Identifier: americanaunivers03newy (find matches)
Title: The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Scientific American Compiling Dept.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ings, and moreso than any other animal, in order to battle suc-cessfully with disease, for they have a tendencyto be very pessimistic and sorry for themselves,and to recover or fail quickly. They suflfermostly from distemper, worms, eczema, bron-chitis, pneumonia, and liver diseases, and occa-sionally from catarrhal fever. If you areacquainted with a good homoeopathic physician,and have any idea of what ails your cat, consulthim and abide by his advice. Do not breed from your queens too young,although many good kittens have been raisedfrom queens not a year old, if strong andhealthy. Male cats will not mate as early inlife as the queens, and are seldom of much usetill a year old. Do not cross long-haired catswith short-haired cats, for you spoil the type ofboth. Siamese cats will breed with other cats,but the progeny are never good for the show-room ; and the Siamese being a distinct breed,does not amalgamate with any of the other va-rieties. The Manx cat is better kept pure, or CATS.
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:. White I\Tsi.iii. 2. Liglit Silver. 3. Cream Persian. 4. SiaiiKM.. 5. Silver iersian. 6. Short Mair Tortoise Shell. CAT-BIRD — CAT-SNAKE I the type degenerates and the result is not satis-factory. Remember, when trying to rear good cats,that what goes in at the mouth and the carebestowed upon the young and growing animalscover 50 or even 75 per cent of essential re-quirements. The best blood in tlie world willnot bring prize-winners or nice pets if they arebadly reared. The crucial period takes in thefirst six months; when the young cat is wellgrown, and at seven months of age is throughteething, you will have an animal that may live20 years or more. Healthy cats are more long-lived than dogs, and authentic records tell ofnot a few over 20 years of age, and of someeven 30. Kittens should not be taken away from theirmothers before they are at least eight weeks old ;and if three months old. it will be still better.Care should be exercised in the diet of kittensat an early age. Sudde

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