Cage & Aviary Birds

Down the Decades: the 1910s

‘YOU CAN’T BEAT CAGE BIRDS. CONVINCING PROOF’

■ “I bred over 100 Canaries last season, and had great results through advertising in ‘Cage Birds’. I had to send several postal orders back, as I had sold all out.” – Miss E. Hughes, Wem, Salop.

■ “You might thank those who answered my advt.in ‘Cage Birds’ the other week, as I could not reply to all – over 40 letters and postcards. I was glad when the postman ceased to come up the stairs.” – Jno. Kilpatrick, Uddingston.

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