CHAPTEIl IX 

 SYSTEMATIC AND ACCURATE RECORD KEEPING 



Showing" up Protit MaUers and Drones — Record Sheets — Record of 

 Every Pair will be Wanted — Records Valuable in Showing" Results 

 of Mating — Exhibition Records. 



One of the most essential duties of a breeder is to install and 

 keep systematic records. Not only must a general record be 

 kept of certain pairs but he must have true information at 

 hand to show positively what each and every pair of birds 

 is producing. 



To realize a return on the investment we must know what 

 part of the business is paying and what jiart is not. The only 

 method in the pigeon business by which we tan do this is to keep 

 careful and accurate accounts or records. Not all pigeons 

 produce enough stpiab meat in a year to pay for their keep 

 and return some profit. Others do this. An accurately kept 

 set of records will show positively which are the profit makers 

 and which are the drones. 



I have prepared drawings showing what I believe to be a 

 very good record sheet. These should be printed on a good 

 quality of paper, the breeding record lieing on one side of the 

 sheet and the youngster record on the other side. Ha\e them 

 printed in sheets to fit a nice loose leaf binder and you have 

 the very thing tor this purpose. Each pair in the plant, there- 

 fore, has its own record for one year right where the breeder 

 can see it at a glance. Then too he knows exactly what becomes 

 of the offspring of this [iair, what hands they wear, to what 

 birds they are mated and where to look for the breeding record 

 of each of the youngsters after they have mated. A glance ;\i 

 our recortl sheet and w (> find exacth where each l)ird cam,- 



