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that territory lu .lime. 1902, iiotiug the buildiugs ami methods of the squab 

 raisers there and tiuding out from them if they were .satistied with the 

 linaiioial returns. All wei'o enthusiastic aud said it was easy work, that 

 squabs beat heus easily and were much less care. The methods of some 

 of these breeders were extremely crude, the birds ue.stiug iu old boxes of 

 all sJzes nailed to the walls of the .squab houses, aud apparently never 

 being cleaned. With no reflectiou on the squi'.b rai.sers of Jersey, but in 

 order to demonstrate our point that the work is ea.sy, we want to say 

 that the typical lu-eeder in that country as we saw him was seated a good 

 part of the time on an old soap liox, in or near his squab house, smoking 

 a pipe and taking life easy, with plenty of time to talk or read. Some- 

 body has said that a squab plant of 1,000 pairs of birils will pay better 

 than a farm. The contrast between the hard, grinding toil of the 

 man who works a large farm and the "standing around" of the owner of 

 a squab plant is indeed a strilcing one. However, we do not speak of this to 

 give you the idea that money is going to flow into your lap just because 

 you buy some squab breeders of us. It is no work for a drone or a "get- 

 rich-quick" person "whose enthusiasm runs riot for two sveeks and then 

 cools off. Our class of trade is men and women of experience and reliable 

 common sense who have a knowledge of the world and understand that 

 things come by work and not for the asking. The people who are able and 

 willing to pay us from $50 to .$500 for a breeding outfit, as hundreds do, 

 are not caught by glittering promises, but have money laid by through 

 exeri ise of the qualities of ability and shr wdness. The naturally care- 

 less, improvident pei'son, wlio is generally in debt, should not start squab 

 raising. It is a sensible industry for ser.siiue people. 



