Page 5 Advertisements Column 3

Taranaki Daily News, 15 September 1917, Page 5

SONG BIRDS AND TALKING BIRDS Have you ever though about what a lot of trouble v.o take (and quite correctly, too) to have our food properly cleaned and prepared for eating? Well, ivliy should we not be as thoughtfu l of our pets? Remember, we can —and do — object strongly and point it out if ou food ia not properly cleaned and prepared, or is unsuitable for us. The poor birds cannot do that. Their seed should be quite fresh, and thoroughly cleaned and freed from dust and dirt, which is most injurious. Their mixtures should contain just the correct proportions to keep them in proper health. In just tlw same way that it is bad to give us too much meat, so is too much Hemp, for instance, bad for small 6ong birds—it ia too fattening. Cooper's "Seeds for Songbirds" are treated by special dressing aod cleaning machinery. Thrre is nothing purer and better to be had. The special miiture we make for parrots and big-billed birds is equally good and pure. Wo call it "Cooper's Birthday Mixture"—cocky thinks it is his birthday when he gets it. If he has a talk in him you wili hear it then. Owing to the war and high freight on imported fc.ids our prices offer advantages, but it is the quality wo think of mostly, Most storekeepers in New Zealand stock Cooper's Bird Seeds. Insist on having them, eend us a postcard and we I will arrange supplies.—F. COOPER, LTD., SEED MERCHANTS. WELLINGTON Gl9