. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. Photogiaph by C Siil II \\\4\D0Tltb 109 IIO Animal Life. Photograph bi/ C. Beid, Wishaw, GUINEA PIGS. white and also the buff varieties are moresuitable to be kept on a farm, because theirplumage preserves its beauty better at libertythan in confinement. Besides these thereare several other fancy varieties vs^hich, how-ever, at the present are more of interest forexhibition purposes than for their usefulqualities. Those who require a good, general,all-round fowl for profit as well as pleasurecannot do better than go in
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. Photogiaph by C Siil II \\\4\D0Tltb 109 IIO Animal Life. Photograph bi/ C. Beid, Wishaw, GUINEA PIGS. white and also the buff varieties are moresuitable to be kept on a farm, because theirplumage preserves its beauty better at libertythan in confinement. Besides these thereare several other fancy varieties vs^hich, how-ever, at the present are more of interest forexhibition purposes than for their usefulqualities. Those who require a good, general,all-round fowl for profit as well as pleasurecannot do better than go in for the goldenor the silver, which are the two oldest sub-varieties of the Wyandotte family. A GREAT deal of confusion exists in the publicmind as to what constitutes aPigeoii.^ Carrier pigeon, and very fewpeople outside the ranks offanciers understand clearly that a carrierpigeon is quite a different bird from ahoming pigeon. The carrier pigeon is socalled, not because it carries messages, buton account of its carriage or bearing. Ithas a large warty growth or excrescenceround its beak which is often the size of alarge
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