Show I Treatment for Gapes A wishes to know what Is the matter mat-ter with some Buff Leghorn chicks that are bothered with a throat trouble causing them to wheeze cough and hold their mouths opon while breathing making so much noise that they can bo heard 30 yards says Baltimore American No doubt tho trouble Is gapes caused by a small worm oneeighth to onequarter Inch In length In the windpipe These worms can be seen readily with the naked eye In the material coughed up For treatment Isolate affected chicks from tho healthy ones and cause them to inhale fine lime dust This can best be accomplished by putting the bird In a barrel or box tho top of which Is covered with a piece of bagging bag-ging through which tho lime may be sifted slowly and finely This treatment treat-ment will cause the fowl to cough up the worms because of its irritating effect I ef-fect Care should be used not to suffocate suf-focate them by not admitting enough air This treatment may bo repeated In a few days If necessary |