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ing cage-birds that need insects for food. It i & 
always very difficult to obtain them in sufficient 
quantity, and the poor birds in consequence often 
lead half- starved lives. 
The following recipe for German Paste is, how- 
ever, useful when these birds are kept. 
Take a little lard, well washed and free from 
salt, and put it in a saucepan to melt, and add to 
it about its own weight of treacle. Stir pea-flour 
into it till it becomes a thick crumbly mass, and 
then scatter about it a few poppy seeds. 
This food keeps good for months in a closed 
glass jar. 
THE END. 
Emily Faithfull, Printer and Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 
Victoria Press, Great Coram Street, W.C. 
