ROUTINE OF MANAGEMENT 



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Observe regularity in feeding. — The birds are us- 

 ually waiting and know when the hour for feeding ar- 

 rives. In the morning, feed at 6 o'clock during sum- 

 mer and at 7 o'clock in winter; the afternoon meal 

 should be given at 4.30 o'clock in summer and at 3.30 

 o'clock in winter. We have followed this practice for 

 the last five years and have scarcely ever varied five 

 minutes of the set time. At noon, we make the 

 rounds of the house, carefully noting each pen and 

 correcting anything which may be amiss. 



FIG. 19 — MB. RICE AiSU HIS SON PEEP ABING THE BATH 



The bath. — During warm weather we let the birds 

 have a bath. The bathtub in the end of each fly is 

 iilled from a water barrel on wheels. A pail of water 

 is poured through the wire netting into each tub, as 

 shown in Fig. 19. The birds greatly enjoy the bath. 

 They splash about, dipping their heads beneath the 

 surface, and throw the water over their shoulders, then 

 shake themselves, and by a rapid wing-motion free 



