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the ceiling and walls whitewashed, and the floor well 
scrubbed. The hens may then all be kept in this room 
away from the cocks, and any cocks that prove useless 
for competition work may be kept there until they are 
sold, either as songsters or for breeding stock. 
During the winter months the hens, and the cocks, 
may be given canary and rape seed as their staple food 
in the hopper, and the mixed seeds in the seed drawer 
may be given every other day. Soft food, such as egg 
food, cod liver oil food, or one or other of the prepared 
proprietary foods, may be given twice a week. 
Green food should be given whenever obtainable, a 
slice or two of sweet apple, or of boiled carrot, may be 
given when green food cannot be found, or even by way 
of a change. 
Let the birds have free access to a grit pan, unless 
you use sand on the cage bottoms. Keep cuttle fish 
bone always hanging in the flights. Supply fresh water 
daily, and keep all drinking and feeding utensils 
absolutely clean. Give a little tonic in the drinking 
water once or twice a week during the moult, and also 
through the winter. Supply them with a bath once or 
twice a week. 
Let the birdroom be well ventilated, but avoid all 
draughts. Thus catered for, your breeding stock should 
keep well, and be very fit when the breeding season 
approaches. 
KEEPING THE RECORDS 
It is essential for the proper management of a stud 
that the recording of the pedigrees of the birds in a 
Stud Register or Stock Book should be carefully kept. 
“Cage Birds” publishes such a Stock Book, and 
