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 Portrait of the Author (Frontispiece) . . . . 



A Well-Built Nest . . . . . . . 8 



Thoroughbreds ^. . . .. . . '-. . . .14 



How a Back Yard may be Fixed for Pigeons . < . .18 



Cheap but Practical Nest Boxes . ... 22 



How City Dwellers without Land may Breed Squabs . . 24 



Unit Squab House (with Passageway) and Flying Pen . . 26 



Nest Boxes Built of Lumber . . . . . . .28 



Best Nest Box Construction . . . . . . .30 



Interior of Squab House Showing Perches . . . . 32 



A Pretty Squab House and Flying Pen ... .36 



Multiple Unit House . . 38 



Interior of Multiple Unit House ... .40 



Multiple Unit House, Ten Units, Built according to Our Plans . 42 

 Nest Bowl, Bath Pan, Drinking Fountain, etc. . . 46 



Berry Crate to Hold Nesting Material 50 



Scenes on the $200,000 Farm of One of Our Customers . . 58 



Eggs in the Nest, Squabs Just Hatched 64 



Squabs One Week Old, Squabs Two Weeks Old . . .66 



Squabs Three weeks Old, Squabs Four weeks Old . . .68 

 The Mating Coop . .70 



Pigeons in St. Mark's Square, Venice . . . . .74 



Killing Squabs with the Hands 80 



Killed Squabs Hung to Cool . . . . . .82 



Three Dressed Squabs 86 



Squab House Built of Logs 88 



Pair of Homers Billing . . . . . . . .90 



How We Ship Pigeons 98 



Self Feeder for Grain 108 



Machine for Killing Squabs . . . . . . .114 



Sprayer '. .116 



Nest Boxes . .117 



Mating Coops in Mating House . . . . . .134 



Pigeons in Corner of Flying Pen ' . . . . . .138 



Interior of Mating House ....... 142 



Part of South Side of One of Our Houses . . . .146 



Dowel System of Feeding and Watering . . . . .150 



Pigeons Bathing . . . . . . . . .152 



