way is to use a card index, giving one card to each pair of 

 nests. A card tliree b)'^ five inches in size should be used, for 

 the record is Hable to extend over a term of years. If a 

 pigeon dies, or a pair is otherwise broken up for any reason, 

 the card may be removed at once. If you are using a book, 

 you will have a lot of abandoned records in a year or two. 

 The card index, weeded out as the birds change, remains 

 alive always, and is a perfect indication of the business you 

 are doing, in every detail of expenditure and profit, as well 

 as condition of birds, and the relation of feed to selling price 

 of squabs may be figured out to a nicety. 



Roosts for the breeding pigeons should be tacked to the 

 south and end walls of the squab house. These roosts should 

 be made of inch lumber 5 in. x 6 in. square. Set two pieces 

 v shape and tack the roost (apex up) to the side of the house. 

 One roost for each pair of birds will suffice. When one 

 pigeon is not on the roost the other is on the roof or on the 

 hest. The construction of the roost makes it impossible for 

 one bird to soil another bird on the roost immediately under- 

 neath. Do not provide one pole for a roost (as in a poultry 

 house). The roosting habits of pigeons are not like those 

 of hens. You must have separate perches. If you have only 

 one perch, one bully cock pigeon is likely to swagger down 

 the line sweeping ofif all the others and disputing ownership 

 with them. 



There should be a wire door leading from the passageway 

 to the interior of the squab house. You will go in and out 

 of this door to clean the nests, pick up squabs from nests 



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