Show GAPES GET WEAK CHICKENS if it fowl fowls are kept dry thrifty and well fed they will seldom D subject to disease drw 13 LEUTZ perhaps it t would not do to say that all chickens that die from gapes are those that are poorly fed r 1 and cared for or but it U la is undeniably true that it if ohp th chickens are w well ell fed on feeding boards and kept dry and thrifty they will seldom bo be at ticked it la is generally bell believed eved that gapes are produced by minute worms which are propagated in the soil it follows that if the chickens axe fed on the same ground all through the season they are more liable to be troubled by the gapes the than n it if they are fed on dry flors preventative Is to better ahn cure always alays and if the chickens are fed 0 on n dry floora floors for the first few wt eke of their urea lives and the yards in which they run changed two or three times during the season they will seldom suffer from too the gapes we believe that this trouble Is the re result suit of at poorly kept quarters just as lice and mites come abon the coops and grounds are neglected we have never e yet heard of an of gapes in a flock of chicks where every sanitary precaution was mas taken and they were cared for just aa al they should be when nhen you come to study this assertion you will eee see that a high standard Is set for the amateur chicken raiser but if it lu Is maintained your chickens will not die from gapes to those whose flocks are buffering suffering it the he best cure Is a IL simple one oue carbolic acid As soon as the chicks show signs of gapes make a small coop with two compartments an upper and lower place a hot brick in the lower one ono and drop on it abrea or four drops of 0 car carbolic bolle add acid the upper compare compart ment in which the chickens are placed should not bo be air tight as the youngsters will suffocate but it should be tight enough to cause them to knezi and show considerable agitations ono or two careful treat treatment mento it lg this way will kill the worms in the air passages and it Is time for the onet of the flock to put his chicks on new ground disinfect their roosting and everything else about the place if he would keep them healthy |