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Foul Crop is a name given to a complaint that particularly 

 attacks Pouters, but is found in other varieties also. The crop is 

 more or less full of offensive fluid, and the food passes out vei-y 

 slowly, the organ being evidently flabby and torpid. Old cases 

 are ofteji incurable; but when taken in reasonable time the 

 complaint will generally yield to boluses made of powdered char- 

 coal, mixed up with butter and a little oatmeal to bind them 

 together till swallowed. A couple may be given morning and 

 evening, giving food and drink very sparingly. Often a few 

 drops daily of quinine and iron mixture afterwards are of 

 service. Sometimes this complaint comes on while feeding 

 young, the bird leaving its squeakers, and moping and losing 

 weight rapidly. In such cases there is usually a torpid liver, 

 and benefit will be found from a quarter of a grain of calomel, 

 mixed with one and a half to three grains of rhubarb, accord- 

 ing to the size of the bird.- Sometimes a second pill may be 

 needed after two days, following with the charcoal. 



Fractv/res, when accessible, are pretty easily treated by 

 splints made of brown paper smeared with white of egg. 

 Stiffer substances are unsuitable, the greatest gentleness being 

 necessary. 



Gizzard Fallen, see Prolapsus. 



' Going Light is a term applied by fanciers to a wasting away, 

 which is apt to attack young birds at a few months old, par- 

 ticularly short-faced Tumblers. It may also occur at a later 

 period, but the most dangerous time is with young birds at some 

 time during their first moult. Numerous post-mortem examina- 

 tions have shown that the cause is not uniform, as once supposed, 

 but that the cases range themselves into no less than three 

 distinct categories ; a fact which accounts for the various results 

 of any one mode of treatment. Unfortunately the symptoms 

 which distinguish one class of cases from another are not clear, 

 and only probable conclusions can be drawn. The first class 



