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work of life make a good living from squabs; and still the 

 insistent food markets call for more squabs at better prices. 

 There is no risk in going into the squab business, if the 

 birds are properly cared for. 



REGULARITY. 



Have a certain time to do all the wfork and work to the 

 schedule you have prepared. Clean the house on a certain 

 day in the week, kill the squabs on the day which best suits 

 your market. Feed as nearly at the same time every day 

 as possible, for the birds soon learn to know when feeding 

 time comes, and the squabs even learn to know when to 

 look for the parents to feed them. Keep everything going 

 like clockwork, and the work will be properly done and the 

 birds thrive the better for the regular habits they learn. 



GO QUIETLY. 



there will always be a number of birds sitting, others will 

 be feeding the young, and quick motions or loud noises 

 disturb them and cause them to stop feeding or to leave 

 their nests. Keep the birds tame by going among them, 

 but go quietly. 



FOREIGN BIRDS. 



Never buy imported stock for breeding unless you know 

 it has been at least a year in this country. Birds from across 

 the ocean are hard to acclimate and often die before they 

 get accustomed to the new conditions. 



We have a friend who imports choice pigeons from Ger- 

 many, Belgium and France constantly and he says he can 

 not afford to pay the prices he is asked for good birds in 

 Europe and sell them on this side for less than about three 



