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Portrait of the Author {Frontispiece) 



A Weil-Built Nest 



Thoroughbreds ....... 



How a Back Yard may be Fixed for Pigeons 



Cheap but Practical Nest Boxes 



How City Dwellers without Land may Breed Squabs 



Unit Squab House (with Passageway) and Flying Pen 



Nest Boxes Built of Lumber . 



Best Nest Box Construction 



Interior of Squab House Showing Perches 



A Pretty Squab House and Flying Pen 



Multiple Unit House .... 



Interior of Multiple Unit House 



Multiple Unit House, Ten Units, Built according to Our Plans 



Nest Bowl, Bath Pan, Drinking Fountain, etc. 



Berry Crate to Hold Nesting Material 



Scenes on the $200,000 Farm of One of Our Customers 



Eggs in the Nest, Squabs Just Hatched . 



Squabs One Week Old, Squabs Two Weeks Old 



Squabs Three weeks Old, Squabs Four weeks Old 



The Mating Coop 



Pigeons in St. Mark's Square, Venice 



Killing Squabs with the Hands 



Killed Squabs Hung to Cool 



Three Dressed Squabs 



Squab House Built of Logs 



Pair of Homers Billing . 



How We Ship Pigeons 



Self Feeder for Grain 



Machine for Killing Squabs 



Sprayer 



Nest Boxes . 



Mating Coops in Mating House 



Pigeons in Comer of Flying Pen 



Interior of Mating House 



Part of South Side of One of Our Houses 



Dowel System of Feeding and Watering 



Pigeons Bathing .... 



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