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fancier handy with his tools can easily rig up such as 

 will suit his convenience. 



Feeding-hoppers. 



Whether a fancier will require feeding-hoppers or not 

 depends on the birds he keeps. The pigeon fancy has 

 developed to such an enormous extent in recent years that 

 all requirements are well catered for. Uiider the head- 

 ing of management I shall refer to the advantages of 

 hopper-feeding with those of hand-feeding. If hoppers 







A RANGE OF LOFTS, WITH FLIGHTS ATTACHED. 



are used they should be of such a nature that the food 

 is not easily thrown out and soiled on the floor. A 

 fancier can easily make himself a feeding-trough or 

 hopper to suit his needs, but it should be closed at 

 night and put out of the reach of mice. 



Water Fountains. 



I do not advise the use of water fountains that are 

 hermetically sealed. These get coated internally with 

 slime, and the water foul. Many diseases are traceable 

 to their use. In my own loft I have a continual stream 



