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ing when you think that the squabs sit in their uest hour after hour doing 

 nothing but accumulate fat, and talking no exercise to train oft this fat. 

 The old birds are dying around and do not have much fat on them; they 

 are trim and muscuiar, and hard fleshed. You can tell an old pigeon after 

 Jt is cooked when you put your teeth into it, just as vou can tell an old 

 fowl. 



To close this chapter, we will leave one thought with you which you 

 must not forget, and that is, to provide salt for your pigeons. All animals 

 need salt in order to keep strong and healthy. The safest kind of salt 

 for you to use is rock salt, such as is sold for horses. Put a couple of big 

 lumps of It in the squab house and let the pigeons peck at it when they 

 wish. About once in two weeks wet the grain with salteil water, then dry 

 the grain and let the pigeons eat it and they will get it into their systems 

 in this manner. Do not use powdered salt for if you do the birds may 

 eat too much of it and it will kill them. Coarse ground salt may be used, 

 but the rock salt is best. 



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