30 AMERICAN SQUAB CULTURE 



A squab dinner is considered a luxury, yet it can be had once 

 or twice a week at a small weekly . expense, and the work of 

 caring for them be made so interesting that it is a recreation 

 and a pleasure. 



The average standard bred squab will make a meal for a 

 grown person. A pair of standard squab producers will produce 

 two squabs every six weeks. Six pairs, therefore, will average 

 two squabs every week. By the size of your family and how 

 frequent h' you desire them, you can determine the number of 

 pairs it will be necessary for you to keep in order to supply 

 your demand. 



Those who are fortunate enough to live in small towns or in 

 the country, where they have ample room for such things, can 

 easily keep a few producing pigeons, raise enough squabs for 

 their own use and supply a few^ neighbors, if they so desire, and 

 use the proceeds to pay their feed bills and take care of other 

 expenses. 



Lawyers, merchants, bankers, clerks, doctors and, in fact, 

 anyone whose time is occupied indoors, can secure a lot of 

 recreation in caring for a few pigeons at home and at the same 

 time make it profitable and secure a food product that caimot 

 well be secured otherwise. 



An elaborate or expensive place is not necessary for a small 

 plant. The corner of a barn or portion of a chicken house, or 

 oven a space in a garage, can be utilized for this purpose. If 

 a person desires, he can build a fancy and artistic place for 

 pigeons in the side yard. 



RAISING PIGEONS WITH CHICKENS 



Pigeons can be raised in conjuction with chickens with little 

 or no disadvantage to either, provided nests and other necessary 

 arrangements are properly taken care of. 



Chickens are so much larger and stronger and faster eaters 

 that the two cannot be fed together, for if they do the pigeons 

 will not get all that is coming to them in the way of feed. 

 Therefore, if they are kept in the same enclosure, the feed for the* 

 pigeons will have to be provided in a place that the chickens 

 cannot get to. This can be arranged by either having the feed 

 on a platform up out of the range of the chickens or in a small 



