. The Bird food company's book of cage birds:. Cage birds. 21 Bathing is, of course, very essential; and no vessel is more suitable for the purpose than a large shallow dish; and this should be introduced for an hour or two every day. In such a room as described, soft- billed and seed-eating birds will live amicably together, make sweet music, and build nests and rear their young. Should any bird or pair of birds prove on introduction into an Aviary to be quarrelsome with their associates, re- move it or them at once before some of the smaller birds are killed or nests and eggs destroyed. A mi
. The Bird food company's book of cage birds:. Cage birds. 21 Bathing is, of course, very essential; and no vessel is more suitable for the purpose than a large shallow dish; and this should be introduced for an hour or two every day. In such a room as described, soft- billed and seed-eating birds will live amicably together, make sweet music, and build nests and rear their young. Should any bird or pair of birds prove on introduction into an Aviary to be quarrelsome with their associates, re- move it or them at once before some of the smaller birds are killed or nests and eggs destroyed. A mischievous bird will sometimes do untold damage in an Aviary. By carefully reading the articles on the • different kinds of birds, you can form a Pjq - DRINK- ^^'^y ^^^^ **^^^ °^ what varieties are suit- able for the Aviary. We are always iNG FOUNTAIN, billing to aid in the selection of the various birds when The Fronefleld's Cattle Powder Co., 346 Dillwyn;St., Philadelphia, Pa., will send by mail, free, a valuable package of their famous ( Powder to every farmer who applies. The original, the oldest, the strongest and the best made. It may save .^ou hundreds of dollars. THE OUT-DOOR AVIARY, An Aviary built on a lawn and made in a style somewhat similar to that shown in the engraving, is one of the most interesting additions to a country-place that can be devised. There are many species of foreign and domestic birds that will readily stand the cold of the most rigorous winter. In such an Aviary we have seen Canaries flying about and gayly singing amid a January snow-storm. In the out-door Aviary matting should be hung on the sides exposed to the north and east winds, and perches should be erected under the conical roof, to which the birds can retreat when the cold is the greatest. Care should be taken in frosty weather to see that the ice is broken in the drinking fountain, so that. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may
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