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but the most important thing is to 

 keep the place clean, feed them 

 regularly, and give them clean water 

 once a day. A kit of birds if they 

 are well looked after and cleaned 

 out regularly will enjoy good health 

 and with very little trouble will fly 

 well. 



Jack Johnson was a great pigeon 

 flyer in bye- gone days, and I assert 

 without fear of contradiction, no one 

 used to keep their place so clean and 

 comfortable as he did, in fact you 

 could venture to eat off the floor, and 

 his birds he used to worship. I 

 have heard him say, when I was a 

 lad, that barley was the best food a 

 kit of tumblers could be fed on. He 

 would warrant them to fly seven 

 hours on barley any time, and give 

 any one the privilege of feeding them. 



George Gask was also a well known 

 pigeon flyer, and in his time he was 

 looked upon as the champion of the 



