74 National Standard Squab Book. 



Nil. TIk' litMt tritiii ;i tliirk III" ]ii;i'i'(iiis in a wuII-lmiU liousi,' is i.'Oiisider- 

 alilt'. Trill will L'l't liiiiiT siinalis from your iii,m;iiiis iu tlie wiiili'i- time if 

 villi ilo licMt yoin- Iiiiiisr sli^rlilly, not I'lmimh to i-iiiisc mucli cxiinisf, but 

 iiist euouj.'!! til take- tin/ rliill nfl'. ] lo not Irt ymii' liinls out of tin.' sijuah 

 lioiisH on liiitiL'i' colli ilays. 



Qui-'stioii. I li\'i' ill Trxas ami I lliiiik in this rlimaU' yoiii- sqiiali house 

 would be lim warm ami stuffy. Answer. You are ia,i;ht. Adapt the eou- 

 structiou to your loealily. The poultry lioiises in Te.xas as i-ompared tn 

 thi:i,>i;' in the Xortli are mueh less expensi^-e and more open to the air, 

 ami your squab iiouse should lie built on the same iirineiple. 



(Question. Suiipose 1 cool tlie si]Ualis as you direct and pack them into 

 a box for shipnn'iif. Shad I use iee? Is there any danger that the meat 

 will be diseoliired \\lieii they arrive at inarki.'t? ,Vns\vei". Iee is ii<,it ueces- 

 sary bi ilie fall, winter ;iiiil s|irin,;;-. In the suinmer time you should u.se 

 lie. although if the sliiiimi lit is for a short distanee, iee may not be neces- 

 sary. In hot weather tlii' squabs should not be killed uutil the night 

 before shiiipin.L;-. Ill the cool months you may kee|i them at home longer. 

 If the sipi.ibs ari.' cooled liy hanging them fr.im si lidding as we describe, 

 there is no d.anger Ih.it Ihe meat will be discolored. The ob.ieet of liaug- 

 iiig llieiii from studding is to cool the carcasses [iroiierly so that the meat 

 will not be discolored by contact. 



Question. How shall I pad; the killed squabs when I send them to 

 market? Answer. T,a>- I hem into the box layer on layer, in an orderly 

 fashion. I'll imi throw I hem in liclter skelter. 



("Question, ('an 1 hang the squalis to eonl from studding susiiended in 

 the barn, in Ihc suiiinici lime. Aiis\vcr. It is better to use the cellar of 

 the lionse, 111- the cijidcsl lonni in the Imusc. 



Question. I do not like your idea of kee|iin,g the birds wired in. They 

 are free by naliirc and it strikes iiic that they should have a ehance to 

 get I'xercisc by lung Highls. Answer. You must keep them wired iu, or 

 thev' m:";y leave ymi. Uciueiiiber that Ihe Homer is attached to the place 

 where it is lued. that is Ihe Homer instinct. If .\iiii buy birds of us and 

 on opening the ra-ate let them ll.\' anywhere the,\' ciuiiise, trusting to luck 

 to have them come back to you. you may be disa]i|ioiiited and lose some 

 of the birds. Yon must kee|i them wired in all the time, 



Onestioe. You say your Homers are line flyers. AVliat is the use of 

 my liu.ving them of ymi to Hy in races or lo sell a,i;aiii as flyers, if they 

 may desert iiic when I let thcni out into the open air? Answer. The 

 squabs which von breed from our liirds will know no home but yours, and 

 iliey will not fly awa.-.- from you. Yon can send them away, when they 

 are old enough, and time their flight back lo your house, their home. 

 ^VIlell you sell these trained flyers to others, you do not expect that they 

 will fr.v to fly tiieni. Iiiif that they will use them for breeders. 



Qiiestioa. Ho'v large are the mating coops? Answer. A convenient 

 size is Iwo feet long, two feet wide and two feet high. 



