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CHAPTER V 



Page 



HOUSING 37 



No Need of Ornamental Lofts — Description of Materials to 

 be Used — Fly Pens — The Open Front House — Bill of Material 

 for the Open Front House — Two-Pen Pigeon House and Fly, 

 with Bill of Material — Three-Pen Pigeon House with Bill of 

 Material — Individual Runt Breeding Pen with Bill of Ma- 

 terial — Monitor Type Squab House with Bill of Material — The 

 Squab Dressing Plant with Bill of Material — Layout of a Plant 

 to Accommodate 1000 I^airs of Pigeons. 



CHAPTER VI 



AVATERING SYSTEMS 60 



Fouled Water — Drinking Founlains — Bathing Pans — Continuous 

 Flow S>'stems — Explanation of Ci.tntinuous Flow System. 



CHAPTER VH 



MATING OS 



Subject Worthy of Much Consideration — Two Methods, Natural 

 and Forced. 



CHAPTER VHI 



BANDING OS 



Types of Leg Bands — Piecea'ding Band Numbers — Seamless 

 Bands — Open Bands. 



CHAPTER, IX 



SYSTEMATIC -\ND ACCUR.VTfJ RECORD KEEPING / 1 



Showing up Profit Makers and Drones — Itee^ird Shi-ets — Record 

 of Evfry Pair \\ i II be Wanted — lit colds A'aluable in Showing 

 Results of Mating — Exhibition Records. 



CHAPTER X 



MOULTING Hi 



Explanation of the Moult — Separation of Males and Females 

 During' the Moult — Care Dtiring the Mi-iulting Period. 



CHAPTER XI 



PRIlNCIl'LIOS AND PR.VCTICES OF PKjEON BUIOEUING i .S 



Princiides — Variation — ^Vtavism — Contamination — Prepotency 

 Like Begets Like — Practices — Vigor — Building up a Strain — 

 Inbreeding — Line Breeding — Line Breeding Chart — Description 

 of Line Breeding Chart — Line Breeding as Affecting Squab 

 Producing Birds — Out-crossing. 



