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Show Car of Birds. At this tlmo of yoar, unless ' great cleanliness .,1s adopted with all cage birds, Insect posts will provo most troublesome. It Is by no moans pleas-ant pleas-ant to find several Insects on the hands whon tho cago Is touchod "or moved, n sure sign that tho unfor-tunato unfor-tunato bird Is Infested with parasites, generally tho result of dirt. If a cago bird Is seen to bo picking Itself, continually con-tinually under tho wings and vent, nnd to bo restloss, and lldgct about on tho perch at night, Insects must certainly bo suspected. Tho bird Bhould bo caught and dusted with Insect powdor, nnd a llttlo quassia of alum added to tho hath wator. If tho perches aro made hollow for about an Inch at oach end, tho Insects wjll conceal Uiom-solves Uiom-solves In tho "hollows In tho daytime. Tho porches can thon.be taken out of tho cage frequently, nnd dipped. Into boiling wator, gottlng rid in this way of numbers of tho pests. An, old-, fn'shloned plan Is to hang a whlto cloth over tho cnge at night, leaving room for ventilation. Many rot tho insects will rotlro Into tho folds at daylight, when thq cloth can ,bo caro-', fully" romoved and droppe'd Into hot wator. |