Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-04-27
CANARY EXPERTS.
: Me En- with Trained Ears who select
4 The Best Singers In Bird
stores. jHss i

Stores t5Sss5S
Whoever has tried to buy a canary
knows how hard, it is to pick good
singer. There are however, men in this
country who are not only able to dis
ulsh between the birds that sing sin
and '17'ti those that do not, but who, guided
3Dy their ear alone, can pick and classify
1canarles according to quality and range
OF voice, even when hundreds Of cana
1a le are singing together. q,
In an East side adjustment in New
York, where on an average Z 900 cana
res are kept the year round, two Of
these experts sit dali J, in 'front.' of a huge
stack Of little willow cages. in which
are more than $50 birds sometimes.
With sSlit Wond erful ease, and most thor
ougfly and editiously, did, the. ex- s
perts conduct this competitive exam
nation. First they picked out thegood
singers and put a distinctive mark on
the of each Of them; then, with the
use, OF other marks, they separate them
into int distinct classes, according to the
quality 4 and style. Of their song. The
price Of these good singers varies, MANY
not being worth more than three dol
lars each at wholesale, and few. on
the other hand, selling as high as $40
each. .5
In most large bird, stores there is an d.
exercise room in which are hundreds Of
loose canaries. After long confinement
the birds must have a chance to use
their wings, or, as one of the bird men
says: Desc. leetle birds must 60 a leetle
free. Und so we ledt dem shtay in desc
leetle room sometimes FIVE or six
weeks H
The item of food, where many birds
are kept, is an important one. In the
East side establishments 600 bags, or
nearly 10000 pounds, of rape seed
alone are needed each year This repre-
ssents ansexpense of over $4,000 for one.
kind of food. No American rape seed,is#
used, because it is said to be lacking in
oil
Haliz mountain canaries are spe-
cialty of this establishment, and the
proprietor says that nearly all the birds
are brought to Alfeldt from little Gowns
ana h ma scattered over the noun I'M.
t Ia and thence shipped to New York.
rev people have Lay any; any idea of the ex-
ten ~ OF Of the Importation OF canaries into
this country, and, perhaps, fewer still.
are aware that nine-tenths of the bust
ness a is done through the port of New,
York. The shipping season begins in
July and continues until April. and it1ss
% t ~, teu tilal turing the present sea-
son a =. soo,ooo Dlrds VIII be imported,
u when loo wv Will De males and70, 900
iellnales. ctlcally all these birds will
come ~ from TON germany, hough 1t is true
ei.s,t some th 1't OF special breeds
"lllSoiie lioll lei Ell glahd ana Hollands b
Inc - most satisfactory rs bird is the
Har.z mountain anary They are
marcy SURPRISING the American bred
csla TIES 8 IL lnls respect Inc natural
sonaol tl'e. i1artz mountain GU an canary,ls
49, y tne occasSlonai .notes 81 the
" o.her trained singers SIN
@ - :. LIZ ll pese eelllan preeuers Keep
nieltingale or trained l1 canary IN IN
s 1r room 90 70 W 'll the small BIRDS are re
sent, ana tnls improves the voice OF the
young l Dlros greatly ga
An An old NC German lT*r named Wolfschlag
teaches canarles to sing by the use of
machine OF his own invention, which
pumps ar through q series ere OF tub sur
rounded by water. In this way notes
are produced titLt which are extremely like
those OF the pest canarl ares He has been
inc frr ynors v1<l.