98 PIGEON RAISING 



A squab never has anything but the cleanest 

 of food which makes him far better food for 

 an invalid or aged person. For this reason 

 doctors and nurses appreciate them as valuable 

 rejuvenators for building up weak invalids. 



Keep the cheapest feed constantly before 

 them in feeders and feed the more expensive 

 twice a day, in the morning when the female 

 comes off her long night's vigil, and in the aft- 

 ernoon after the male comes off. Be regular 

 and prompt and they will know what to expect; 

 then the bird on the nest will not fly off for a 

 change of diet thus chilling babies or eggs, or 

 one parent will not have all the dainties while 

 the other has cheap feed. 



At the time of my experience (from 1903 

 to 1908) I found chevalier barley the cheap- 

 est. I also found it the most beneficial. 

 Bearded barley is not so good and is quite as 

 expensive in the end, as the heads are not so 

 full and perfect and you are paying for a lot 

 of weight in beards; besides, pigeons do not 

 care for it. 



Barley keeps them lively and well without 

 making them too fat. It is an all-around-the- 

 year feed, and if the pigeon breeder has a place 

 to store it, it is a good plan to buy in a year's 

 supply when the crop first comes in. 



