262  Our  Canaries 
Cinnamon  cock  being  bred  unless  you  have  crossed  a  second  time,  as  you  cannot 
get  a  self-Cinnamon  cock  with  less  than  75  per  cent,  of  Cinnamon  blood. 
"  I  have  bred  winners  from  the  second  cross,  that  is,  pairing  self-Cinnamon 
cock  to  Norwich  hen,  and  then  pairing  the  hens  with  a  good  self  cock — one  that 
you  know  has  been  self-bred  for  a  few  generations.  By  crossing  in  this  way  you 
will  be  liable  to  get  birds  with  light  throats  and  vents,  which  are  very  objectionable 
in  show  birds,  and  a  lot  of  trouble  to  breed  out.    I  do  not  object  to  a  good  stock 
"To  improve  shape  a  chubby  short  tailed  yellow  Norwich  hen  should  be  selected." 
bird  with  light  wings  or  tail,  as  I  think  they  are  stronger  than  the  self,  and  am 
looking  forward  to  the  time  when  show  officials  will  make  classes  for  foul 
Cinnamons,  as  not  until  then  will  they  make  the  headway  they  deserve  to  do." 
TO  MOULT  CINNAMONS. 
"  As  regards  colour-feeding  Cinnamons,  I  use  7lbs.  of  cold  feed  to  lib.  of  hot 
feed.  I  am  not  a  great  believer  in  hot  feed,  but  I  think  this  proportion  keeps  the 
birds  warm,  and  they  eat  it  quite  as  well  or  better  than  all  cold  feed,  and  the 
"  hot  "  brightens  the  colour  and  fixes  it,  so  that  it  does  not  fade  so  quickly  as  it 
does  when  they  are  fed  solely  on  cold  feed.  There  is  one  thing  I  would  like  to 
impress  upon  all :  that  is,  to  start  colour-feeding  early  if  you  wish  to  be  successful 
