IMPORTANCE OF CORRECT FEEDING. 



week as occasion requires. Each aviary has a 

 good sized zinc bath with a broadish rim. For 

 drinking fountains I use Hateley and Bassetts' 

 white enamelled ones, which are in three parts 

 and very easily kept clean. My birds have a 

 bath once every week, and it is a treat to see 

 them enjoy it. In each loft I have a wooden 

 grit box. These boxes I obtained from Mr. 

 Richard Woods. They are simple and inex- 

 pensive, and are kept supplied with fresh grit 

 each week. Don't forget the importance of 

 grit ! Remember it is just as essential to the 

 birds' welfare as our teeth are to us in grinding 

 up our food. 



IMPORTANCE OF CORRECT FEEDING. 



Now as to feeding. This is a very important 

 matter. If you are to keep your birds in health 

 and good condition, be careful to select corn that 

 is perfectly sound, free from all taint and musti- 

 ness. Nothing upsets a bird sooner than soft, 

 badly garnered corn. It must be sound and 

 sweet. My mixture is composed of maple peas, 

 tares, and dari . The latter is a most suitable food 

 for Orientals. In the breeding season I add a 

 little sound English wheat, and a little small 

 Indian corn — Cinqintina for preference. 



Now, there is a great art in feeding. I am 

 quite sure there is more harm done in over- 

 feeding than there is in underfeeding, both from a 



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