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and clear profit of $ioo may be made. Where a large 

 number are kept, it is not uncommon for the owner to realize 

 $1,50 net profit frorh a pair of Homers. 



The one who begins with ten, twenty-five, or fifty pairs 

 of birds will get proportionate returns from his investment 

 in the way of increased number in his flock and will soon be 

 in a position to consider himself an extensive pigeon-breeder, 

 because he may expect to have at least four pairs of first-class 

 breeders from each pair he started with at the beginning of 

 any year, having kept only the best and sold the poorer of 

 the squabs. 



The business is only in its infancy and those who start 

 in now or any time soon may expect to reap a rich reward 

 in the way of profits. 



