Show now to care for dick an equable temperature and ammu alty from drafts with proper food will insure the health of a canary A upon which to sharpen the bill and keep it from getting too long and plenty of gravel are essentials the red gravel because of the tonic property of the iron in it la considered beet besides the proper mixture of bd which should not contain hemp there be variations of diet in the way of a yolk of a hard boiled egg chickweed watercress lettuce etc A dash of cayenne pepper blended with the egg will please the little cepl cure apples and ggs arc excellent oc but if there Is evidence that too much of theae haa been glien their effect may be counteracted by bread or cracker dipped in hot water which haa been poured over black pepper the cage should be partially covered every night to provide against a fall of tern pera ture and it Is not well to hang canaries out of doors and thus subject them to the gun and wind between aucutt and november Is bolting molting time and the blala are particularly subject to asthma and colds then although throughout the year these are the chief ailments to which they succumb |