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manner. After they are three weeks old they can usually 

 be fed the same ration as the old stock. This should con- 

 sist of a variety of feed, such as corn, peas, and red wheat. 

 White wheat seems to have an injurious efTect upon the 

 diocstive tract and to cause bowel trouble. 



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A good ration is reported by T. S. Wright, one of the 

 largest squab breeders in the East, to be the following: 



1 bualicl cracked corn. 



1 bushel red wheat. 



V bushel Canada peas. 



3 bushel kafir. 



-} pec)^ Piussiati hi;niij seed 



The ration may be fed three times daily on the floor, 

 allowing one handful for every three birds, or by means of 

 feeding troughs. Tare must always be exercised to see that 

 the grain is not musiy, for must\' feed will kill ]iigeons just 

 as it does young chicks. 



Itock salt, oyster shell, anil grit slioidd always be avail- 

 able, and green feed in the form of lettuce, plantain, and 

 water cress should be fed once a day Aside from the water 



