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entire eyeball is destroyed and the orbital cavity is filled with a 

 yellow purulent material. When this stage is reached, the worms 

 are no longer to be found in the eye. The nostrils may also be 

 affected and become obstructed in the catarrhal process, and finally 

 fatal results may follow. The bird becomes somnolent, scarcely 

 eats, declines in strength, becomes anemic, and dies in three or four 

 weeks. Irrigation of the eyes with a mildly antiseptic solution, 

 such as a 4 per cent boric acid solution or a 1 per cent creolin so- 

 lution, is indicated, together with irrigation, also, of the nose and 

 mouth, if the nostrils are affected. Anointing the eyes with a 

 mixture of lard 9 parts and iodiform 1 part, or with carbolized 

 vaseline, is likely to give good results in some cases. The general 

 sanitary conditions should also be attended to and stimulating food 

 furnished as in the treatment of simple catarrh." — Bulletin No. 60, 

 United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal In- 

 dustry. 



A Missouri Crystal White Orpington Hen, First Prize Winner at Jamestown Exposi- 

 tion, and Madison Square Garden, N. Y. 



