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it in ; a small medicine chest ; one of Messrs. Hancock Bros.' 

 Bread Crumbing Machines, sold at 15 s. each ; a self supplying 

 water fountain or two ; a few glass jars or wide-mouthed quart 

 bottles ; a few jelly glasses or small flower-pot saucers a small 

 coffee mill for crushing hemp seed ; a pestle and mortar ; a 

 pair of small sharp scissors, and a couple of clean calico 

 dusters, are some of the further requirements needed by those 

 who keep a goodly number of birds in confinement. 



Fig. 27. Small Iron Scraper. 



A number of other appliances are used by different fanciers, 

 but those named here are all that are necessary, and for the 

 most part have the advantage of combining simplicity of con- 

 struction with general utility. 



