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remainder of the time. A good receipe 

 for a windy day is half a craw of dried 

 peas and Indian corn and fill up with 

 one handful of wheat steeped in 

 Scotch whiskey and afterwards dried, 

 give them canary seed also, as much 

 as they can eat. If in good form 

 this receipe will put a great deal of 

 metal in them and they will fly a 

 long time. 



ANOTHER RECIPE FOR A 

 LONG FLY. 



Treat the birds just the same until 

 the last week's training, then feed 

 them as follows : First day feed 

 them on dried peas and fill up with a 

 handful of hemp seed Second morn- 

 ing : barley, rice, and hemp seed 

 before letting them out to fly, at night 

 feed them on dried peas and barley. 

 Third morning, feed them on dried 

 pearl barley and dried wheat, at 

 night feed them on dried peas and 



