CHAPTER IY. 



FOOD AND WATER. 



fott)t)Cr much we may feel inclined to 

 give our pets plenty of such dainties 

 as sugar, cake, and other rich food that we 

 know Dickey is as fond of as any boy of 

 sweets, yet it will not do for us to forget that 

 plain simple diet is far more likely to keep 

 him in good health. 



It is easy enough to accustom canaries to 

 eat and enjoy whatever comes to table, but 

 in canaries as well as children, in so doing 

 we lay the foundation of future disease, and 

 early death. While, on the contrary, poor 

 people who are not acquainted with even the 

 names of these delicacies, succeed in rearing 

 healthy, lively, and handsome birds. 



The best regular daily food for the canary 

 is a mixture of rape and canary seed, with 



