248 AMERICAN SQUAB CULTURE 



It is not enough that one should learn the right way and 

 start right, but it is also necessary if the fullest measure of suc- 

 cess is to be obtained, to continue to do things in the right way. 

 A squab plant, large or small, will not run or manage itself. 

 Someone must keep in touch with the conditions and see that 

 the birds have the proper food, water, grit, etc., daily and that 

 everything is progressing smoothly. 



Then it is also necessary to give some attention to the financial 

 end of the business, the best place to purchase feed and other 

 necessities, best place to market your squabs, amount paid for 

 help if help is employed and if the help is doing good, thorough 

 efficient work. 



The proper management has considerable to do with the suc- 

 cess of any business and this is especially true with the rais- 

 ing of squabs. 



HOW TO DREAM THE MAXIMUM SQUAB YIELD 



Wonderful as pigeons are and the profit that can be made from 

 the pigeon business, there is a limit to what a certain number 

 of pigeons can do. Like most other business, there are two ways 

 to figure pigeon raising: a mathematical calculation, based on 

 theory and a calculation based on experience and actual tests. 

 I have demonstrated over and over that a pen of good producers 

 will more than double itself in number every three months. 

 Fifty pairs, for instance, will increase to 100 pairs in three 

 months, to 200 pairs in six months, 400 pairs in nine months, 

 and to 800 pairs in twelve months, which ought to be good 

 enough for any one; but, no doubt, there are many who figure 

 like one of my customers, who calculates that he will have 118 

 pigeons raised from one pair in a years time. I quote a recent 

 letter from him: 



"Dear Mr. Eggleston: The pair of Carneau pigeons you sent 

 me five months ago are certainly some birds. They have 

 raised five pairs of squabs and the oldest squabs have mated 

 and now have two eggs almost ready to hatch. I figure this 

 way, that by the end of a year I ought to have 118 pigeons. By 

 the following table, which, no doubt, will be of interest to you, 

 I have shown how I am going to have 6,962 birds at the expira- 

 tion of two years. At that time I am planning on no other 

 business except my pigeons." (See table on next page.) 



