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Unless this work has been done and a list of the 

 mated birds furnished, the man with unlimited capital 

 has no chance for any returns until he selects the 

 mated birds and puts his flock in shape to give profits. 

 There may be now and then an instance in which 

 birds may all be mated and go to work, even though 

 no list of birds has been furnished, but in the absence 

 of such a list, when a bird dies, it is very difficult, 

 and in a large flock almost impossible, to know the 

 widow or widower, as the case may be. To judge 

 from the mass of letters complaining that birds are not 

 mated, it is very evident that some of the big advertis- 

 ing dealers are not mating their birds before selling 

 them, and that in the pigeon business the term "mated 

 birds" usually means merely that an equal number 

 of birds of each sex will be sent in a shipment. 



