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and we would advise putting the young chicks on Cina 

 for a few days, when, if there is no improvement, resort 

 may be had to one of the other remedies. 



Among the more popular external treatments may be 

 mentioned the twisting of a horse-hair into a fine loop, 

 running it down the bird's windpipe and pulling the 

 worms out, also taking a small feather, stripping it, ex- 

 cept at the point, dipping it in 'turpentine or kerosene 

 and running it down the throat, after having bent the 

 feathered part over so that it will go down with the 

 grain of the feathers. There are many other treatments 

 recommended by various authorities, such as flour of 

 sulphur, crude camphor, turpentine, etc., but the trouble 

 with them all is that there is always danger of killing 

 the chick along with the worm. 



Gout. 



This disease commonly known as " gout " would seem 

 to be more akin to " rheumatism." Hens and turkeys 

 are mostly liable to it, and it also attacks ducks and 

 geese when they sleep on damp floors. The cause is 

 taking cold, or exposure to cold and wet, which settles 

 in the legs and feet ; damp pavements and filth also 

 combine to produce it. The legs and feet swell and be- 

 come stiff, and the fowls walk with difficulty, their gait 



