126 DISEASES OP THE YOUNG. 



In performing the operation, care must bt 

 taken to obliterate every portion of the tes 

 tide, or it will be a failure. Capons requirt 

 to be kept for eighteen months or two years 

 before they attain their full size, but only 

 require to be kept up for fattening about a 

 couple of weeks before being killed. 



CHAPTER X. 



Diseases of Fowls. Gapes. Chip. Purging. Costiveness. 

 Distention of the Crop. Inflammation of the Oil-bag. Roup. 

 Lice. Amputation of the Wing. 



THE diseases of the common fowl are, in 

 this climate, few in number, and are- usually 

 controlled by adequate treatment. They 

 may be divided into those which occur to 

 the chicken, and those only known in the 

 adult fowl. 



1. Diseases of the Young. The most de- 

 structive is what is called the gapes. This 

 is known by the following symptoms. A 

 few days after the chick is hatched, instead 



