10 TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XXXIII 



Page 



WHITE SWISS MONUAINES 1S3 



Natives of Switzerland — Ideal Squab Producer and an Excellent 

 Exhibition Bird — Description of the Breed. 



CHAPTER XXXIV 



MALTESE 187 



A Most Individual Breed — Its Make-up Well Suited to Squab 

 Production — Principally an Exhibition Bird. — Description of 

 the Breed and Varieties. 



CHAPTER XXXV 



SQUAB MARKETS 102 



The Comnrission Merchants and Their TriaLs — Excellent Letters 

 from Four of America's Leading- and Largest Squab Receivers. 



CHAPTER XXXVI 



SPECIALTY CLUBS 197 



Growth of Clubs Retarded by Indifference of Breeders — Prac- 

 tical Worth of Clubs — Conditions Under Which Specialty Clubs 

 Labor — Dutj- of the Breeders to Support These Clubs. 



CHAPTER XXXVII 



RAISING YOUNGSTERS 200 



Very Careful Attention Must be Gi\en--S(|nabs Weane.l by 

 Parents — Transferred to the Rearing Loft — Proper Feeding — 

 Fresh Water, etc. — Working with the Youngsters — Training 

 Them for the Show Room — Care the Youngsters Get is Bound 

 to Reflect. 



CHAPTER XXXVHI 



HELPFUL HINTS 202 



Fifty Practical and Pertinent Pointers on Pigeon Breeding. 



CHAPTER XXXIX 



FANCY BREEDS 2O6 



Description of Tipplers, Pouters, Pigmy Pouters, Dragoons, 

 Oriental Frills. Turbits, English Carriers, Barbs, Owls, Magpies, 

 Tumblers and Helmets. 



CHAPTER XL 

 Why Common Pigeons Are Not Profitable. 



COMMON PIGEONS 228 



