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easilv'be found Uv piilliiiji out :i ffuthef and t'xamiii 

 iu? its base. 'Plies*' fowls Ii.hI 1»h<-ii l<e[>t in dirtv pens 



The Pakasite of One Form of Body— Mange of Fowls. 

 Sarcoptea Iwvis, male— 200 times natural size, 



and were also afflicted uith mauj^e of the legs. Tlic 

 pens were re-arranged and cleaned and the fowls were 

 sprinkled twice a week with a weak solution of creolin 

 poured on to them from a watering pot, with the result 

 that in about four months they had recovered and 

 feathered out again. 



The treatment to be employed in these eases is first 

 of all to isolate the afflicted fowls. Then disinfect 

 the premises that they have occupied, and afterward 

 give them individual treatment if they are worth it. 

 The local treatment consists in the application to the 

 diseased skin of remedies that will destroy the para- 

 site pi'oducing the disease. One of the best applica- 



