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CHAPTER V. 



MAKING A MARKET PREPARING SQUABS FOR MARKET. 



We make one of the sub-heads of this chapter, "Making 

 a -Market," although the market for squabs is already estab- 

 lished and the demand for them in all the large cities is 

 constantly increasing. 



Notwithstanding this, the enterprising squab-breeder will 

 make his own market and get better prices than he can get 

 if he sends his squabs to the largest cities. 



In the beginning he may be obliged to ship to the cities, 

 but he can build up a home trade among those who like 

 to have the best the market affords and by degrees this 

 home demand will grow until he will find a ready sale 

 nearby and will be saved freight and commission charges as 

 well as the cost and trouble of packing and icing for the 

 longer shipments. 



We know of numerous cases where squab-breeders have 

 built up a home demand which takes all the squabs and 

 brings them high prices the year aroynd. 



Very often the enterprising beginner will turn his atten- 

 tion to raising squabs to sell to others for breeding purposes 

 and find this very profitable, although a good market for 

 squabs is about the same as a good demand for breeding 

 stock. Other squab-breeders arrange to sell their young 

 stock to those who do breed pigeons to sell as breeding stock 

 and thus have a regular and constant demand for their young 

 birds. 



All these ways of disposing of the increase of the loft are 

 open to the beginner,, but the food market is the one that 

 should be cultivated. We know of a case where a beginner 



