The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-05-06
10 AccLIMATE cANARIEs.
nirA Fanciers Are Trying to Produce
an American Breed of
Singers.

The famous Hartz mountain canaries /
have an American rival whose deveL
opmeat is the result of peculiar condi-
lions here. Something in this climate |
seems to affect the voices of the Tyro-
lean singers. Even the famous Cam
panini and the ST. Andreasberg can
aries, which are trained to perfection |
abroad. are unable to transmit their |
great singing powers TO their offspring.
The American winters seem to affect |
their voices so that the old birds often |
lose their sweetest qualities. Some
climatic change chills and destroys the
foreign singers, that soon discourages
them in their best efforts.
'.We have to import new birds every
year to keep up the strain" said an
uptown dealer in canaries, land this,
of course, is expensive and destructive
TO our best interests. ewant to raise
q breed of canaries in this country TIC
take the place of the Alpine singers
Breeders have been working TOWARD
this end for years. and now we have
succeeded. Thu new breed of Ameri.
can canaries comes from Milwaukee.
The climate around Milwaukee may
not be the same as that of the Hartz
mountains, the great home of the can.
airy, but it has some peculiar quality
that is beneficial to the birds. In this
respect at least it resembles the home
of the imported songsters. This has
been discovered by breeders and fan
ciers after years of careful expert
ment. The result is that the best
strains of canaries have been bred
around Milwaukee for years, and we
can announce that we have the new
| American breed of canaries. They are
really the best strain of Hartz noun
| tain canaries imported here and
| crossed with some of the harder Eng
lish breeds. They have been reared
in Milwaukee for several years, and
they represent type Of canary that is
much harder than any imported from
| abroad.
First, they have the same genera
appearance ok5he best German cana
ries, with the delicate coloring of their
feathers accentuated and improved
Second, they have all the peculiar yod-
ling quality in their voices that has
made the imported singers famous.
And third, they have hardness OF
body that en1bles them to pass our
winters withdft suffering, and their
voices never become affected on the
seacoast by the ttrong air. 1t is well
known fact among bird fanciers that
the voices of canaries are affected by
our strong, salty seaboard air Just a:
many human singers. Throat troubles
are as common among canaries as
among men and women. Time anC
again we have to send our best canarie.
to the mountains or inland district:
to recover from throat troubles. 1t j.
far more difficult to keep good canar,
singers in New York than in Denve
) or the Adirondacks. 1t has been tn
purpose of the breeders TO reai
up race of canaries that woult
have voices suited TO our climate
and this they have succeeded il
doing. The new American breed o
canaries is as perfect in its way a
are the best imported German birds
nt ltnld1C OiIuo art ieAuAA,
.. trained in voice in cages in dark room
. until their singing is perfect. Their
are many breeding establishment
, around Milwaukee where the trainin
: of the voices is carried on with a
much skill as abroad. The youn
canaries are kept away from all col
! rupting influences. They are not a
lowed to hear the voice of any canar
that has not been carefully deyelope
and trained. When very young the
are taken to the music room, wheI
with southern exposure the brigf
sunlight tempts them to express the
feelings in song. There is a small Dir
organ which sends forth the strair
so softened that they sound very muc
: like the first pipings of a bird. 1t
|, d sort of whistle and MARBLE. The birt
early begin to initiate and follow tn
music, and they soon learn to PHI
= correctly. Germans naturally ccndu
= most of the bird establishments, ar
many CT them were in the business
= the fatherland."- Y. Sun.