Salt • 27 



Grit 27 



Charcoal ' 28 



Feed, how supplied 29 



Feed, mixtures recommended 29 



Feeding, always indoors 30 



Feeding economically : 30 



Feeding, how squabs are fed 30 



Breeding habits 30 



Driving 31 



Eggs laid every other day 31 



Brooding, how done 32 



Brooding, time required 32 



Feeding young 32 



Squabs, growth 32 



Squabs heaviest at four weeks 32 



Mated pairs only 33 



Barren hens 33 



Inbreeding injurious 35 



Breeding stock, selecting squabs 35 



Increasing the flock 35 



Banding, how done 36 



Mating, how to force 36 



Squabs, separating from old birds 37 



Record, how kept 37 



Record, example 38 



Barren birds should be sold 38 



Catching birds, how done 39 



Records keeping pedigrees 40 



Markets, how to find buyers 41 



Advertising stock 43 



Market, selling to families 44 



Market, distance no object 44 



Squabs, how to dress 45 



Squabs, how to select for market 45 



Squabs, killing rock 45 



Squabs, how to kill 46 



Squabs, cooling after dressing 47 



Squabs, how to pack after dressing 47 



Squabs, assorting 48 



Squabs, how graded in market 49 



Squabs, comparative prices 50 



Squabs, profit in raising 51 



