l8o POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. 



and other fat-proclncing foods will sometimes remedy this con- 

 dition, but a bird that has been allowed to get into such a shape 

 is spoiled for life both as a layer and breeder. The hatchet 

 and pot should be the fate of such a bird." 



Diseases of the Male Reproductive Organs. 



A number of diseases of the male reproductive organs have 

 been described but they are all of no practical significance, for 

 the reason that no poultfyman ought ever to use as a breeder a 

 -male bird that ever had any disease of these organs, whether it 

 had been "cured" or not. 



