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other animals have little trouble to induce their stock 

 to eat it, Pigeon fanciers have great difficult}-. The 

 .great value that linseed is to the stock breeder is be- 

 cause of the valuable effects of its oil upon the coat. 

 Owing to modern enterprise and skill Pigeon men are 

 now able to administer to their birds the active principle 

 of linseed in the shai)e of linseed oil capsules, and that 

 their value is known and proved is shown by the big 

 demand there has been for them since their introduction 

 by Mr. R. Woods. Of canarji- seed, and its value as a 

 conditioner, I have often written. Pigeons are madly 

 fond of it. Its great value comes towards the end of 

 the moult when the birds need tightening and harden- 

 ing up in plumage. 



THE V.ALUE OF TONICS. 



A most excellent tonic and stimulant during the 

 moult is iron, but to secure the best results from iron it 

 needs to be mixed with other substances. The best 

 form in which it can be given to birds is that known 

 as saccharated carbonate of iron; the iron being chemi- 

 cally treated in some manner with sugar becomes much 

 more nutritive and effective. Iron in any form is 

 useful during the moult, but this particular form is 

 the best. I have reason to believe that several of the 

 tonics in pill and capsule form which are on the market 

 contain carbonate of iron in some form or other, and 

 these pills and capsules are much to be preferred to 

 any home-made mixture. A most excellent capsule is 

 that which contains Extract of Malt, Cod Liver Oil, 

 and Parrish's Food. Long feathered birds such as 

 Fantails, Jacobins, Trumpeters, etc., can be greatly 

 assisted if given Woods' Compound Sulphur Pills, 

 which are compiled from a formula of my own, and 

 successfully used amongst my Fantails for many years. 

 The ingredients m those pills are all conducive to quick 

 and strong feather growth, and as they are the result 

 of manv years' experience in my own loft, I know 

 their value. 



