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the standards each year or two they would be worth many 

 times the small membership dues asked. 



There arc hundreds and hundreds of breeders who raise White 

 Kings and yet in looking over a recent report of the Secretary 

 of the American King Club we find only twenty-nine names on 

 the membership directory. Wliy there are not more names 

 there is due to only one thing and that is, as wc have said be- 

 fore, INDIFFERENCE. On this club list we sec the names of 

 six men who have been members for years. These men have 

 stuck by their breed and they have aided materially in making 

 the White King what it is today. However, in looking over the 

 pages of the pigeon press we find the names of men who ad- 

 vertise and breed White Kings and their names are not on our 

 list. 



Again we find the same conditions existing in S\'\iss Mondaine 

 Cluljs and othei's. There are hundreds and hundreds of breeders 

 of Carneaux in America and yet the membership of the United 

 Carneau Breed'ers Association does not carry the names of 

 hundreds of members. It is certainly no fault of the specialty 

 clubs — they are doing excellent work and are ever ready to do 

 even more but they do not get the support that they should. 

 These clubs would grow by leaps and bounds if the mass of 

 breeders would join and cast aside this unwillful indifference. 



No doubt a great many breeders and especially the smaller 

 ones feel that their birds are not as good as those owned by 

 some members of these clubs. Probably they are correct in 

 this but if they would join and do their share they would aid 

 the club materially and in so doing they would have set an 

 example for others. You do not have to own the best birds in 

 the country lo become a member of any specialty club. These 

 clubs want your support in every way and they only ask you 

 to pay a very small yearly fee and to be fair and honest with 

 your customers. 



If you are not a member of a specialty club join now the one 

 that fosters the bird that you breed. Don't expect a mere hand- 

 ful of men in each club to carry the burden of building up the 



