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CANARIES 



awkward to clean, and if one gets an invasion of 

 red mite into one compartment the whole four are in- 

 vested before the fact is discovered, and even when 

 it is not so the whole four compartments are thrown out 

 of action, and to lose four cages in the middle of the 

 breeding season may easily be a very serious matter, of 

 necessity it is bound to be if one's supply of cages is 

 limited. 



All Wire Breeding Cages. 



In their efforts to combat the red mite some fanciers' 

 appliance makers have put an all- wire breeding cage on the 

 market. Such a cage may answer for an odd pair of birds 

 kept in a living room, but it would never do in a breeding 

 room where a number of birds were breeding, because 

 none of the birds would have the privacy which birds 

 desire and enjoy during the breeding season. Thus as a 

 practical proposition the all-wire breeder is of no service 

 to the man who breeds large quantities of canaries for 

 exhibition. 



Nursery Cages. 



A dozen or so of small open wire cages about ten inches 

 square are very serviceable at times when the hens are 



NuRSBRY Cage to be used when Young Birds are first taken 

 FROM Parents, 



cannibals, and it is not possible to put the youngsters 

 with their sire in another cage. 



