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CANARIES, HYBRIDS, AND BRITISH BIRDS 



quantity of sulphur — a process that is 

 twice repeated. This destroys any pests 

 that may have taken up their abode in 

 the cages or on tlie wooden walls of the 

 house. All wooden structures should 

 undergo this process once a year if possible, 

 for it is cciiain death to insect life and 

 germs of all kinds. The cages are next 

 washed with diluted carbolic acid from 

 top to bottom, and afterwards limewashed 

 twice. 



All glasses, egg-drawers, and seed hoppers 

 are laid in soda and water, together with 

 the fronts, and well washed ; when dry 

 the wires of the front are coated with 

 japan black. The hoppers and outside 

 woodwork are then repainted black and 



varnished, and all other accessories washed 

 scrupulously clean. The fronts are fastened 

 in their places, and all is ready for the 

 .stock to be moulted. 



When the room ])ietin'ed is in full ojiera- 

 tion, it contains as many as 1,200 birds. 

 Twenty cages are cleaned out and sanded 

 each day, so that the entire room is gone 

 through once in a fortnight ; cleanliness is 

 one of the leading princijjlcs in the govern- 

 ment of this interesting establishment. 



It is not, however, necessar\' for the 

 ordinary breeder to have a rcom specially 

 ari'anged to moult his birds in, for the breed- 

 ing room answers equally well, the double 

 breeding cages being converted into flight 

 cages by the removal of the partitions. 



A NOTED CRK.STHR1;D HEN. 



Fium it phitvt^vuph kindly ^.upplicil by Mr. R. KhuJci. 



