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pigeons. It is not much strain on the female pigeon to lay four or six eggs 

 a month instead of two. The strain of production comes from setting on the 

 eggs day after day, not ia laying the eggs, we should guess. 



Why not take away all the Carneaux eggs and hatch them under Homers? 

 some may ask. We do not believe in this, as far too unnatural. The Car- 

 neaux should be given an opportunity to raise the third setting, for that is 

 what they are striving for^ 



This method has been tested thoroughly with birds purchased from us and 

 it works all right. There is nothing far-fetched about it. You simply take 

 the eggs away and let Homers hatch them out. At the same time, simple as 

 this plan is, it has never been published before, to our knowledge, nor has it 

 ever been tried except by a few Ijreeders of our acquaintance. It is not 

 uncommon for breeders of fancy pigeons of poor feeding and raising quaUties 

 to put their eggs under Homers, but no motive for doubling the squab pro^ 

 duction from certain pigeons has ever existed until today, when it is money 

 in the breeder's pocket to turn out all the six-dollar pairs of Carneaux he can 

 in the shortest space of time. 



