GENERAL TREATMENT. 



dealt witli — a feast one day, a famine the next. 

 Superiority cannot thus be obtained. "Where a 

 hearty goodwill is shown by those appointed to 

 tend your flock, and a kind interest is taken by 

 them in its welfare, you have the surest founda- 

 tion for success. There may sometimes be a 

 little difficulty in efi'ecting reforms in manage- 

 ment. Old prejudices and opinions, too deeply 

 rooted to be easily eradicated, may be encoun- 

 tered ; but, if the lady fancier devotes some part 

 of her leisure time to general supervision and 

 direction, she will soon find that her presence 

 acts like a charm upon even the most obdurate 

 and old-fashioned bigot, who must, perforce, ac- 

 knowledge the superiority of the new, over the 

 ancien regime, as proved by the higher condi- 

 tion, greater weight, and increased beauty of the 

 birds. 



In cold or damp weather give nourishing food, 

 and plenty of it; while in moult, the birds 

 can scarcely be too highly fed. Amateurs; who 

 themselves look after the wants of their stock, 

 can best judge of their req^uirements, and will 



