In Addition to PROFITABLE PIGEON BREEDING Every 

 Pigeon Library Should Contain a Copy of 



American Squab Culture 



By E. H. EGGLESTON 



CONTAINS TWENTY FULL AND COMPLETE CHAFTEBS — 



278 FACrES — SEVENTY ILLUSTRATIONS — CLOTH 



BOUND — REVISED EDITION 



Every phase of the pig:eon and squab business is fully ex- 

 plained. — froni egg" to market. A valuable guide for beg"inners, 

 and a practical manual and reference book for old timers. It 

 tells hov/ to start, what breeds to select, complete plans and 

 specifications for the construction of pigeon houses, proper care 

 of youngsters, how to mate, cull and select breeding stock, how 

 and what to feed, watering systems, moulting, color breeding. 

 diseases and remedies, raising birds for exhibition purposes, how 

 to dress and ship squabs, recipes for serving delicious squab 

 dishes, management and bookkeeping. 



PARTIAL CONTENTS 



rhaiiter II — Getting Started 

 Right — The Way to Start — 

 Raising Pigeons for Home Con- 

 sumption — Raising Pigeons 

 with Chickens — Raising Pi- 

 geons for Pleasure — Ornament- 

 al Squab House for Side or 

 Front Yard. 



Chapter V — Feeds and Feed- 

 ing- — When and How to Feed — 

 What to Feed — Composition of 

 Pigeon Feed— Table of Food 

 Analysis — Grains and Seeds- 

 Feeding Bread to Pigeons — 

 What Pigeon Milk Is — The 

 High Cost of Feed. 



Chapter VI — Grit. Charcoal. 

 Salt and Water — Grit. Sand and 

 Gravel — Charcoal — Oyster 

 Shell — Salt— Sulphate of Iron — 

 Di'inking Water for Pigeons — ■ 

 I*a1hing, 



Chapter VIII — Fnemies of the 

 Snuab Plant— Lice, Mites and 

 Other Vermin — Cats. Rats and 

 Mice — Thieves and Bad i:»oys — 

 Sparrows, Hawks and Owls. 



Chapter XII — Proper Care of 

 Squabs and Youngsters — S oft 

 Shelled Eggs — Barren Females 

 —When But One Egg Hatches, 

 or When One Squab Dies — How 

 to Tell the Period of Incuba- 

 tion — When Both Squabs Die 

 P.efore Three Days Old — One 

 Squab Smaller Than the Other 

 — Old Birds that Abandon Their 

 Eggs — Squabs That Leave the 

 Nest. ■ 



Chapter XIV — Preparing 

 Squabs for Market — General 

 Appearance of Product — How to 

 Kill and Pick Squabs— Picking 

 Squabs by Use of Paraffin — 

 Shipping Squabs a Long Dis- 

 tance — How to Ship Live Pi- 

 geons — How to Cook and Serve 

 Squabs — Educating the Custo- 

 mer to Good Squabs and Prices. 



Chapter XX — How to Succeed 

 - — Learn Your Business — Start 

 Right — Close Attention — De- 

 tails Are Important — Make 



AYork Easy — Love Your Work. 



American Pigeon Journal Company 



PUBLISHERS OF STANDARD PIGEON BOOKS 

 "Warrenton, Missouri, U. S. A, 



