PIGEONS AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



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and pigeon feed amounts to. In these days of machinery 

 that utilizes everything, it is safe to say that any feed not 

 taken care of by the machinery is of very little value. 



Again, be sure and never use green food and by this I mean 

 wheat and corn that is not thoroughly seasoned by time. 

 Xew wheat will start bowel trouble in short order and so will 

 new corn. 



If your food is kept in a close bin, i. e. a bin with a partition 

 in the centre, about once each two weeks, change the feed 

 from one side to the other. This gives it air and at the same 

 time mixes it thoroughly and keeps the small seeds from 

 going to the bottom. 



Fiyure <>'. 



It saves time and trouble to mix all the feed together, as 

 soon as it is received. 



The loft now being about ready, we must not forgot our 

 own comfort and therefore must make a 'visitors' seat." 

 Who does not know how annoying it is to visit a loft and have 

 to stand all humped up under a low ceiling, or sit on a filthy 

 box, that the owner has dragged from some corner : J 



We sit on it with fear and trembling and don't feel at all at 

 ease. And so we need the ' visitors' seat" one of the most 

 simple things in the loft, and one that gives untold comfort. 

 It can be made after the style of Figure 6. 



