serious disease. Mucous will flow from the mouth, 

 and at times the mucous discharged will contain 

 streaks of blood. 



Treatment: As this disease is quick with its 

 deadly work, treatment will be of little advantage. 

 Using the tonic in the drinking water, avoiding 

 draughts in the lofts, and guarding against exposure 

 are the best means of prevention. 



DISEASE OF THE CROP. 



The crop, as all know, is where the food eaten 

 is first received. Here it becomes softened and mac- 

 erated by the secretions of that order. It then 

 passes into the second stomach, as it is called, and 

 then on into the gizzard. By the use of poor qual- 

 ity of food, etc., the crop is very often diseased. It 

 is a very fine piece of mechanism and fanciers should 

 all bear this in mind and give their birds nothing 

 but the best food obtainable. An inflammation of 

 the crop is often caused by the feeding of oats or 

 any other sharp pointed articles of food. These 

 points cause an irritation by their piercing, and often 

 penetrate into one of the larger blood vessels caus- 

 ing an inward hemorrhage and the death of the 

 bird. 



Symptoms: The symptoms of diseases of the 

 crop, such as crop bound, sour crop, etc., are dis- 

 tention of the crop, caused by the accumulation of 

 gases and decomposed foods. The bird appears to 

 be all out of sorts, is lazy, and cares not for food 

 or drink. This disease is usually caused by the birds 

 having eaten too much by which the muscular part 

 of the crop is weakened, causing an atony. The 

 consequence is that the food instead of passing fur- 



