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THE PIGEON BOOK 



they cannot well take the grain from the floor or out of 

 ordinary hoppers. 



I invariably find it best to close up all hoppers at 

 night. Then, again, I do not mix grain in the hoppers. 

 If this is done they pick it over and throw so much out 

 that is wasted. I limit the supply of the grain that they 





SQUEAKERS READY TO LEAVE. 



like best, and force them to eat a good quantity of the 

 other I know is good for them by leaving it in the 

 hoppers always before them. 



They will eat the cereals much more readily than the 

 pulses, but too great an abundance of the former creates 

 fat. 



