CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGU 



I. THE NOVICE AND His MISTAKES 9 

 II. How I SHOULD BUILD A PIGEON 



PLANT 21 



III. COSTS AND PROFITS . . . . '35 



IV. THE VARIOUS BREEDS AND THEIR 



MARKINGS 49 



V. THE NATURE AND HABITS OF 



HIGH-BRED PIGEONS ... 67 



VI. BREEDING 81 



VII. DISEASE AND FEEDING ... 95 

 VIII. MARKETING, KILLING, AND CUR- 

 ING FEATHERS . . . . 105 



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