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Canaries Breed Wanted Singers for Human Voices
New York machinist John D. Voege raises about 100 roller canaries at home hoping to improve human singing through selective mating of birds. He envisions future generations of famous voices like Lily Pons and James Melton, though he remains focused on his canaries and their 13 song types.
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New York
John D. Yoege
Voege
United States
Lily Pons
James Melton
Veege
Laddie Boy, Jr
Bird Faneclers Association of
Canary Breeders Club
Canary
Mer
Laddie Boy