Proceedings of the Farmers^ Club. S09 



By a little skill and practice one learns to draw out the little worms 

 which fasten on the lining of the vrindpipe and cause this malady. 



Dr. William "W. Sanger. — A short time ago I was at the house of 

 a friend wlio complained that his poultry were suffering from gapes. 

 Like most physicians, I am seldom withoutalittlerollof nitrate of sil- 

 ver, lunar caustic, in my vest pocket. I caught a young turkey, and 

 made a single application to the inside of its throat. It was effect- 

 ual. Others were similarly treated and recovered. I reasoned from 

 analogy. It is an*inflammation, and all know that lunar caustic has 

 the power of changing the form and character of morbid conditions 

 in the human throat. It is tlie common remedy in diphtheria, putrid 

 sore throat and some other affections. It is easily remembered and 

 quickly applied. If any poultry-raiser near the city has the gapes in 

 his 3^ard, I will come and apply this remedy for the sake of knowing 

 whether in a large number of cases it is a true cure. 



Mr. J. B. Lyman. — Some will lack the skill and patience to handle 

 the horse-hair as Mr. Todd describes ; others will be afraid of Dr. 

 Sanger's remedy. The Germans call lunar caustic the hell-fire stone, 

 and the name is not a bad one. Thousands of cases are cured every 

 year by a much simpler remedy. A few years ago I had a brood of 

 eight chicks that I thought a good deal of; they came on finely, but 

 about the middle of July the gapes appeared among them. Three or 

 four coughed violently at night, and seemed to be much distressed. 

 I mixed pepper and sweet oil, making it strong with the pepper, and 

 swabbed out their throats with a small, slender feather about five 

 inches long, the plume stripped off from one side. Most of them 

 were cured by one application ; one or two needed a second dose of 

 the pepper and oil. If sweet oil is not at hand, melted butter may 

 be used. 



Mr. J. C. Thompson. — I prevent the gapes rather than cure it. 

 This I do by keeping my young poultry on fresh ground. As soon 

 as a hen comes off she and her family are removed from the poultry- 

 yard, and the chicks range on soft, fresh earth. In this way I avoid 

 disease. There is something, also, in their food. They do better on 

 cooked food, a pudding made by boiling coarse Indian meal ; bat 

 wheat screenings are better than any form of corn meal. 



Appoin'oiext of Chkmist. 

 The Chairman. — I take pleasure in announcing that the Trustees 

 of the American Institute, acting on the recommendation of this 



