296 GAPES, OB THBOAT WOEMS. 



Fractures. 



Broken wings or legs in fowls may be set without 

 much trouble, if the fractured ends of bones are 

 brought together and secured . The leg or thigh may 

 be held straight with the broken ends neatly in posi- 

 tion, and a rag, or even paper wet in white of egg, 

 carefully wrapped around it several times. 1 he 

 white of egg hardens as it dries, and furnishes a suffi- 

 cient protection until the callus is formed. Broken 

 wings are best secured by tying the feathers firmly 

 together about an inch from the end, after having 

 put the fractured ends neatly in p'ace. 



Frost Bites 



If the comb or wattles are frost bitten they should 

 be at first rubbed with snow or icy cold water, until 

 the natural color and suppleness is restored and 

 then an application of the WITCH HAZEL OIL, or if 

 you have not that, the MARVEL OF HEALING in fluid 

 will do. Two or three applications of either will suf- 

 fice, the oil being every way preferable. 



Gapes, or Throat Worms. 



This disease is so called from the peculiar action 

 of the chickens who are affected with it. It is caused 

 by the presence of a pale reddish worm, some three- 

 quarters of an inch in length, which infests the 

 mouth and throat, and of which from two to a dozen 

 are found in a chicken, each usually doubled up. 

 These worms are a species of ascarus or pin worms 



