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with sulphuric and nitric acid. Cayenne pepper or gin- 

 ger in the food may hasten the recovery. Examine the 

 fowl to see if the cough is not due to parasites in the 

 air passages, as in the case of gapes in chickens. 



Gapes — Symptoms. The fowl in breathing stretches up 

 its neck and gasps ; it sneezes and makes vain eiforts to 

 swallow ; it has the general symptoms of not being in 

 good health, such as lack of activity, moping about, 

 dropping its wings, etc. 



Treatment. Put some carbolic acid, of the clear, 

 transparent quality, into a spoon or metal saucer and 

 hold it over a lamp. Dense white fumes will arise. In 

 these hold the chicken's head until it is nearly suffo- 

 cated. 



Another method is to take a feather, stripped of all 

 the web save at its tip, dip it into turpentine or kero- 

 sene, and thrust into the wind-pipe and turn it around 

 several times. Some of the worms will be killed, some 

 will come out with the feather, and some will be coughed 

 out. Burn them all. 



Still another method is to confine the chicks affected 

 in a small box over which is stretched a cover of thin 

 muslin. Sift fine lime through this cover but not so 

 fast as to smother the chicks. This will cause a violent 

 sneezing and coughing which will expel the gape worms. 



Cholera — Symptoms. The discharges are at first yel- 

 lowish green, "like sulphur and water,'' becoming thinner, 

 greener and more frothy as the disease progresses. The 

 breathing becomes heavy and fast, crop fills with mucus 

 and wind, me food is not digested, the eyes close and 

 the fowl dies. These symptoms are accompanied by 



