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PROFITABLE PIGEON BREEDING 



have the perfectly round eye cere which should be beet red in 

 color. This happy combination of beet red cere and brownish 

 black iris is indeed beautiful, set against a snow white back- 

 ground. 



The neck of the White King should be carefully bred for and 

 at no time should we allow ourselves to breed for bull neck 

 specimens. It is indeed easy to do this and the author has 

 noticed a great many Kings that have had excellent type with 



SILVER KING HEN 

 Good type Silver Kingr Hen, winner of Snd prize at tlie 1921 National 

 at Oakland. — Photo from .Jaclv M. Pun, Stockton, California. 



tliat e.xcpption. What the standard calls for is a moderately 

 long neck, one lieing a happy mediiini between a btill neck and 

 a long slen<lcr one, and it should blend gracefully into tlie broail 

 shoulders and lireast so typical of this breed. 



The time is not far disttuit when the wings of the White KinK 

 were long and their wing butts stood out and away from 

 the shoulders but it is indeed gratifying to know that the 



