Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-10-05

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How to Properly Feed apdiEsopk Al IT.
er tire Songsters.
When The s1eaiiafSs sfsss In ordinary.
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better, says the 0PatfsbHEg Press. The
sassia r mixture is what is caIiets BLACK
and white canary seed, tse77afE 5ejng
good summer ripe. OF this one fart
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peaEans5 'al0vserer, that the seed be,
GOOD Hti8 ocIean--that is, free from dust
and grit uaTzA-Ty
The canary seed should be fat, sglit-
'44tesriffg seeds saf9a iyefqfe Dal5 Soa3 its
the so xtSalg hot Only I'll a5s|ilo5tflti.
me I'M ffseff be aT7ss hoy Itge S &
should be put-upon piece OF White
paper aRd!qtbe dust OK lra g gEit if any, ),
lbin9fii 3or removed. In addition,
10 81 hes sis Seeds a little green fb6d mudt
be- sas4f 81 o I'D sil;s avsh9 saAsTsbaq not
damp. The best are probably planltsalils
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tie Lettuce uTavater eresss ssao3 sds iii
sIs l 4ss, tei aaihtlesrs1 the less Of tsSess tlle
better. We may, perhaps, make an
exception in the traditionaN. m dasatI df
sugar or crumb OF sweet biscuit, but a
W 8 ls5 i0 IL tiis so i.l that
has much of eitheisl ssB 10 snHsf ID /
= IHafaf should BE given fresh every,
morning, the little glass f9qHt being
previously well rinsed out Soft liter
ed water is best by far. "A great many
ailments are induced by hard water
IN the wild state birds drink the rain
water from the leaves. This is sphre
and contains, Of course no hardness.
Sand is another important sine qua
non Of health 1t should be rather
coarse or gritty and vefya clean. Per
haps washed sea sand is. as. good as
any. The bottom of the cage should
always be thickly strewn, with this
Immediately after the cage Is cleaned
In the morning, a stock being kept in
the house for the purpose
A song, canary viii not do well for
any length Of time in stuffy, badly
ventilated room. Fresh air is essen
tial to health. ANOTHER thing that
tends greatly to keep the bird in health
Is q sun bath. on fne days the cage
should be so hung that the sunshine
shall penetrate the cage. but at the
same time It must be remembered that
too much heat is very, dangerous, so
one-half, OF the cage should be invari-
ably covered with a cloth. .s-sa. .s.s
! This cloth comes IN handy in several
other ways-at night, for example;
more, particularly when the, temperas
ture is low or likely rtoa be- On such
occasions the cage IS to be covered
squatessoTer, but in summer ssae part
should always be left open. The cloth.
may be required also ar tifhes when,
anything sisy being, done in A. the room
likely 10 Tighten the bird Some birds
ave nafuf ally tflmid and easily ALARMED.
When they are SO, it is useless trying
to tame them;Z b y heart Fl: Is = Veal and;
Hthey ageed extra gentle treaitBwle4t, Ito we.
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Apropos of fresh faiHH dthes bird in
the winters evening is too often Mug
in q, q a ds{fi4 p ;sfse 1qiaeed valready y COP
Ldeqaaadaas prejjuudicial to its health in
room where gas is burning IF IF the
bird must be in this fb6hetHO 4ges
5sbsgId apes laSYerefd falnyd partial coT.'
cred up. nSnldK e, 1ateRn nd alloaoIitst
,o Il s aR6tb tehd to injure, the, health
esS4 indeed cause. illnaeess and
hld s sH0mqf{ 6;dittseEILIaWG ka3uOIK II
:, "A forenoon bath daily in fine weather
al eesxoas aSs Il 81 ,HfE6 ahd'
10iee PHI the song canary. AstsAudeTl
makes as good bath as any, the war!
ter being clear rain water # y hsnAlrG
liz plassd inntAf Sage bpt is the birafls
has been idameds Thoroughly ardu al
4 70 9is5s a2 qafE 4 gtip,e5s every
day thed BATH shouid sbeIs placadi on o.
chair or SiHiIit DE, ifS8E nsThe7 Bird wifi
come to look upon this as a very great
luxuryahaI ths Else .senains nnPIlfd-
How 10 Clean aostrfehp Fehfhers.
sd Glaah -osffSchA faathafs make a
latter Of pure. Soap with a little am
in0nia in it. using about quart OF wa
ter Or more il the feathers are very
large. Aioxe theD to .land frprgsntly
In this, then lightly press them steanl to
between the. lulIh and finger, and
dos the sal me IN j an eauaI amount of