it, thus demonstrating that it is a well-Hked food. This corn 

 makes white flour and is an ideal food for pigeons. The 

 color of the food supply affects to a degree the color of the 

 squab meat, and as white squab meat commands the highest 

 price, plenty of kaffir corn should be fed. 



4 and 5. Canada Peas and Hempseed. These are fed, 

 not regularly, on accoimt of their expense, but as dainties, 

 in periods of moulting, extra strain, etc. Canada peas cost 

 about $1.25 a bushel (about sixty pounds); hempseed costs 

 from $3.50 to $4 per 100 pounds. 



6. Oyster Shells. These cost from 45 to 65 cents per 100 

 pounds, ground. They .should be kept before the pigeons 

 all the time in a special trough. 



7. Salt. Coarse ground salt should be purchased and 

 kept before the pigeons all the time in a special trough. They 

 will eat it as they feel the need of it. On the south end of 

 some of our squab houses, on the pen side, we have pieces 

 of rock salt hung up, enclosed in wire netting. The birds 

 peck at these pieces occasionally. They are not necessary, 

 however, provided coarse salt is kept before them. 



8. Grit. The yard of the flying-pen should be gravelled, 

 not grassed. We buy the same kind of grit as is used for 

 poultry, only slightly finer. 



9. Nesting Material. On the wind-break in the centre 

 of the squab house, also in a corner of the yard, keep a small 

 pile of hay, straw and green field grass for the use of the 

 pigeons in building their nests. They will fly to the pile and 

 take what they need. We have seen tobacco stems recdm- 



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