I'K.I.ONTS AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



th:in our hundred just as good looking-, but impregnated 

 \\ith inliniird diseases, and it is by following what I have 

 -aid. thai to-day, if I miss hatching and raising a good 

 -oiind \ Minister from each and every egg. It is because the 

 | hicks fertility. 



It i> a good thing to watch young pigeons at two times in 

 tlu-ir career. First, when the mother lays the second time, 

 and the old ones are disposed to feed them hurriedly, with- 

 out giving the food time to digest in their own crops. Again 

 \\ lu-n the parents stop feeding them, and the young have to 

 hustle for themselves. At this latter time they are apt to eat 

 anything and everything that they can swallow, and take 

 grain that is too coarse. Care should be taken to have fine 

 feed where they can get it. 



The beginner should beware of the danger of over-crowd- 

 ing his loft. The proper thing is to decide, (by experience, 

 if possible,) just how many pairs the loft can comfortably 

 accommodate, and then never begin the season with more 

 than that number. 



