DISEASES 149 
feed. Give them a purgative dose of salts. 
Mash may be given after five or six days 
following the dose of salts, using sulphur in 
the mash. Then feed heavily on scratch feed. 
Eversion. This is not a true disease, but is 
a condition which is not at all uncommon, 
especially with the smaller types of hens, 
such as Leghorns, during the time of heavy 
production in March, April, and May. It is 
simply a turning wrong side out of the ovi- 
duct. Unless the hen is a high layer or a par- 
ticularly valuable bird for any reason, the 
best thing to do in the case of eversion is to 
take the bird immediately, kill, and dress it. 
There is no reason why the bird should not 
be good to eat. If the oviduct is replaced 
the bird is not likely to remain normal, for 
the eversion is almost certain to occur again. 
If it has occurred two or three times the 
oviduct cannot be replaced permanently. 
Crop Bound. The trouble known as 
crop bound is not at all uncommon in any 
poultry plant, especially if fine hay is used 
as litter. It is simply a case of the crop 
becoming filled with hay or grass or any sim- 
ilar substances, clogging up the opening 
