. The American bird fancier : considered with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding, management, and peculiarities of cage and house birds ; with remarks on their diseases and remedies ; drawn from authentic sources and personal observation . xture of burnt alum and honey. If the incrusted flesh round the eyes of carriers, Barbs,or horsemen, be injured or pecked, bathe it with salt water;and if, in some days, this remedy does not succeed, anotherlotion composed of three drachms and a half of alum, dissolvedin two ounces of water should be tried. When pouters and croppers g^oro-g themselv
. The American bird fancier : considered with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding, management, and peculiarities of cage and house birds ; with remarks on their diseases and remedies ; drawn from authentic sources and personal observation . xture of burnt alum and honey. If the incrusted flesh round the eyes of carriers, Barbs,or horsemen, be injured or pecked, bathe it with salt water;and if, in some days, this remedy does not succeed, anotherlotion composed of three drachms and a half of alum, dissolvedin two ounces of water should be tried. When pouters and croppers g^oro-g themselves, by over-eating, after long fasting, put the bird, feet downward, into a tightstocking, smoothing up the crop so that, overloaded as it is, itmay be kept fiom hanging down; then hitch up the stocking ona nail, and keep the bird a prisoner until its food is digested,supplying it with a small quantity of water the bird is taken out of the stocking, it should be putinto an open coop or basket, and fed but scantily for a while. For lameness, or swelled balls of the feet, whether from cold,cuts with glass, or any accident, the most effectual applicationis a small quantity of Venice turpentine spread on a piece ofbrown mB^
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