y6 National Standard Squab Book. 



Question. 8I1011I1I I coy,!- \hr Viiiil of tliu llyiiiK poii with grit? Answer. 

 Xo' Pi'oviilc a liox :i;nl ki'o|i till' grit in tlic I'ox. When the pigeons want 

 grit, they will go to tlie hox ami get it. 



Qf.estion. Aie "ho ■•iii-rirr diving) pigeons the same lireed as your 

 Homers? .Vnswcr. Yes. A H,\ ing or rarrier Homer is a Homer that has 

 heen trained to fly a long distaue". 



Qnestioii. \yhat is the ilifferenee lietNveen your Mated Birds and yoiii 

 Extra Mat''d birds? Answer. Tliey an our same breed ef Homer pigeon. 

 The Extra Mated birds will breeil sipi.-ilis wliii h ai-e bigger and plumper 

 and tor wliieli yon ean get more money. They are mir choicest stock, the 

 liest which we can {lelivi'r. 



Question. ^Yhat are aitificially fattened s(in;ilis? Answer. An arti- 

 fi.ialiy fattened squab is a sciuab which lias bi'cn stuffed by hand. Take 

 a syiinge and fill ir with fatleniiig mixture of gruel-like consistency, open 

 the month of the squali and force the contents of the syringe into the laop 



of the SQii.ab. Vci-y few br lers tal;c this triMible to bi'ing their squabs to 



an extraordinary size. 



(^lestion. I wished you had shipped my breeders in one large crate, then 

 the express charges would uot !i,aye licen so much as for the two crates 

 which you used, .\nswer. You are mistaken. An ex|iress shipment goes 

 by Meight ,iml not by numljcr nf jiackages. The express clerks put all the 

 crates going to .>ne custoinci- mi the scales tcpgc^thcr ,and weigh them all 

 .Tt once and on the total weight the (diargc is iiaseil. They prefer to 

 handle a lai'ge shipment in small packages, rather than in one large pack- 

 age. 



• Jiicstion. I live in England: can yon ship me tweuty-fonr pairs of your 

 bleeders? ,Vns^^■e^. Yes; the ti'ansportation charges will lie $4. In 

 addition yon wiil have to jiay the but(dier or steward of the boat ten 

 shillings for feeding and walering the birds. .Siuid us $6.50 in addition te 

 the regular |nice id' tlie birds and we will shi|i to you all charges prepaid. 

 In shipping to Cnlia and remote iioints in the lTnit<'d States and Canada, we 

 do iiot have to ]iay anything extra for the feeding and watering of the 

 birds: the expiess cliarges include the feeding and watering. 



Question. What is a Runt fiigeon? Please quote prices on a dozen 

 pairs of Runts. Answer. A Runt iiigeon is a s|)ecial breed of pigeon, re- 

 markable for its large size. They comi' all colors, as a Homer does. The 

 white Runts :ire an cxci-ptioiially beautiiid bird and command large prices, 

 as higli as %f, lo $1.", a |iair. The sipnibs whiidi Runts breed weigh from 18 

 ounces io J 1/2 pounds at four weeks. If Runts bred as fast as Homers, 

 they would be just the bird for siinab breeders, but the.v are fatally slow 

 in breedinL', as a rule. The Homers r.iise two pairs of squaV)S to the Runts' 

 one. Therefore it is of iiuirse more profitabic to raise Homers. We do 

 not sell Runts and do not ad\oc;ite their use either as a separate breed, or 

 crossed up with Homers. The large, plump, thoroughbred Homer is the 



best. 



