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Another recipe for roup is as fol- 

 lows : Bathe the place affected 

 with warm water twice a day, after 

 this give the bird a nip of salt and a 

 dose of castor oil once a day, I have 

 heard old fanciers say that one nip 

 of burnt alum twice a day is a fine 

 thing. 



LOSING FLESH. This disease is 

 a hopeless complaint, give the bird 

 oatmeal and sulphur pills mixed with 

 cod liver oil. Give them boiled milk 

 to drink in the place of water. I 

 attribute this complaint to over stock- 

 ing the place, and it mostly affects 

 young birds. An old fancier gives 

 a curious remedy for this disease 

 which sometimes will meet with suc- 

 cess, that is, catch a large black 

 spider and put it down the pigeon's 

 tin oat alive. Soap pills with a dose 

 of castor oil once a day is a good 

 remedy. 



