100 PROFITABLE PIGEON BREEDINCi 



The art of culling is one that should bo carefully studied. 

 Of course in culling wc must, as in other brandies of this busi- 

 ness, I'se a great deal of discretion. Having \()\ir standard 

 clearly in your mind and being sure of \\ hat >ou are doing go 

 among >our \oungsters and ^^•atch every ))ird carefully and 

 satisfy >oursclf as to whetlier it will or will not do to save 

 them for breeding stock. Do not just hurry through iu a slip- 

 shod manner and throw ovit certain ones. Study each specimen 

 carefvilly and if he is to lie culled, take him out, kill him and 

 forget il. If he is worth breeding from he is worthy of careful 

 study, if he is not worth breeding from he sundy is not worth 

 sa\ing just to have that one more l)ird in the plant. 



licnu'ndier the largiu' number of liirds >ou ha\ e thi^ more 

 JOIN- feed hill will be and it certainly docs not behooxe any 

 hi'ecder to feed pigeons that cannot show a good retui'ii. Do 

 r.ot hi' content to stcip with culling >'our youngsters hut watch 

 your breeding stock as well. 11 you hnii a pair ol biiils that 

 ari' not producing as the\ shoidd get rid of them, for as wi' 

 hax'e said heforc, tbe\' are not showing a good return and are 

 tbcr(dore not protitablc. l'.>' a carefully kejit s.xsteni of records 

 the drones can soon be spotted and either remated and given 

 anotlicr trial or removed from the lofts entirely. 



In cidling birds nnich can he learned from the r(^cords. If 

 w(^ trace eacli liird that we cull we can soon see what birds are 

 throwing the culls and things can be rectified before they go 

 too far. This system of elimination of any but the best and a 

 search into tlie records will show at once a great many things 

 about how our matings are working out. The wise breeders 

 will study these facts carefully. 



To be successful in raising breeding stock we must resort to 

 c\dling for it is a method which rids us of the drones and non- 

 desirables. The sooner the novice learns the art of culling the 

 better oft be will be. The wise breeder culls and culls closely 

 because he realizes that it is the only method of getting the 

 "black sheep" out of his strain of birds. 



