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chick in coughing them up and out. Destroy by burning 

 all worms thus expelled and any chicks that die with 

 gape-worms in them. 



Extracting the worms by a horse hair loop is prac- 

 ticed. 



The premises may be freed from these parasites if 

 the poultryman will burn every chicken that shows 

 symptoms of the disorder. Indications other than the 

 frequent gaping are contracted neck, closing eye-lids, 

 shaking of the head, drooping wings and staggering 

 gait. 



ROUND WORMS. 



Cylindrical, smooth worms, tapering to each end, 

 pointed in front and blunt in rear, often inhabit the 

 intestines of poultry. Mature worms may measure five 

 inches in length. 



These worms take nourishment that should be used 

 for the replenishing of the blood of the fowl and when 

 present in large numbers they interfere with the digest- 

 ive processes. They may cause diarrhea or stoppage. 



To drive them out give the fowl three teaspoonfuls 

 of oil of turpentire or two grains of santonine, one hour 

 before breakfast. Follow three hours later with a dose 

 of twenty grains of Epsom salts in a tablespoonful of 

 water, or use castor oil one teaspoonful in place of the 

 salts. 



TAPE-WORMS. 



Tape-worms also inhabit the intestines of fowls. 

 They are of several varieties, differing in size, but form- 

 ed of short, flat sections, which may break apart at the 

 joints. When these parts are discovered in the drop- 

 pings, or when a fowl loses appetite, becomes thin of 

 flesh, weakened, and the feathers lose their lustre, it is 

 well to give a dose of male fern, one dram of the powder- 

 ed form or thirty drops of the liquid extract before feed- 

 ing at morning and at evening. Or give Areca nut, four 

 to five grains (about three-fourths of a teaspoonful of 



