PIGEONS AM) ALL ABOUT Til KM. 



Before le;i \iiii; the subject of buying and selling, I want to 

 say that the last tiling of which the true fancier thinks is the 

 actual money lu- makes out of his hobby. If he can only get 

 enough out of his surplus birds to pay for his feed and ex- 

 penses and have enough over to be able to buy an occasional 

 ' good one" that strikes his fancy, he is happy. 



No. the breeding of pigeons, by the man who is a true fan- 

 cier, ( and I ought to write the word " fancier,'' in capital let- 

 ters ) is no sordid, money-making affair. 



When \ve think of the good sensible business men who 

 \\oi-k ahead getting their birds ready for a show; who pay 

 for shipping boxes and expressage, then entry fees, then 

 railroad fare, hotel bills, etc aside from the time lost from 

 business, and go a thousand miles to a show, when all they 

 could possibly win if they should be fortunate enough to 

 win first, second and third- would be the magnificent 

 sum of four dollars, we can begin to -realize that it is not 

 the money they make or can expect to make out of their 

 birds, that keeps these royal good fellows in the fancy. 



