The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-13
'CAEARIES PAY HOUSE RENT
PROFIT FOR a WIFE FROM a
CANARY RAISING TOWN.


Raising canaries for profit comes 20
me by Inheritance. - ] am . native OF
Norwich. England. Where everybody
rich or poor. high or low. 10 q canary
fancisr.- declared q young English wom-
an who since hsr arrival in America
three years Ago has added materially
I 10 her husbands earnings by raising and
selling oanariea. Il brought aix pairz 0s
Norwich birds over. and now have four
times that number. besides having sSld
enough to pay all EXPENSES and our house
rent
You kno~ they saw Norwich In like
ireland. In ireland the pig pays the house
rent; in Norwich a few well bred canarier
are - good a. q cherk on the hank. We
all admit thar the German reared canary
will surpass the Norwich bird a. q song
ster during the first year or eighteen
months Of its life. hut when it comes 90
size and appearance and the length Of
| the singing period the canaries reared
in our old cathedral city have no rivals
in the world. A Norwich bird win sing
for six years. and I have known many
TO sing for twice that time.
! @Because moro than half Of the oanaries
bred in Norwich arr shipped % America
felt pretty mhr- Of finding q market for
my birds. The women OF my family have
bred canaries for generations. 80 I have
! little 20 learn about tho business save
~ to modifying the English methods TO
the American climate and conditions.
One Of the greatest differences that
have found IL in the prices. There are
so many exhibitors in England that We
find no dificulty in getting what appears
TO an American an sxorbitant price for
our best specimens. Just before ] left
NV old home one Of our neighbors. an
old weaver received $50 for a pri1s
winning male bird. Though snch prices
are unusual. RI0 for a prize winner IL
common. The highest price ever per-
-onAlly knew Of being paid for hen was
eos for n crested bird
Though I have not sold my birds here
in America for anything like such prices
decidedly worth all the expense and
labor I give them. Nv prices have
ranged from % to go.
-Of course intending them for breed
, ing kep, only nv hes, birds. At home
oil those birds had given me ak nests a
.eason and from four to ak In each nest.
Over here the first season two pairs
gave me only two nests With three young
birds in each. while the others gave four
nests with an average Of Ave young birds.
This season just passed all came almost
up to thelr old Norwich record and another
wear | anu expecting them to do even
better
4 have known many instances % q
/ T.air % well bred birds giving seven nests
! a season with an average 81 ave young 20
each neat They were exceptional birds.
B however. and were famous among fan
ciers who wsrs willing 60 pay . good
price for theiT young. Young birds
\ from such stock usually bring almost a
much a. the old ones.
Hens always sail for less than cocks
A well bred Norwich cock 10 almost sure
TO be q fine singer. Such q bird mus
have. besides the required sweseness oI
a singer. sire. shape and color. whetheI
the head 10 crested or plain depends Ou
the breed. believe that good 9peci.
mems % the crested sell better than the
same grade bird with the plain head.
-Of course both breeds have thei,
champions. but ! have never discovered
that one sAng better than the other. Thers
in both. 10 there is any preference he.
tween the two think il 10 in favor OF ths
plnIn head I have found them . trife
more robust. especially in this country.
-Canaries require the most constant
care during the mounting se&son. a.
this period they must he carefully guarded
against the possibility 81 catching cold
which often results IN asthma and inham-
nation that is Kable Go cause . permanent
loss oS voice. Treatment l. seldom salts
factory ~ the only thing is TO guard
against all such accidents. When q
bird IL thus affected ten drops ~ Riy-
cerine should be ADDED tn each ounce 81
drinking water 4 morSel Of fat bacon
or a piece 81 mutton sUet may also he put
where the bird can peck At il.
1T would seem almost unnecessary
~ say that bird cage should be- cleaned
a. regularly a. the sun rises and sets
vet 7 have known many fanciers who
might otherwise have bern most sue
cssSful fail on just that point. Unless
the cage ~ a canary IL kept clean and ths
seeds free from dust and dir the binds
are liable tn got enteric disorders
My chief reason for living in the coun
try though nv husband works in the city
IL to be able to keep hens and raise eggs
for nv binds. I mis- hArd bOiled Eggs
IN a mash 90 crushed bread or cracker
crumbs with the necessary amount Il
color food This color food consists prin.
cipally ~ sweet pepper and should ~
viven the young birds during the period
when they require soft food and the old
birds while they are moulting I have
heard that moro than half a million e9s-