Canker is the most common ailment. It is something Uke 

 diphtheria, a collection or false membrane forming in the 

 throat. Inject a solution of ahim into the throat and this 

 ]nembrane usually comes away. 



"Going light" is a disease manifested by a wasting away. 

 If you see a pigeon drooping in a corner, with no ambition 

 to fly, catch it and you will find u.sually a prominent breast 

 bone and its feathers soiled by diarrhoea. It takes too much 

 time and trouble to cure a pigeon thus affected. We take it 

 as a sign that a pigeon thus affected has not stamina enough 

 to transmit desirable qualities, and kill the bird. 



We have learned that canker and kindred diseases are 

 caused by an excess of corn. A corn diet is carbonaceous 

 and fat-producing and the pigeons grow weak when they 

 get too much of it, and fall a prey to disease. 



Pigeons kept in a house or loft artificially heated will raise 

 few squabs and will becom.e tender. The coldest weather 

 will have no effect on a flock. The old birds protect the 

 squabs intelligently in freezing weather and do not leave 

 the nests for long periods. 



On cold and stormy days when the sun is hid, shut down 

 the windows of the squab house and do not let the pigeons 

 into the flying-pen until the sun comes out again. 



When pigeons are from four to eight weeks old, they are 

 in their most precarious period. This is the time of the first 

 moult, and moults are a trying condition for all breeding 

 stock, being a tax on the vitality. W'hen a pigeon has safely 

 passed this first period, the breeder does not worry much 



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