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the powdered nut). Follow in three hours with twenty 

 grains of Epsom salts' or a teaspoonful of Castor oil. 



If a flock is suspected to be troubled with tape- 

 worms, it may have for breakfast a mash in which 

 is mixed one teaspoonful of powdered pomegranate root 

 bark for each fifty fowls. 



To prevent or expel intestinal worms it is an excel- 

 lent plan to feed occasionally onions or garlic. If the 

 fowls will not eat these readily, they may be chopped 

 fine, tops and all, and mixed in a mash for feeding in 

 the morning when the fowls are hungry. 



PARASITES IN THE OVIDUCT. 



Two parasites, the common round worm already de- 

 scribed and a small fluke, have been reported found in 

 the white of eggs. 



It is supposed that these organisms entered the ovi- 

 duct from the cloaca and were enclosed in the albumen 

 of the egg while the latter was forming in the oviduct. 



DISEASES. 



Whatever may prepare the way for sickness among 

 fowls, the actual active cause of developing disease is a 

 germ in each case. 



Before the "seeds of sickness" will sprout, the "soil" 

 must be in a condition favorable to development and 

 growth of the "seeds." The most favorable and inviting 

 conditions for the development of disease are unclean- 

 liness and the presence of parasites. 



Diseases are not prevalent among wild fowl. 



Probably all of the diseases of poultry are the result 

 of man's mistakes in the domestication and care of the 

 fowls. The birds kept in confined quarters, with no 

 escape from unnatural and unhealthy conditions, suc- 

 cumb to the attacks of disease. 



Carelessness, neglect and ignorance prepare the seed- 

 bed and the germs of disease conveyed by air, dust, 

 water, food, clothing, etc., find the conditions right ior 

 their development and sickness results. 



