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whole building was cold and damp and as filthy as one could 

 ever think of. What did I hear? Sniff, sniff, on every hand 

 and I would have ventured a nice sum that ninety per cent 

 of the poor birds had roup. Tlie birds were large bone speci- 

 mens for their breed, fine in type, but alas — victims of sheer 

 carelessness on the part of the owner. Did he fail? I do not 

 know but I do know that the last I heard of him was that he 





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SEVERAL WHITE KINGS IN THE LOFTS OF H. W. BARNETT 

 CleanUness is evidently- his iiyword. — Photo from H. AV. Barnett, 

 Oaliland, Calif. 



had disposed of his birds. This visit taught nie a lesson and 

 I pass it on to you, my reader, for there is something in it. 

 Yo\i or I or any other man can take the finest bunch of pigeons 

 in America and subject them to such exposure and neglect and 

 ruin them in less than one year, yet you can take an excellent 

 bunch of birds and make money and breed the strain up but 

 you cannot do it by neglecting your duties around the lofts. 

 If you are going to keep pigeons and make money from them 

 keep them right in every way. I could tell you of other cases 

 just as bad as the one above but space will not permit. But let 



