TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



Page 

 THE START 17 



Advice to the Novice — Fitting up a Temporary Home for the 

 Birds — Needed Accessories. 



CHAPTER H 



SELECTING THE BREED 21 



Tlie Leading Commercial Squab Producing Pigeons — Advice 

 Against Using the Common Pigeon. 



CHAPTER HI 



LAYING AND HATCHING 23 



Tlie Cock Drives the Hen — One Egg Hatches Before the Other — 

 Clianging Squabs from One Nest to Another — The Growth of 

 Squabs — Squabs Fed by Parents — Tlie Most Profitable Birds 

 to Own. 



CHAPTER IV 



FEEDING 



Special Attention to Feeding — Grains Eaten by Pigeons — Feed- 

 ing Qualities of Various Grains — Advice to the Beginner to 

 Buy Manufactured Feeds — Names of Leading Brands of 

 Pigeon Feeds — Anaylsis of Feedstuffs — Table Showing Compo- 

 sition of Feedstuffs — Tliree Feed Formulae with Description 

 Showing How Tlicy Are Worlced Out — Changing Fats to Nitro- 

 gen Free Extracts — Health Grits — Healtli Grit Formula. 



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