ing to treat the fowls. This is best learned by examining the dead birds. 

 After ^opening the windpipe with a sharp knife, cutting lengthwise, examine 

 its lining and see if you can detect any worms there. A magnifying glass 

 will be found helpful. In little chicks, the diagnosis is not usually difficult, 

 as the constant gaping is almost a sure indication, but older fowls may gape 

 because of some obstruction or from various other causes. Besides this, in 

 Pneumonia or Bronchitis there is a rise in temperature, which is not true of 

 Gapes in its earlier stages. 



TREATMENT We advise that the chicks be removed to new ground, 

 where absolute cleanliness, both of quarters and utensils for drinking and 

 feeding, can be looked after. Do not feed on the ground, but on boards 

 or in shallow dishes, and thoroughly scald these after each feeding. Keep 

 the quarters fully disinfected with CONKEY'S NOX-I-CIDE. If you 

 cannot move your chicks to new ground, make a flooring of matched boards 

 surrounded by wire netting/ , Place sand, or clean dry earth, on this and 



Proceed as above, changing the soil on the boards once or twice a week, 

 n treating for Gapes, do not become impatient. This disease requires con- 

 siderable time to wipe it out, and it may be quite a while before you can 

 note any improvement. The chief thing is to keep up the strength of 

 the chick and bring the bird past the danger period while working for 

 the cure. Keep in mind that the very nature of the disease makes it 

 slow to yield. CONKEY'S GAPE REMEDY will prove itself satisfac- 

 tory, if instructions are persistently followed. 



Along with this treatment other things should be done. As stated 

 above, the disease is introduced by the earth worm. As the irritation 

 becomes intense the fowls cough up the worms and these are eagerly 

 picked up by others of the flock, or the contamination is left on the 

 ground and is mixed with the soil, or is distributed over the drinking 

 vessels, feed troughs, or other utensils, where it is sure to cause infection 

 again. You may cure the Gapes as it stands, but if you do not wipe out 

 the cause, it will bother you right along and maybe destroy some future 

 hatch. For these reasons, the most stringent measures must be taken to 

 kill it root and branch. CONKEY'S NOX-I-CIDE, one part NOX-I- 

 CIDE to 50 parts of water, should be sprayed or sprinkled thoroughly 

 over the premises -where there may be possibility of contamination. All 

 utensils should be washed with the solution and the houses, pens, coops, 

 etc., should be carefully sprayed or sprinkled with it. In very severe 

 cases, where the disease is of long standing, it may be necessary to move 

 your fowls to another section of ground and not to use the old quarters 

 for a year or two. The ground then should first be well sprinkled with 

 NOX-I-CIDE, 1 part NOX-I-CIDE to 2 of water, and then plowed in 

 and sowed to some regular crop. If, however, as soon as you discover 

 the disease among your fowls, you will separate the sick birds and follow 

 closely the treatment we have advised, you should be able to remedy the 

 trouble. CONKEY'S GAPE REMEDY, like all of CONKEY'S POUL- 

 TRY REMEDIES, is a practical article, carefully compounded, and can 

 be relied upon. 



Diseases of the Digestive Organs 



CHOLERA 



Genuine Cholera is a disease but little known and as little understood. 

 The poultryman calls all diseases of the digestive tract "Cholera." He is 

 wrong, but the name has become so common that Bowel Trouble, Indigestion, 



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