1M PH1KONS AM) ALL AIJOI'T Til KM. 



should he fed twice a day in winter and three times a day 

 during the long summer days, taking care never to feed the 

 birds more than they will eat. It is far better to keep them 

 a little hungry. Keep them picking in the sand for food that 

 is not there, and the exercise will do them good. Remember 

 that the finer breeds lead a fictitious kind of a life. Confined 

 at all times, they have no chance fur the exercise that is a 

 natural part of their being, and man, who confines them, 

 must study their wants and keep conditions as nearly natural 

 as possible. 



But as " variety is the spice of life ' I give it to my birds 

 I often have the cook make good corn bread liberally dosed 

 with red pepper, and have her cook it far more brown than 

 for the table. 



This is one of the best winter dishes that can possibly be 

 for birds. Again, when leaving the table I take scraps of 

 light bread and biscuit, cracker, parts of boiled eggs, cabbage 

 lettuce, potato, celery, in fact almost any kind of table sciaps 

 and the birds will fight for them. 



I am firmly opposed to any sort of a feed hopper that will 

 continually keep feed before birds. It is all very well to say that 

 when they w r ant it, you want them to have it, but I ask how 

 long could a man keep his appetite, confined in a room with 

 a constantly spread table ? He would soon loathe the sight 

 of it. As long as my birds fall all over each other to get to 

 the feed 1 know they are healthy. 



Throwing down feed "to last all day" is another bad idea. 

 The first birds get the best part, and the rest is trampled on 

 till by noon it is not fit to eat. Clean, wholesome food, with 

 plenty of nutritious qualities and pure frexk water are two 

 great points. 



Do not made the mistake of buying "cheap" food, for it is 

 by tar the dearest in the end. A man would not buy refuse 

 food for his family and that is exactly what cheap chicken 



