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finer with the hand; after which process 

 pass it through the grater two or three 

 times. It may then be given to the birds. 

 As bread and butter, or even Turkey, is 

 an excellent food to the human species in 

 its place, so is this to the Canary; but as 

 were we confined to the most delicious 

 articles in existence as a daily food, we 

 should soon become cloyed or disgusted, 

 and desire a change so is it with the 

 birds. Take every two or three days a 

 nice piece of clean, stale, wheaten bread, 

 without its crust, which has been soaked 

 in water, squeeze out all the moisture, and 

 pour over the whole a little fresh milk. 

 Of this give a small portion, a table-spoon- 

 ful at a time, to your feathered charge. 

 They should also have given to them, 

 whenever they can be obtained, fresh cab- 

 bage-leaves, which are the most use- 

 ful and nutritious thing they can eat, at 

 least two or three times a-day; and beside 

 this, fresh chick-weed or salad, when in 

 season. 

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