ing to treat the fowls. This is Best licamed by examining the dead birds 

 After opening the windpipe with a sharp l<nife, cutting lengthwise, examine 

 its lining and see if you can detect any worms there. A magnifying glass 

 will be found helpful. In little chicks, the diagnosis is not usually difficult, 

 as the constant gaping is almost a sure indication, but older fowls may gape 

 because of some obstruction or from various other causes. Besides this, in 

 Pneumonia or Bronchitis there is a rise in temperature, which is not true of 

 Gapes in its earlier stages. 



TREATMENT — We advise that the chicks be removed to new ground, 

 where absolute cleanliness, both of quarters and utensils for drinking and 

 feeding, can be looked after. Do not feed on the ground, but on boards 

 or in shallow dishes, and thoroughlv scald these after each feeding. Keep 

 the quarters fully disinfected with CONKEY'S NOX-I-CIDK If you 

 cannot move your chicks to new ground, make a flooring of matched boards 

 surrounded by wire netting. Place sand, or clean dry earth, on this and 

 proceed as above, changing the soil on the boards once or twice a week. 

 In treating for Gapes, do not become impatient. This disease requires con- 

 siderable time to wipe it out, and it may be quite a while before you can 

 note any improvement. As long as the chicks do not get worse and die, you 

 may be sure that the remedy is working for a cure, and only calls for con- 

 stant care on your part. This is one of the slowest diseases to yield to 

 treatment. CONKEY'S GAPE REMEDY is sure and satisfactory, but in- 

 structions must be persistently followed. 



Along with this treatment other things should be done. As stated above, 

 the disease is introduced by the earth worm. As the irritation becomes 

 intense the fowls cough up the worms and these are eagerly picked up by 

 others of the flock, or the contamination is left on the ground and is mixed 

 with the soil, or is distributed over the drinking vessels, feed troughs, or 

 other utensils, where it is sure to cause infection again. The disease de- 

 velops an endless chain of trouble. You may cure the Gapes as it stands, but, 

 if you do not wipe out the cause, it will bother you right along and maybe 

 destroy some future hatch. For these reasons, the most stringent measures 

 must be taken to kill it root and branch. CONKEY'S NOX-,I-CIDE, one 

 part NOX-I-CIDE to 50 parts of water, should be sprayed or sprinkled 

 thoroughly over the premises where there may be possibiHty of contamina- 

 tion. All utensils should be washed with the solution and the houses, 

 pens, coops, etc., should be carefully sprayed or sprinkled with it. In very 

 severe cases, whtre the disease is of long standing, it may be necessary 

 to move your fowls to another section of ground and not to use the old 

 quarters for a year or two. The ground then should first be well sprinkled 

 with NOX-I-CIDE, 1 part NOX-I-CIDE to 2 of water, and then plowed in 

 and' sowed to some regular crop. If, however, as soon as you discover the 

 disease among your fowls, you will separate the sick birds and follow closely 

 the treatmeni we have advised, you should be able to effect a quick cure of 

 this disease. CONKEY'S GAPE REMEDY, like all of CONKEY'S POUL- 

 TRY REMEDIES, is scientifically prepared and can be relied upon. 



Diseases of the Digestive Organs 



CHOLERA 



Genuine Cholera is a disease but little known and as little understood. 

 The poultryman calls all diseases of the digestive tract "Cholera." He is 

 wrong, but the name has become so common that Bowel Trouble, Indigestion 



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