than you see quoted in the market reports. 

 At the same time the report quoted above was 

 printed In the New York Tribune the breeder 

 in Mauricetown, N. J. , previously quoted, 

 was getting from $4.25 to $4.50 a dozen lor 

 his squabs. (This was the last week in Jan- 

 uary, 1902). You see, it does not pay to trust 

 wholly to the market reports in the news- 

 papers. The motive of the city men is to 

 get their goods as cheap as they can. It is 

 your motive to get as much as you can, and 

 dcn't be fooled by second-hand Information. 

 Go direct to headquarters yourself in person 

 and learn the truth. If the middleman tries 

 to hold down the price to you, go to a con- 

 sumer and make your bargain with him at 

 top prices. 



A breeder in New Jersey who has become 

 interested in our methods writes that there 

 are several squab breeders in his town, all 

 of whom" give their regular time to other 

 businesses. He continues: "I am now (Feb- 

 ruary, 1902), getting 32 cents each as they 

 run, n o sorting, for what few squabs I am 

 now raising, and they are sold to a man who 

 calls every Tuesday for them. When I have 

 enough, I ship direct to New York by ex- 

 press. They sort them in New York." 



This is doing extremely well for unsorted 

 squabs. It is only another bit of evidence 

 which proves the money-making condition of 

 the New York market. (The above corre- 

 spondent's breeders are not first-class, he ad- 

 mits, saying he has been breeding for seven 

 years and his flock has run down, and his 

 object in writing to us is to buy a new 

 flock.) 



The Kansas City market does not yet know 

 what a fat squab is. The only things ob- 

 tainable there are the squabs of common 

 pigeons, which are quoted low, as they are 

 all over the country. A correspondent in 

 Atchison writes : ' *I wrote to the Kansas 

 City dealer again, telling him I thought his 

 prices were pretty low for Homer squabs. 

 He replied that they had so few Homers 

 offered that they did not quote them, and 

 they would be worth from $2 to $2.50 per 

 dozen. He quoted common pigeon squabs at 

 $1.25 to $1.75 per dozen, as I wrote you be- 

 fore. That is better, and' I yant to try 

 raising them as soon as I can get into a 

 place where I can handle them." 



Fact is, the squabs that bring from $3 to 

 $5 a dozen east of the Mississippi will bring 

 that (and more) as soon as the wealthy trade 

 of Kansas City get a taste of them. 

 AS TO THE NESTS. 



The nests seem to puzzle some beginners. 

 Get these terms accurately in your mind : 



First, the nest-box, which is made of wood; 

 second, the nappy, which is made of yellow 

 glazed earthenware in two sizes, the uses of 

 which are fully explained; third, the nest, 

 which is built by the bird in the nappy. 

 Each pair of pigeons must have two nest- 

 boxes. In one nest-box you put one nappy, in 

 the other nest-box another nappy. 

 WATER SUPPLY. 

 During the winter (and at all seasons. If 

 you wish), you can save steps for yourself by 

 locating the bath-pan in the squab house. 

 We recommend the suggestion of Mr. Barry, a 

 squab breeder with whom we are acquainted. 

 It is en the wet sink principle. The sink 

 is made of wood or galvanized iron 2% feet 

 square with a two-inch hole in the centre 

 and a two-inch pipe six inches long leading 

 from the hole through the floor of the squab 

 house, for drainage. The bath pan is set in 

 the sink, which rests on the floor. The fol- 

 lowing will make the idea clearer: 



¥ 



A is the bath pan, B the sink and C the 

 drainage pipe. When the birds bathe in the 

 pan, the water which they splash is caught 

 by the sloping bottom of the sink and runs 

 out through the pipe. The blocks under the 

 bath pan are three or four in number and 

 do not extend all around the sink, but merely 

 steady it to prevent sliding and tipping. 

 Pigeons drink after they have taken food and 

 by this arrangement they have clean water 

 for drinking as well as bathing. All the 

 splashed water is taken out of the way and 

 the floor of the squab house remains dry. 

 The sink is not nailed to the floor and can 

 he taken out easily for cleaning or white- 

 washing. 



If you can afford it, pip? your squab house 

 for running water and set the above wet sink 

 and bath pan under an open faucet, and let 

 the water run slowly continuously, or you 

 may turn it on when you choose from a valve 

 in your house or office. This is an ideal 

 labor-saving arrangement for a big plant with 

 25 to 50 bath pans. Don't let the overflow 

 collect under the squab house. It must be 

 drained ofC the premises. 



INCREASE IN FLOCK. 



The table on page 12, showing the possi- 

 bilities of pigeon breeding, was compiled hy 

 Dr. W. R. Ameshury. 



Many beginners wish to know if it will be 



