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WILLIAM E. RICE AND WILLIAM E. COX . . Frontispiece 



ONE OF THE FIVE-PEN BREEDING HOUSES 3 



GENERAL VIEW OF A SECTION OF THE PLANT .... 4 



YOUNG HOMER COCK 7 



EGGS AND SQUABS JUST HATCHED 8 



SQUABS 48 HOURS OLD AND lO DAYS OLD lO 



AN IDEAL HOMER PIGEON 12 



SQUABS ONLY A FEW HOURS OLD 16 



TYPICAL BLVE DRAGOON PIGEON 1 8 



INTERIOR OF BREEDING HOUSE 20 



SECTIONAL VIEW OF HOUSE AND YARD 22 



GROUND PLAN OF HOUSE 25 



FRONT VIEW OF AN IDEAL HOUSE 29 



INTERIOR OF A HOUSE, SHOWING ARRANGEMENT OF 



NESTS 33 



PLAN FOR A SMALL HOUSE 37 



MR. RICE NETTING A BIRD IN THE YARD 38 



THE MORNING FEED 42 



SQUABS FOUR WEEKS OLD READY FOR THE MARKET 46 



FILLING THE DRINKING. FOUNTAINS 50 



MR. RICE AND HIS SON PREPARING THE BATH .... S3 



BIRDS BATHING AND SUNNING THEMSELVES 54 



HOMERS SIX .MONTHS OLD 57 



SQUABS SUSPENDED FOR KILLING AND PICKING . . 58 



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