PROFITABLE PIGEON BREEDING 



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 THE START 



Advice to the Novice — Fit liny up a Teiii|ioiar.v Home for the Birds — 

 Needed -Accessories. 



It has been said, aiul rightly s(i, tliat every man should liave 

 a hol)by. Tlie avertigc man is a hard ANorlviiig individual 

 who is constantly inlerested in liis business and little does he 

 realize that "All %\'ork antl no play makes Jack a dull boy." 

 It therefore behooves iis all to ha\(' ;i hobby of some sort. Those 

 who lo\ e liird life can linil iniliniitetl pleasure in the breeding 

 of pigeons and besitles, as tliey liecome more proficient in the 

 art of breeding and cariii,g for them, they etui ha\ e a nice 

 little income from their birds. 



Too much has been writlen aliout the enormous profits to be 

 rcalizetl fi'oui stputb plauls. I'uscrupulous men have painted 

 glaring pictures of such proHts merely to sell the beginner a 

 few pairs of birds. This is wrong and it is to the interesi of the 

 pigeon fiaternitx- to discourage such schemes. The writer has 

 proven to his own satisfaction that money can be made from 

 selling stpudis to the markets, in producing and selling breeding 

 stock and exhibition siiecimens, Imt he is not the kind to lead 

 any beginner into believing that the squab or pigeon business 

 is a get-rich-(iuick scheme. Some of the breeders in the past 

 have issued literature that has been so worded as to make the 

 beginner believe that all he had to do was to buy a few pairs 

 of birds, place them in any kind of an outbuilding and give them 

 feed and water every day and his fortune would soon come to 



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