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be subservient to it, for the strong subject will resist its 

 attacks. 



I don't know if I have made myself quite clear. What 

 I mean is this : Supposing a man's loft of birds is well- 

 managed, the birds are well fed, they live in a cool, 

 fresh atmosphere, there is just the possibility that if a 

 bird suffering from roup was introduced to such a happy 

 family, the change might cure the diseased subject and 

 the others keep free from it ; but still, old fancier as I 

 am, I should not care to take the risk of the infection, 

 and I would sooner give a ^^ note than have a genuine 

 roupy subject introduced amongst my birds and left for 

 forty-eight hours. 



Where will you find a stronger or hardier bird for its 

 size than a wood pigeon? The nest is built of twigs in 

 the fork of a tree. The squabs get air all round, and 

 yet are as strong as it is possible for them to be. 



The fact of the matter is we don't study this question 

 of air and health as much as we ought to. Many of us 

 would have far better health if we had a little more fresh 

 air. 



If you have any birds suffering from roup, adopt the 

 fresh-air treatment at once, and I venture to think when 

 you see how rapidly they mend you will not store your 

 pigeons in warm cosy cotes again. 



In the case of an outbreak of roup it is best to at once 

 isolate any subject affected. 



As roup in fowls and pigeons is a kindred disease, I 

 append the leaflet, No. 58, issued by the Board of Agri- 

 culture, 4, Whitehall Place, London, S.W. — the letter 

 of application need not be stamped. It reads as 

 follows : — 



" Roup is one of the most contagious diseases from 

 which fowls suffer. It is due — at least in part — to certain 



