In another lot. Do not tie up a plump -with 

 a thia squab so that the buyer will have a 

 chance to say: "This is a mixed lot, I can- 

 not pay you the No. 1 price." By keeping 

 all the birds of one kind together you pre- 

 vent the buyer from making comparisons. 

 Shippers of farm produce of all kinds know 

 how this is. They ship to one dealer their 

 firsts and to another dealer their seconds and 

 very frequently the latter dealer pays the No. 

 1 price because the goods are equal to the 

 goods of others for which he ^pays the No. 1 

 price. 



REMODELED HOG-PENS. 

 We print one picture here to show how one 

 of our customers started at very small ex- 

 pense. He took the hog-pen side of his harn 

 and fixed it over as you see. The staging on 

 which the birds sun themselves was made out 



ol! boards cheaply. The nest-boxes and roasts 

 inside take up only a small part of the 

 structure. Anybody who has a barn or an 

 outbuilding of any kind can fix up the sunny 

 side of it as shown here and put Into breed- 

 ing Stock the money which others use for a 

 special building. 



NEAR THE SEA. 

 A few beginners who live on the' seacoast 

 write and tell us that they are going to move 

 inland to raise squabs. We have advised 

 them not to do it. The Homer pigeon is de- 

 rived from the old rock pigeon, which bred 

 in the cliffs, and the seacoast was its natural 

 home. They thrive in salt air. If the tide 

 or a creek runs from the sea into your prop- 

 erty, bui Id your flying pen over the water 

 and let the birds enjoy It. 



If you live inland and happen to have a 

 brook or river running through your prop- 

 erty, build your flying pen over It and the 

 birds by bathing and drinking in running 

 water will save you the trouble of supplying 

 bath pans. 



ON BUYING. 



Many beginners ask us to advise them on 

 starting, whether to buy mated or young 

 birds, etc., and how many. We recommend 

 that beginners start with our best mated 

 adult birds, as many pairs as you can afford. 

 It is just as easy to care for a good-sized 

 flock as a little one, and the earnings are 

 larger. Remember, your time Is the big fac- 

 tor. You will have to pay attention just as 

 often to half a dozen pairs as you will to 

 25, 50 or 100 pairs. If you wish immediate 

 returns, with weekly sales of squabs to pay 

 for the grain, and a profit besides at the 

 start which will keep rolling up, then buy 

 our mtited adult birds, and the extra quality 

 if you believe that the best is the cheapest, 

 as It undoubtedly is in the case of squabs, 

 for there is at least a dollar's difference per 

 dozen in the market price of the squabs they 

 raise. 



If you have.- for instance, $50 to invest, put 

 $40 Into your birds and $10 into your build- 

 ing, rather than $10 or $12 into your birds 

 and the ba lance into the building. Almost 

 any place will do for a shelter if It is water- 

 proof. Your flock will earn a better building. 

 USE OF ICE. 



Ice is not absolutely needed in the summer 

 by the squab breeder. Every house has a 

 cool room or a cool cellar in which the 

 squabs can be hung from the studding as de- 

 scribed in the Manual. In shipping to a 

 distant market on hot days, ice will be 

 needed. 



The squab breeder will find it better to 

 manage in this way: When summer time, 

 with its comparatively low prices comes, let 

 your flock multiply, keeping the squabs and 

 growing them up for breeders. You will more 

 than make up the delay when the cool days 

 come. 



MARKET CONDITIONS. 



The New York market for squabs is un- 

 doubtedly one of the best in the country and 

 our customers who live within shipping dis- 

 tance of that city have opportunity to make 

 a mint of money. A squab-breeder in 

 Mauricetown, N. J., writes us: "Your Manual 

 received and I am pleased with it. We are 

 now getting in New York for dressed squabs 

 $4.25 to $4.50 per dozen. Did not get below 

 -*2. 50 last summer. We have express or 

 freight to pay and five per cent, commission 



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