms. 



What is a {rood roniedy to stop the flow of blood when an animal has 

 been cut on barbed wire? 



Dr. Smead. — That depends where the cut is and the magnitude 

 of the blood vessel — a vein or artery. But the owner or doctor 

 should not get excited, but keep cool. If the wound is on a limb- 

 and an artery has been cut, take a rope and cord the limb above 

 it. If the cut is very large and there is a liability of the horse 

 bleeding to death, the artery will have to be taken up. But every 

 man cannot do that. To check the flow while waiting for the 

 doctor, apply some muriate of iron. Every farmhouse should 

 contain it. If the cut is mangled, cut out the broken or threaded 

 pieces of flesh, then use a little carbolic acid — a teaspoonful to a 



pint of water — wet some cotton with it and bind it on the wound. 



What will cure intestinal worms in sheep? 



Mr. Van Dreser. — I know of nothing better than some of the- 

 sheep worm powders. There are a half-dozen of them. I don't 

 remember the names — could not recommend either one. We feed 

 them two or three times a week. Sometimes the worms come- 

 from old pasture grass. 



What will kill lice in hens? 



A Farmer. — That's what I want to know; there is a million on. 



my hens. 



Dr. Smead. — There are two species of lice that get on to hens. 

 One is the little red mite that gets onto the hen in the night, but 

 goes off and crawls into some crevice in the walls during the day.. 

 They do not stay on the hen during the day. Spraying with kero- 

 sene emulsion and whitewashing the walls and perches will kill 

 the mites. The large gray louse lives on the hen all the time. 

 To kill them blow Persian insect powder into the feathers a few 

 times. 



A Farmer. — A ball of camphor placed in the nests will kilE 

 the large lice. 



