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like what the standard calls for than if we had not had a 

 standard if our breeders do not use their standard as a guide. 



We cannot hope to produce extra large squabs by ignoring 

 the standard in mating our l)irds. Suppose our standard calls 

 for a Ijroad l)ack, a deep well rounded breast and a compact 

 body. The unwise breeder, through his ignorance of the stand- 

 ard reciuirenieuts, allows his birds to mate u)) alter any fashion, 

 small bodied birds with their like, narrow back birds with their 



KJvANK H. HOLI.MANN (right) Kditor of the American Pigeon Journal 

 and F. ARTHUR HAZARD — Taken at Georgetown. S. C. during 

 Mr. HoUmann's visit to the writer. Buster, a pet Fox Terrier, standing 

 X'ly his owner. 



like and so on until Anally we cannot expect to get large squabs 

 and \\'e do not get them. As I have said before the standards 

 iire not made only for the exlnbitors of pigeons but in making 

 them the authors have the commercial side of the matter in 

 mind and they realize that it takes a broad back, a deep breast 

 and a fairly compact body to produce large plump squabs, 

 therefore they make the standards so that they will cover these 

 points if the bird for which the standard is made is one of the 



