154 DISEASES OE POULTRY. 



After the bird is removed from the water, it should be 

 dried off with a cloth and a tablespoouful of the follow- 

 ing mixture injected into the cloaca : Water 6 ounces, 

 glycerine 2 ounces, morphia sulphate 1 grain, boric acid 

 1/4 drams. A pledgetof cotton may be saturated with 

 this mixture and placed in the cloaca two or three times 

 a day, allowing it to remain until expelled by the bird. 

 If the discharge is very offensive a solution of per- 

 manganate of potash one grain to the ounce of water 

 may be used as an injection, or, if more convenient, a 

 solution of peroxide of hydrogen. Should the rem- 

 edies just mentioned fail to give satisfactory results, 

 try a solution of carl)olic acid of the strength of one 

 per cent. After the inflammation has subsided, if the 

 discharge continues, an astringent solution may afford 

 relief. For this purpose acetate of lead 4 grains to the 

 ounce of water is suitable; or, in obstinate cases ace- 

 tate of lead 3 grains, sulphate of zinc 3 grains, water 

 one ounce. The sores and ulcers which form around 

 the vent should be kept dusted with iodoform or 

 aristol. 



ANOMALIES IX EGG PRODUCTION. 



Eggs are not always laid in a perfect condition. 

 They may l)e deformed, modified in composition, or may 

 contain foreign bodies. These changes depend upon 

 :he condition of the ovary and oviduct during the pe- 

 riod the egg is developing. Some abnormal eggs have 

 excited much wonder and discussion, but, if the man- 

 ner in which the egg is formed is borne in mind there 

 is little difficulty in making a satisfactory explana- 

 tion. 



EGG INCUBATED IN THE OVIDUCT. 



It has been shown that the egg normally remains in 

 the uterus or shell -forming portion of the oviduct from 

 twelve to twenty hours, also, that it maj' become 



