Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-18
IRA MING BIRDS.
HOW THEY ARE MADE TO UN-
DEItSTAND WHAT rs WANTED.
Wild Birds Tanned in Ten Minutes
Cruelty in the Training OF
Fortune iSirds-Tcuching
"Dancing Turkeys

N''h
"The public, as Il rule" said Hermann
Reichc, the head of II New York firm OF
animal importers, to II Sun reporter,
"has I'M erroneous idea OF how birds and
animals are trained. Some believe that
the desired end may he obtained only by
pctting and kindness, while others 30 to
the other extreme, and claim that harsh
measures, cruelty and torture must be
applied before one can succeed. Few
know the extent to which the art of the
training Of animals has been developed,
or OF the study and practice that il re-
qulrcs to become an adept in the art.
There is nothing haphlzard about it, the
whole system being founded upon old
established universal rules. That which
is the most difficult to accomplish is very
often the least appreciated. A compar-
ativcly simple bit of work, on the other
hand, will excite great wonder. 4 qucs-
ton often asked is how the birds seen for
sale on the street, sitting quite unre-
strained Oh IL perch or a pctldlcr's fin
fer, are trained. In ten minutes time
the widest bird, the wilder the bet
ter, from II canary to an eagle, can be
tanned, or, rather, subducd A birds
first impulse when brought into contact
with man, or with any strange object, is
to fly away. hob it OF this power and it
is helpless. Take any small bird clip or
tic securely the long pfnions of one wing,
thus preventing it from flying. Hold it
i'll your hand, fondlc il, but do not re-
Strain , from hn,,,,i,,,r
to this treatment, it will attempt to lily
away, but instead of doing so it will
simply tumble to the ground. To pre-
cludc all possibility of injuring the bird
and TO prevent it from hopping off too
Tar, the trainer should stand facing the
corner of II room, so that in leaving the
hand the bird strikes the angle Of two
walls and iiutters gently down. Pick
the bird up and repeat the treatment.
In II surprisingly short time the bird will
learn that it is best to remain on YOUR
finger. The experience of falling to the
ground is so wildly impressed upon its
mind that it will cling to your finger and
will not even allow itself to be driven OIL.
\ bird properly and thoroughly treated
Ill this manner will continue to sit upon
your hand even after you have united its
wings and it has rcgaincd the full powcr
OF flight. When forced to fly of it will
only so II very short distance and will
come hack and sail. nm vo,n r,''
uraiu.n
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to 20 through their tricks."
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