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SECT. VI. Directions for making the Ger- 

 man Paste, and for rearing the young by 

 hand. 



Should you desire, either for the pur- 

 pose of strengthening your old birds or to 

 gain time in the short season of breeding, 

 to bring up your young birds by hand, it 

 will be first necessary to observe whether 

 they are of sufficient age to be removed 

 from the parental care; since they will, in 

 case the attempt be made at too early a 

 season, pine away and most probably die. 

 The last, however, seldom happens. But 

 on the reverse, they must not be left too 

 long with the old ones, as they then be- 

 come perverse, obstinate and sullen, and 

 also extremely difficult to feed. The time 

 of removal must be left entirely to the 

 discretion of the fancier, though I would 

 recommend it to be done when the birds 

 are from twelve to fifteen days old. 

 Should you succeed, as with common 



