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HOW ONE PAIR OF PIGEONS COULD BREED TO A FLOCK OF 

 118 IN ONE TEAR. 



Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov.Dec. Total 



Pair A. .2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 24 



In May pair B starts 2 2222222 16 



In June pair C goes to work 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 14 



In August pair D goes to work 2 2 2 2 2 2 12 



In August pair E starts producing 2 2 2 2 2 10 



In September pair F starts producing 2 2 2 2 8 



In October pair G is 5 months old and will produce 2 2 2 6 



In November pair H is 5 months old and will produce 2 2 4 



In December pair I is 5 months old and will produce 2 2 



October B's first pair is 5 months old and starts. .222 6 

 November B's second pair is 5 months old and goes 



to work 2 2 4 



December B's third pair is 5 months old and will produce. . 2 2 

 November C's first pair is five months old and goes to. . 2 2 4 

 December C's second pair is 5 months old and goes to work 2 2 

 December D's first pair is 5 months old and starts pro- 

 ducing 2 2 



Original Pair 2 



Grand Total 118 



"Now, Mr. Eggleston, do you think that my figures are correct, 

 and that I may depend on producing about that numJ^er? If 

 not, how many pairs more would advise me to buy in order 

 that I may have six or seven thousand birds in two years time?" 



BOOKKEEPING 



Like any other business, a record should be kept of the ex- 

 penditures and sales. Unless one has a large plant, it is not 

 necessary to keep a full detailed set of books, but a record suf- 

 ficient to furnish the necessary information as to the cost of run- 

 ning and maintaining the plant and the proceeds derived from 

 same should be kept. 



This can be done on a small plan by entering in one column 

 money spent for house, equipment, breeding stock, feed and 

 other expenses, and in another column, the sales and money 

 taken in for squabs or breeders. But if one expects to go into 

 the business extensively or to know the extent of his profits, 

 he should keep a more complete record by keeping account of 

 the cost of each article used and each item of expense, so he can 



