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Page 

 Portrait of the Author ( Frontispiece) , . . 



A WeU-Built Nest 8 



Thoroughbreds 14 



How a Back Yard may be Fixed tor 



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 ot 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 ot Multiple Unit House 40 



Multiple Unit House, Ten Units, Built 



according to Our Plans 42 



Nest Bowl, Bath Pan, Drinking Foun- 

 tain, etc 46 



Berry Crate to Hold Nesting Material . . SO 

 Scenes on the )t200,000 Farm ot One 



of Our Customers 68 



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 lor Grain 108 



Machine for Killing Squabs 115 



Sprayer 1)6 



Nest Boxes 118 



Hating Coops in Mating House 140 



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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 



from Alleyway 150 



Letter from A. Silz 188 



Letter from W. R. McLaughlin 190 



Letter from Heineman & Co 192 



Extra Plymouth Rock Homers 194 



A Good Looking lUinois Plant 196 



Showing Construction in Florida 198 



Homer Hen Sitting on Eggs 199 



Lighted by Electricity and Heated by 



Steam 200 



On a Pole at Top of Flying Pen 202 



Cheapest Possible Construction 204 



The Start 206 



This Customer 206 



Beautiful Pair of Splashes 207 



Plymouth Rock Blue Bars and Blue 



Checkers 208 



On a Running Board in the Sun 209 



Interior of Massachusetts Customer's 



House 210 



Women Enjoy Squab Raising 211 



At the Back ot a Barn 212 



Shipshape Flying Pen 213 



Nest of Straw and Feathers 214 



Different Sizes 215 



An Inexpensive Start 216 



A Row of Beauties 217 



Eating from His Hand 218 



Ready to Kill 219 



Squabs 25 Days Old 220 



In the Snow 221 



Squabs Three Weeks Old 222 



Squabs Twelve Days Old 223 



Squabs a Few Days Old 224 



Nest of Tobacco Stems 225 



Raised from Plymouth Rock Extras . . . 226 

 Carneaux 227 



