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Show TWO CAUSES OF LIMBERNECK Usually Brought by Fowls Eating Decayed De-cayed Meat Full of Maggots Alto by Ptomaine Poison. Llmberneck is an Infliction that is usually caused by fowl eating decayed meat full of maggots. Some assert It is also a result of ptomaine poison-fng. poison-fng. The remedy Is turpentine, and the tullowlnf a good treatmeut: Mix a tableKpoonful In an equal amount of warm water, nnd pour into the crop. Follow by filling the crop neatly full with warm muter, and then, holding the fowl by the feet, head down, gently work out the entire en-tire contents. When thoroughly cleaned give a tablespoon of castor oil and allow the fowl to remain quiet by Itself until recovered. To prevent this trouble, at least once a week make a careful inspection of the ranr.e to bco that no dead, decaying animal bodies are laying tboul breeding maggots. |