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wbeu intiodueeti and liirued around dLslodji^es tlie 

 wonns and draws them out. Or, a featlier from which 

 all of the barbs have been re^moved witli the exception 

 of those at the point, may bo used for the same purpose. 

 Some reoommend a timothy head from which the seeids 

 have be<'n removed by rolling between the hands or 

 by shaking, but this is so large that it is difflcult to 

 use it except in mature fowls. For rluil<(ns. the pro- 

 jections on tlie lower part 

 of the timothy head may 

 be removed and only those 

 on the tip allowed to re 

 main. This appliance has 

 the advantage over the 

 horse hair and feather 

 that its sharp s]iines O'r 

 hooks are more likely to 

 adhere to the wonn and 

 permit its removal. Some- 

 times oil or turpentine are 

 applied to these various in- 

 sti'uments before they are 

 introduced into tlie wind- 

 pipe. It is advised in some 

 cases to cause the diseased 

 fowls to inhale the smoke 

 of tobacco. This is done 

 by placing them in a 

 closed box and blowing 

 smoke into it from a pipe. 

 The worms are in this way 

 stupefied but unless care is 



used the fowls will also cTHjp«;,'£J5,5:,V^„ViNALLv!lHfw^7^ 

 be stupified and perliapsG^^^j^ worms attached to its .n- 



