ened, that organ must be properly toned up before 

 the bird will be able to digest the harder grains. To 

 strengthen the crop and improve the appetite nothing 

 will be found better than to use Gentian Root in 

 the drinking water. After the bird has fully re- 

 covered strength it can then be placed in the loft 

 again. 



LEG WEAKNESS. 



This is an ailment often afflicting squabs after 

 leaving the nests. It is probably due to their rapid 

 growth and being cramped up in the nests or nest 

 pans. I have never seen a case of leg weakness 

 where n^sts were used without the pans, whether 

 this is the cause of the weakness I would not like 

 to say, but I do not fancy these pans myself and 

 never use them. I use boxes a foot square for nests 

 and never have birds suffering from this weakness. 

 It is frequently the symptom of some other constitu- 

 tional disease when found in old birds, and those 

 diseases of a debilitating nature. 



Treatment: Remove the cause if it can be 

 ascertained. Remove the bird and jplace it in a box 

 with the bottom covered an inch or two with hay. 

 Rub the legs morning and night well with a mixture 

 of turpentine, vinegar and white of an egg. Add 

 the tonic to the drinking water. 



PROLAPSUS ANAL, (Disease of Vent.) 

 A disease afflicting the hen bird. It is usually 

 the cause of great weakness and generally is confined 

 to young hens, free breeders. An inflammation, 

 displacement, of some of the inward organs, or the 

 presence of a tumour may be another cause of Pro- 

 lapsus. 



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