Dhopy or Crop. When fowls are
troubled with this complaint the crop
is distended with an ill-swelling liquid,
the appetite fails, and the birds are
dull and disinclined to move aliout
lu sneh cases we have opened the crop
by making an incision about half an
inch in length with the points of a pair
of sharp scissors, and after allowing
the liquid to escape, injecting with a
common syringe some water and carbo
nate of magnesia, with which the crop
was well washed. The water was re
moved thronghthe opening, the edges
of the wonud in tue crop were tuen
drawn together with a surgeon's stitch,
alter which the wound in the skin
was closed in the same way.
The bird was then fed with soaked
bread and milk, in which a little mag
nesia was mixed, for a few days, and it
recovered at once. This disease may
le prevented by feeding the fowls occa
sionally with bread and milk, or easily
digested food, and giving some pre
pared chalk or magnesia, or a pinch of
copperas along with the food.
