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the birds are no good and useless for 

 long flying. Two days rest before 

 their final fly is required, and if the 

 birds are kept in darkness it is a great 

 benefit to them. 



Another very good recipe for a 

 long fly is as follows : Night, feed 

 them on wheat, rape seed, and 

 hemp seed. Morning feed them 

 on Indian corn, rice, and canary 

 seed, about half an hour before they 

 go out. If the morning is clear and 

 the wind still they will mount up in 

 the clouds and fly for hours. It is 

 a very bad plan to train good birds 

 in winter, as the weather is so very 

 changeable, and they are sure to be 

 lost if they are in flying condition. 

 Most fanciers will put their birds 

 out as early as eight o'clock in the 

 morning in winter, but they run a 

 great risk of losing them. 



There are many different ways of 

 feeding a kit of Tumblers for flying, 



