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Thus, out of ;{2 cliickeus dosed with half au ouuce 

 ^aboui lo'"^^, about 1 tablespoouful, about - dessert- 

 spoonsful, about 4 leaspoonsful) of spirits of turpeu 

 tine, one died. In another case dosed with 25'='', in still 

 another dosed with 30" (about 1 ouuce, or 2 table- 

 spoonsful) of turpentine the aiiiuials were very sick, 

 but recovered. 



It will be well, therefore, to make half an ounce 

 (about 15'^'^, or 1 tablespoouful) the luaxiiuuni dose. 

 As a safe rule, we can adopt 1 teaspoonful 

 (about 4'"', about one-eighth on an ounce) to 3 tea- 

 s|K)onsful (about ]2". about three-eiiihths of an ouucei 

 as the dose for chickens, the size of the dose being de 

 terniiued by tiie size of the chicken. 



It will be uoticed that the above experiments were 

 uuide to determine how much turpentine could be 

 safely given to chickens. As there was no outbreak 

 of tapeworm disease among the fowls used in the ex- 

 periment, no observations could be made on the effects 

 of ilie medicine v.\Mm the taiR'worms which occur in 

 chickens. Turpentine is. however, one of ihe recog- 

 nized remedies against tapeworms. 



Powered kamala. — M^gnin states that very good re- 

 sults followed the use of this drug, mixed with the 

 food, against tapeworms of pheasants. Hutcheon ad- 

 vises for ostrich chicks one month old I drachm, fwc 

 months old 1% drachms, three to four mouths old 2 

 liiiuhnis. eighleen months old 1 ounce, a full-grown 

 ostrich 2 drahms more. It does uot require to be 

 mixed with a purgative. Powered kamala may be 

 given mixed in a little tlour and water. 



Pumpkin seeds. — These, according to Ziirn, are uot 

 well borne by turkeys and not always by chickens, but 

 it would be well to experiment further with them. 



