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Show (hick xllli I lk Herewith we llliutrnto n chicken with tho capes popularly called tho "Pip." Many a farmer sec his chicks acting as Indicated In the Illustration and Imagine that tho food Is not rlhht The food Is chnnged, but tho troublo Is tut obvlnted Tho difficulty Is the pretenco ot tho gnpo worm, a llttta red worm with a V shaped terminus. term-inus. Tills V Is formed by tho Juncture ot tho mala and fcmnla worms, Wa glva this much for Identification purposes pur-poses Tho worms Inhabit tho trachea. Sometimes they ran ba removed by n feather nnd soma claim to rcinovo them with drops of turpontlno Other hnvo failed In nil the thlnga tlicy havo tried. Without doubt provcntlon fa tho factor fac-tor that should reecho the most attention. at-tention. When tho chicks show tho symptoms Indicated, havo all tho )aung chick put nt once, on board floor where they cannot get at tho dirt Tho nnglo worm and dirt In which tho nngla worm I found aro the source of contagion After tho chicks are mature ma-ture they are not Injured by the gape, na nppnrcntly tho llnlr.:s to their trachea aro too firm to permit of tho worms attaching ther tunc |