110 TURKEY CULTURE. 



In whatever way young turkeys receive the embryos of 

 these parasites, doubtless they may be promptly freed 

 from them, and any injurious results prevented, by the fre- 

 quent use of simple worm medicines in their food or wa- 

 ter. The longer infected turkeys have been kept on a 

 farm, and the greater the number annually grown, the 

 more thoroughly will tapeworm eggs be sown upon the 

 land, and if slugs, snails and earthworms are their inter- 

 mediate host, the more generally will the turkeys contain 

 infecting embryos. Where there have been no tapeworm 

 eggs, snails and earthworms will not harbor the embryos, 

 and young turkeys will not become infected in this way. 

 If we can keep turkeys free from worms we will prevent 

 them from sowing the seed for the tapeworm crop ; there- 

 fore, dosing the breeding turkeys in the winter and spring 

 would be a preventive measure. Raise the little turkeys 

 on fresh, uncontaminated land that chickens or other turkeys 

 have not run upon for years, and give them an occasional 

 dose that will destroy tapeworm and gapeworm embryos. 

 Give up keeping turkeys, either old or young, on ground 

 infested for several years. Confine infected flocks to an 

 inclosure, and treat them with worm medicine until they 

 are free from worms; meanwhile, frequently disinfect the 

 ground in the pen, to destroy the eggs that pass off. Then 

 move them to new ground. If it is found that wild birds, 

 or any of the animals that wander over the same ground, 

 harbor the same tapeworms, additional measures will have 

 to be taken to entirely stamp out the infection. 



Which of the well-known remedies for tapeworms in 

 animals is best suited to the turkey, and what amount 

 should be given to turkeys at different ages, are ques- 

 tions that naturally arise. Until we can advise on this 

 matter from knowledge gained by practical experience, 

 we leave it for turkey raisers to test for themselves. 

 Probably the best results may be expected from the use of 

 freshly powdered kousso or cusso. According to the 



