The Grange advance., 1874-08-05

1IiSn SnTuSleS. InnetS aQO uncQeS are
from there. Don't you see, Europe is
small place; it's only . days flight
from one country to another; the cli-
mate all over is somewhat the same,
and it thus becomes only question of
VINO raises the birds and where they arc
raised. They would be the same birds
any where else, only it happens to be
Hartz people. Let me give you
A HISTORY OF THE CANARY,
And from that you will learn how birds
are raised and how we buy and import
them. The canary, as it's name implies,
was native of the Canary islands. Its
color, originally, was greenish gray.
Domestication has completely changed
it. The canary was known to
Europeans early in the sixteenth GEN.
tury, but it owes it's general introduce
ton to an accident. A trading vessel
sailing to Leghorn from the Canary
islands brought a number of these birds
among its cargo. In violent storm
off the Mediterranean island of Elba,
the vessel was wrecked and the birds
took refuge on the island. The cli-
mate was favorable, they kept hardy
and strong, and presently all Europe
went into the importation of canaries
until they became extirpated from their
native country. The mountaineers Of
the Hartz country had been raising
birds for long while, and they became
interested in canaries and took the lead
in their culture. You see these noun
taineers live in densely wooded
country where birds abound. By
degrees they began to cultivate birds,
and now every farmer and shepherd has
a great room in his house where he
raises birds. The women attend to
them during the day, and the men as.
sist when their other work is finished.
At first canaries were taught to sing
by association with other songsters,
nightingales and skylarks, whose tunes
they caught, and. then the German
people used to sit in the room with the
birds and play to them on pipes. Thus
the canary birds learned song that is
composed of many other songs-the
bowtrill, the bell-note, the flute, the
water-bubble, the nj nightingale's ncte,
and the woodlark and skylark note; and
canary must have all these combina-
tions to be perfect and valuable. The
Hartz mountaineer is an excellent Judge.
No noisy bursts Of song for him. He
must hear every note Of the octave
sweetly and regularly touched, creating
! long, swelling, harmonious air, and a
bird who can't do this is not allowed to
\near the others. They would hear
air, catch his defects. So much for
f2g.
" THE TRAFFIC Is CONDUCTED.
ithis is how we buy the birds:
,ome, y ITS are in Europe all the time.
r, Wuf( (1e their headquarters at some
< the Lnele cities at the foot of the
=! !nNorthausen, Duderstadt, or
1lllsI There are women there who
Nortne house to house, all over
~oe' 20 out IS, buying birds, and when
H. tne moued the great crate which
rel. taey nav their backs, they return
tney car, .,m whence they started
" sne ,clHrds to the agents.
dnua dnu sem nt .hi what they cost-it is
light not great The agents take the
Is 'sry eAPen seaport by rail,
blrds to the NJ double as much
York room ,,na 'nen ss tdey tb: ake up on the
.t"d .orA rt"a roon as Inc 1;an handle them.
rteo; 3teamel: SO tnat %E;,iven food and
Nv OF Every bird must he million are
his drink every day.\one house in
shop sent away annually,trth a ve.r
&c in New York sells $40, A. hit a
had The average birds b.. Sse ~ ~
COM splendid singer will set the dark
are 1t is an erroneous idea The hest
Uni canaries are the best sing on the
who singers are those that area h.rdv
port tops of the mountains. tn strong
fifty, and their voices are rich I;es tSe
tiers, The city Of Northausen som the
rect, most valuable canaries. Thtannl;es
i'll in valleys are inferior; and this rtz 70.
lorn- to all the songsters from thqo;nm
the gion. The long breeds, OF and
was canaries, famous for their a 9 II
hid shape, are next to the German ave,
S, all popular favor, but they raj
npty sing we'll. Among the
and orurp p,pns p.,crn ,x NM, PUN
plac-
deaf iAiNs eh
ds of are meaaow,larxs' sky'larks' goes
cages e. nulln1cnes' cnamncnes' tn,r
ging, llnne's' s1skins, oiackolros anc-s
)cca- lO"s: AL .hese o1ros are song
gor- me nttle uerman ooys raise spe1'
ract- money Dy trapping larKs IN the X
ssent anu helos' Dut 1 tnink the oese,
cath come from u the Nortn OF Eng!ano 81
ng in wnlssle "llo notes ana sing oettes
ones. caSeu tnan "nen 1ree' MeadoW
S be- are the poorest singers. by thn
[ forgot the mule-a mongrel birts
mixing canaries and finches or i;
A cruel custom in vogue in Engl
west, to burn out the eyes of these,
niest birds, when they sing and sing