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PROFITABLE PIGEON BREEDING 



very attractive nor desired by the lovers of this breed. When 

 this globe is inflated the bird is decidedly largest from the 

 shoulders up for below this point it is very important that the 

 bird be as slender and narrow as possible in girth and waist. 



The breast is convex in shape while the back is narrow and 

 tapers from the shoulders to the tail the latter also being nar- 

 row. Tlie tail is carried well folded and held up just off the 

 ground and on a line with the back making for the so much 

 desired upright or erect carriage. 



PRIZE -WINNING ENGLISH CARRIERS 

 First bird While English Carrier cock, winner of 1st and special prize, 

 Crystal Palace, London. Second bird, Dun English Carrier cock, winner 

 of first prize at Crystal Palace, London. Third bird, Wliite English 

 Carrier hen, winner of 1st and special prize. Crystal Palace, London. 

 ■ — Imported by Oscar W. Opsann, New Rochelle, N. T. 



The wings are small, narrow and carried well up so as to 

 exhibit as much of the thighs as is possible, the tips meeting 

 on top of the tail. 



The legs of the English Pouter are another very important 

 section and the longer they are the more valuable the specimen 

 in this respect. They should be bent at the hock or knee, 

 slightly backwards and inwards but not too much so as to 

 present what is known as cow-hocks. The shanks, that portion 

 of the leg from the hock joint to the ankle should be as long 

 as possible and very closely feathered with short white feathers 



