Identifier: ourdomesticanima01voog
Title:
Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;
Year:
1907 (
1900s)
Authors:
Voogt, Gos. de Wormeley, Katharine Prescott, tr Burkett, Charles William, 1873- ed
Subjects:
Domestic animals
Publisher:
Boston, Ginn & Co.
Contributing Library:
The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor:
Sloan Foundation
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han dogs intended for the same purpose.Their wooden cages must be perfectly dry,raised some feet above the ground, and verycarefully divided into compartments by meansof iron railings. Each niche should havestraw in winter for bedding, andeach compartment must be sup-plied with a box of sawdust.Cages made of masonry arenaturally the best, beingdryer and easier to clean.Sliding wickets allow ofthe food being pushed inwithout disturbing theanimal or giving it achance to escape. A layerof peat dust placed underthe cages, and also underthe straw, absorbs muchdampness, but it needs to befrequently changed or aired.The breeder for pure bloodwill not obtain satisfactory re-sults for some years, nor untilhe can convince himself of thequalities of his animals. There are certain iirize-winning cats with gene-Anoora Cat ^ ... alogical trees, which would be a joy to the breeder if he could get posses-sion of them. He could then be sure, or nearlysure, of the purity of the blood and of the chances
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OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS of obtaining trie color and the hair or fur thathe wants. In any case, it is essential to matecats of sound health, and to choose for fatheror mother some more or less known and admired
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