Show Medicated Mash Us s Effective Government Trials Show Remedy Flock Use of a medicated mash containIng containing containing contain contain- ing nicotine has proved effective in poultry poultry poultry poul poul- try it was shown in trials conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted by the department of agri agri- culture In the government trials two kinds of worms cecal and round were checked and kept at a low level level lev lev- el ci by us using ng a medicated mash containing containing con con- taming nicotine a clay clay- i I I Roundworm parasites from the small intestines of a chicken like substance and in ordinary poultry mash Says the government report Under experimental conditions the treatment expelled approximately approximate approximate- ly 99 09 p per r cent of the two kinds of worms Under field conditions the feeding of this medicated mash to chickens for three consecutive days at intervals of three weeks maintained a low level of parasitism in the treated birds F Fifteen teen grams of 40 per cent nicotine sulfate solution were combined combined com corn with grams of zine and grams of nicotine ben ben- in 44 pounds of ordinary chick mash This combination of nicotine ben ben- and has been found effective in research carried on by private organizations and there are products on the market of essentially the same composition tion as that used by the agriculture ture department |