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CANARIES 



Food for Newly-Mated Birds. 



The feeding of canaries is not a difficult matter^ but 

 simple as it is, it requires a certain amount of thought. 

 Many failures are caused because birds are not in proper 



Wire Rack for holding Nesting Material. 



An All- Wire Nest. 



condition. In the early months of the year many birds 

 show a disposition to lay on fat, and if they are given a 

 lot of stimulating food such as boiled egg and biscuit, 

 inga seed, and hemp seed with the idea of getting them 

 into breeding condition they soon become too fat, and 

 the special feeding has quite the opposite effect to that 

 which was intended. 



