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Interest in animal life, particularly those forms that 

 are easily handled and controlled, serves a most 

 useful purpose in leading the young mind along 

 profitable channels of development. Interest in 

 pigeon-rearing cannot fail to develop, to some extent, 

 the powers of observation. Other things being equal, 

 the boy who sees most will have the best understand- 



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ing of the subject in question. So long as knowledge 

 is power, then those who are the closest observers 

 will not only understand best the matter under con- 

 sideration, but will be best prepared to meet the 

 greater problems that each individual is required, 

 sooner or later, to solve for himself. 



The care of pigeons may be given almost wholly 

 to quite young boys and girls, if a few simple direc- 

 tions for feeding and care be understood, and a 

 suitable home be provided for the birds. On most 



