PIGEON RAISING 



CHAPTER I 



THE NOVICE AND HIS MISTAKES 



THE work of raising pigeons is light 

 and interesting, the profits large and 

 steady, but it is a business tha't must 

 be brought to a scientific basis from the very 

 start and it embraces many branches of very 

 practical knowledge. Few people who go into 

 pigeon raising take the trouble to understand 

 this or to study the nature of pigeons on whom 

 they are entirely dependent for success in the 

 enterprise. Pigeons by nature are as delicate 

 and refined as the most sensitive human beings 

 and it requires knowledge and skill to handle 

 them profitably. The pigeon raiser to be suc- 

 cessful financially must center his interests on 

 the welfare of his subjects, who are entirely 

 dependent on him for everything, or cut loose 

 his wire netting and let them shift for them- 

 selves. 



Not every person is fitted for raising pigeons. 

 A person of very sensitive feelings should not 

 engage in the business. In gathering up the 



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