The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-27

Seven Hundred Families In One German
Town Rear and Educate singers.

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Town Rear and Educate singers.
In q small town called 81 Andrcas-
berg, Saxony, sosae 100 families are
entirely engaged in the task ~ ear
ing and educating good canary sing
ers A great pro. ortion OF these
singers are sent abroad, far or Neat
10 London, 10 Australia and 10 the
Unit,d States, where one single frm
ships 100, 900 birds each year. These
canaries are the inferior birds. the
schreir, as thev are called in ger
many, on account OF their notes.
The schreir, saws the Popular Science
News, which are bought for from 20
10 II cents in the Harz, are sold for
g., 81 or ~ in America The Test
birds are kept in Germany, where
they are called hohlroller. A god
hohlroller "a not be had under $ or
Stu in the Harz aud s2o and SO
are no unusual prices But such b rds
are certainly sp endid singers. The
Germans have quite a number OF
words, each OF which applies 10 a dif-
ferent sort or tune. or i~ntunatiop;
the heulrolie Is in minor key; king
erollc applies 10 silver tones; keller
10 a warhling which reminds Of the
ma mur OF water, gulrhrolle Is sim.
liar 10 the nightingale's. notes, and
one may say that every detail o. the
canary's song has been named. and
that for every one there is "a standard
oi eriect on which the expert fancier
knows perfectly well. The sony OF all
canarie> /, not exactly similar: each
race has its special points and while
the is great on hcurollc, for IN
stance IL l. weak on gulchroIle.
while the case H. Z Nersed with AN.
other race.
or course, SinginS j. a natural fel.
ture with canarlJs, but the influence
OF the education - considerable.
The educational curriculum begins ia
May for the yuIng canaricS, and they
are, as soon rs possible. separated
from their parents, Education is all
in this: Keep the young bird from
hearing any but \ lent singers.
Some fifteen or twenty young cana.
ries are put In one Ace with an older
bird. an especially good singer, and
ne caches them the elements; they
try TO initiate him, and hence e ines
his beneficial influence. In August
each OF the young birds is put In "A
small cage and kept in the immedi.
ale vicinity OF he cage OF the teacher.
At this time the fame er tries 10
gather some idea OF the progress
achieved and OF the aptitude OF the
different birds. The hest are put in
the nearest vicinity OF the teacher.
In order 10 prevent the Young birds
from getting disturbed their cages
are wrapped with clOtn So a. 10 pre-
yent them from seeing What Is going
on arou q them, and ia order 20 en-
courage singing the cages are gen
orally shaped ~ form OF "A dOune; this
shape intcnsiiies the sound and the
birds are pleas d IN their own music,
Then comes "A period ot great trouble
the MOULDING Of the professor birds.
During some ten weeks the latter re-
main entirely silent and the Young
birds are very apt TO fall into bad
habits; u 500 a. the voice OF the
professor is regained the training
goes on, OF course. Some 80. GOT
canaries are trained each year In the
IIarL region, and ~ these 200, 900 are
sent a. the tnIted States, ~, 900 are
sent 10 England, 10, 001 are sent o.
Russia and other European coun-
tries, and 10, 600 remain ! n Germany.
The latter arc the u per. 10, 900" o.
the canary world, the very pick OF
the best singer. Two firms cspe-
cially (iiuhe aud lieiche Brothers
make IT, their business 10 export cana.
ries from Germany 70 AmeJiea
There are "A number OF rarictie, oil
the canary. Artificial selection mas
70 account for many OF them, and
while some ~fanciers have sele ted in
dividuals especially lie COR their
song, Others have selected birds for
their form, their color, their 81 G.
ln Germany the song is the main
lUint: in England the people seem u
care only for color or form: in Bel,
gium shape only is considered. Sc
there are great differences among
canarics s
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