CHAPTER VIII 



MARKETING, KILLING, AND CURING FEATHERS 



FOR the sure and steady financial returns 

 the pigeon raiser looks to his market 

 stock. Here he does not have to deal 

 with persons of whims and fancies, and his 

 square dealing is understood and appreciated 

 by the buyers. 



My experience in this kind of selling has 

 been entirely with the Western market. When 

 I was first looking into pigeon raising I wrote 

 to many places in San Francisco and out of the 

 replies I received I selected two large and well 

 established markets whose proprietors wrote 

 me kind and courteous letters, saying they would 

 take all the squabs I could send them, whether 

 a large or small shipment, and would give me 

 the highest market prices. They added that 

 they preferred receiving them by Friday of 

 each week, but would take them whenever it 

 was most convenient for me to send them and 

 either alive or dead. 



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