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Tliere is indeed one great advantage in exhibiting pigeons 

 in our leading siiows lool-ting at tlie matter in a commercial 

 light. That advantage is Advertisement. There is an unlimited 

 amount of good advertising to be obtained from exhibiting. 

 Should you win prizes your name will be brought into the 

 limelight; it will be written up in the pigeon press and you 

 yourself can use paid for advertising, setting forth tlie fact tliat 

 you have won. Breeders, and especially beginners, always 

 want to purchase breeding stock from a man who can win 

 prizes in keen competition. They are correct in this desire. 

 If a man can jiroduce birds that can A\in in such competition it 



WTIITB KINGS ON LOFT ROOF 



Bird-s from tliis strain made a big- win at thr 1!)21 National Pigeon 



Show. — riioto from H. W. Barnett, Oakland, Calif. 



proves that he is breeding his stock along tlie correct lines and 

 that is just the kind of stock iieojile want. Yoti may sell a few 

 birds by advertising and not showing but the minute you can 

 advertise liirds that have been exhibited and have \\on for you 

 inquiries will be forthcoming from those desiring your stock. 

 Pick up any one of the pigeon periodicals and you will see a 

 great many of our leading breeders advertising their winnings 

 at the largest shows. They make most of their sales on account 

 of these winnings. If they could not and tlid not win they 

 would not be listed as and considered as being among our 

 leaders. 

 We should not only exhibit our birds but if possible we should 



