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Tobacco stems cut up into four-inch pieces make the 

 best material for nests. 



A flight slioulil be pro\-ided, figuring on tlie basis of a 

 space 25 x 25 feet and as liigh as the house, for fifty birds. 



Interior of pigeon pen showing a feed hopper, roosts, nest boxes, and different 

 kinds of nest pans. (Courtesy of Bureau of Animal Industry.) 



Feeding Pigeons. — During the first da}s of its Hfe the squab 

 is fed a clieesy substance regurgitated from the crop of both 

 parents for a period of five to seven days; for tlie subse- 

 quent two weeks partially digested grain is fed in the same 



