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SQUABS FOR PROFIT 



They were worn out birds whose owner had lost 

 money on them the two years previous. He had 

 sorted them out of his flock and sold them to a dealer. 

 We happened to know the birds in this particular in- 

 stance, for the owner had asked us to advise him. We 

 told him he had a lot of old birds which he was keep- 

 ing at much expense. He kept them two years 

 longer, hoping they might do better, but his income 

 scarcely equaled his expenses and he sold out. Our 



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FIG. 32— MATED PAIB OF YOUNG HOMERS. 



correspondence has been weighted with bitter com- 

 plaints from those who have bought birds of extensive 

 advertisers, but secured no satisfactory results after 

 patient waiting. 



Experiences cited. — The following are a few of 

 such letters: "In March, 1904, I purchased the rem- 

 nant of a flock of 200 squab breeders. These birds 

 were purchased in August, 1903. During the time 

 they were owned by the other party too died or es- 

 caped and I got the remaining 100. The first pur- 

 chaser did not get an egg during the time she owned 

 them, nor did they even build a nest." 



