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an box traps, using a fresh killed chick for bait. Owing 

 to the peculiarity of the beasts this method is not so 

 satisfactory as shooting. Dosing the body of a freshly 

 killed chick with arsenic and placing it where his 

 skunkship will get it, is also recommended as a good 

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Venetian red has long been a popular remedy 

 with some poultrymen. It is the red oxide of iron, and 

 undoubtedly possesses medicinal virtue. Its value is 

 vouched for by reliable men, and we can see no reason 

 why it should not be tried in the diseases for which it 

 is recommended; more especially as it is found useful 

 in troubles which have hitherto been considered 

 incurable and fatal. Venetian red is used in the drink- 

 ing water, about a teaspoonful (for fowls, less for 

 chicks) in a quart of water. It does not dissolve, ana 

 in time settles to the bottom of the vessel. The water 

 is renewed without rinsing out the powder, which 

 rises to rhe surface when fresh water is added. Those 

 who have used Venetian red are inclined to attribute to 

 it "cure all" virtues, much the same as any enthusiast 

 is liable to overrate the curing capacity of his special 

 favorite remedy. There is reason to believe in the 

 value of Venetian red in the treatment of the follow- 

 ing: canker, some bowel troubles (more especially 

 those accompanied by wasting of flesh), "going light," 

 ■"pasting up behind" in chicks, and in all diseases where 

 a blood tonic would be useful. 



Worms — Two kinds of worms are quite common 

 in poultry; the round, and the flat or tapeworms. 

 Infection takes place through fowls eating the eggs 

 of the parasites foun4 in the droppings of infected 

 hirds. Droppings of stock having worms should be 

 collected frequently and burned. For round worms, 

 give a two-grain pill of santonin to each affected bird 

 every other morning before feeding, following it in 



