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be extracted, and any remaining will most likely be 

 killed by the disinfecting solution. Burn the worms 

 extracted, so as not to be a source of danger to other 

 fowls. Care should be taken not to permit too much 

 of the solution on the extractor, or some of it may 

 drop into the windpipe and strangle the bird. 



Some poultrymen use the lime treatment. The 

 birds are placed into a box, the top of which is cov- 

 ered with burlap; through this burlap top the air- 

 slaked lime is slowly sifted throughout the chamber. 

 The air becomes full of lime dust, which causes the 

 birds to cough up the worms. Fresh air must be 

 admitted to the box, and too much lime must not be 

 used, or it may inflame the mucous membrane of the 

 bird's air passage. 



Personally, I prefer the use of the extractor. 



