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is hollowed out by a great number of small cavities 

 and a close examination o'f these cavities will show 

 that they contain parasites. Frequently, a cavity will 

 contain an old female and a large number of young. 

 These young are born alive, so that no eggs are present 

 in the scabs unless a female has been crushed and the 

 eggs have escaped from her body. 



In time, the disease be- 

 comes so bad that the bird 

 cannot walk. It lies on its 

 breast, hops about from 

 place to place, becomes 

 thin and at last dies from 

 exhaustion. 



It is not very dirticult 

 to cure this disease, pro- 

 vided careful attention is 

 devoted to it. The first 

 thing to do is to remove the 

 diseased fowl from the 

 fleck, disinfect the poultry 

 house, the nests and 

 perches. The treatment 

 the individual begins wi 

 the removal of the scab so 

 that the parasite may be 

 leached and destroytnl. 

 The scab may be removed 

 by .soaking it with oil, 

 either sweet oil or cotton 

 seed. This should be a]> 

 plied freely and allowed to 

 remain for t weiity-fuiii . 

 iiouis. after wliich large 

 soctidMs iif (he crust mav be 



