FOOD OF VARIOUS ANIMALS AND BIRDS 



and a pint in the evening, added to the other food, con- 

 sisting of clover, etc. In less than a week the animal 

 recovered its appetite, and became perfectly well and 

 strong. 



Goats are generally more hardy than sheep, but may 

 be treated in the same manner. All ruminating animals 

 should have a lump of rock-salt in their houses, they lick 

 so much as they require and no more. There is no danger 

 of them taking more than is good for them. 



DEER {CERVIDjE). 



The elk, deer, and goat feed on the same kinds of food 

 as the camel, with an addition of a little crushed Indian 

 com now and again, this as a change ; but in the case of 

 the camel I find the Indian com has a tendency to increase 

 the mangy state of its skin. I therefore avoid this kind 

 of food for the camel. 



THE CAMEL (CAMELID^). 



The food of the camel should be dry clover or meadow 

 hay, chaff, bran, oats, carrots, mangold and onions. 

 Camels are very fond of onions, and occasionally they have 

 a quart or more in cold and bad weather. They should 

 be fed twice a day, but they generally get fed with buns, 

 biscuits, bread, etc., by the visitors. I find these animals 

 do best when they are used to carry the children. Unless 

 they are well under control and have a very good driver 

 they are very dangerous ; an ill-tempered man should not 

 be in charge of the animal, but one with plenty of patience 

 and determination. 



If the beast is much ill-used he is sulky and trouble- 

 some, but with fair treatment may be rendered very 

 tractable. The camel's skin is likely to become mangy, 



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