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enters in the form of a very fine dry mist, is breathed by the 

 chicks, and stupefies the worms, which are easily coughed 

 up. The simplest form of cure of this kind is ordinary 

 lime reduced to a powder of the consistence of flour. 

 When using anything of the kind, the coop or coops 

 must be made sufficiently air-tight to render the application 

 of the powder remedy effective; but it is better to be 

 prepared with the handy apparatus, which many of the 

 firms who cater for preservers supply at reasonable prices. 

 When fumigating birds for gapes, it is well not to overdo 

 it. Young chicks are better treated in two or three mode- 



Fig. 15. Dusting-Box and Bellows for Gapes. 



rate applications, older ones and young poults in one or 

 two more drastic dressings. The stronger the birds are, the 

 less liable are they either to acquire or to succumb from 

 this malady, and again, as they advance in age, so their 

 freedom from infection decreases. 



For reasons which the life-history of the Gape-worm 

 makes sufficiently apparent, ground once infected by the 

 pests should be rigorously treated, and avoided in the 

 future. To render it again fit for the purposes of 

 pheasant-rearing it must be thoroughly broken up, heavily 

 limed, and not brought into use again for at least four 

 years' time, even if then. 



