. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. e and care fortheir offspring surely furnishcompensation enough. Theydo more; they repay withusury the affection of theowners who breed them. Ajudicious education is moresuccessful with them thanwith other animals and isvery lucrative. By beginningwith a couple of fine birdsany one, no matter how littleexperience he may have, cansafely devote himself to thisbranch of industry, and willsoon obtain from it verypretty profits. Naturally thisrequires faculty, and, aboveall, patience. Germany, in the HartzMountains, and England,— a
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. e and care fortheir offspring surely furnishcompensation enough. Theydo more; they repay withusury the affection of theowners who breed them. Ajudicious education is moresuccessful with them thanwith other animals and isvery lucrative. By beginningwith a couple of fine birdsany one, no matter how littleexperience he may have, cansafely devote himself to thisbranch of industry, and willsoon obtain from it verypretty profits. Naturally thisrequires faculty, and, aboveall, patience. Germany, in the HartzMountains, and England,— atNorwich, for example, — haveshown us how much can bedone. The raising of canariesin Germany has become aflourishing industry, and cer-tain districts in England doa great business in Englishcanaries of a special color. Many persons willbe surprised to hear that the latter are fre-quently sold for from thirty to forty dollars each ; and these are nothing but canaries, whilethe merchants are importing other beautifulaviary birds by thousands from foreign WlLO C.\NARIES .VND THEHi NF-ST Besides the profits they bring in, there areother advantages of having birds in a songs and joyous flutter of these little 263 264 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS guests put sunshine and good humor into afamily; a taste for birds gives useful occupa-tion, their management a healthy habit, andthough we must keep them caged, they are theliveliest and often the most welcome members
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