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half an hour with two teaspoonfuls of raw linseed oil. 

 Continue treatment one week. Flat or tapeworms 

 when found in the droppings look like pieces of tape. 

 The eggs of these parasites are expelled in the drop- 

 pings, and are taken up and undergo a preparatory- 

 stage in some of the insect parasites like fleas and lice ; 

 when these vermin are eaten by the fowl the contained 

 embryo is ready to develop into a full fledged tape- 

 worm in the intestines of the fowl. The affected bird 

 is often possessed of a remarkable Appetite, and at 

 the same time grows thin. At other times the presence 

 of tapeworms in a fowl may not be suspected until 

 pieces of the worms are found in the droppings. Make 

 a mash of bruised pumpkin seeds with a Httle milk, 

 and after allowing the bird to fast for twelve hours, 

 feed it all of this mash that it can be forced to eat. 

 In an hour or two give a teaspoonful of castor oil, or 

 two teaspoonfuls of raw linseed oil. After the worms 

 are expelled feed a warm mash of bran, middlings and 

 milk. If worms appear again in droppings the treat- 

 ment did not get all of them, and may be repeated in 

 a few days. 



