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lie was the only man in town they hadn't anything against. 

 They do that sometimes. He went to the Legislature, 

 and did not say a word until about the close of the session, 

 when he felt he must say something to satisfy his constitu- 

 ents. A question came up one day in which he was not 

 particularly interested, but he rose and said, "Mr. Speaker, 

 upon the question now before the House I desire to remain 

 a nuisance." Now, coming back to your question, I will 

 say that I have used incubators and I have used hens ; and 

 if I should enlarge my business again, I should use the hens, 

 and very likely I should use the incubators. There is where 

 I stand on that question. I assure you, gentlemen, it is 

 very much easier to get a chicken into the world than it is to 

 care for it afterwards. There is the great secret. I do not 

 think it turns on the question of the use of the incubator at 

 all. The great question is, how to take care of the chickens 

 after they come, to keep them growing, keep down vermin, 

 and give them proper rations. 



Question. How can we prevent gapes in chickens ? 



Dr. TwiTCHELL. The gapes in chickens is caused by a 

 little worm in the throat, resulting from moisture and filth. 

 I have tried in breeding to prevent all forms of vermin 

 from getting about my nests. I do not know that I have 

 been very successful, but I have aimed especially to keep 

 them ofi" of the little chicks. I thought at one time that I 

 discovered gapes in one of my chickens, and I went for the 

 little fellow with a horse hair ; but I did not find the worm, 

 and the chicken died. I have never been troubled with them 

 beyond that. All the advice I can give is from those who 

 have had experience, and it is this : take a horse hair, 

 make a loop in it, open the mouth, pass the horse hair 

 down into the windpipe and remove the worm, which lodges 

 there. 



Dr. Fisher. I want to say a word or two about poultry 

 vermin. I used to have vermin enough. I kept my poul- 

 try out of doors, and they were overrun with them ; but for 

 fifteen years I have not had any, and I have put lousy fowl 

 in among mine two or three times. I think you will not 

 find a louse in my house at the present time. I do not 

 do anything for them. I have never used sulphur, never 



