squaDs, and gave my note for the balance, $250, de- 

 pending on the birds to furnish the cash to meet the 

 note, and they did. 



Enlarging the plant. — The completion of the house 

 and filling it with good birds was a pleasant task. 



FIG. 1 ONE OF THE FIVE-PEN BREEDING HOUSES. 



This was done gradually by buying new birds and 

 saving from the increase of my growing flock. In due 

 time, a second house was erected and paid for in the 

 same way as the first. After shorter intervals, still a 

 third house of the same size was added, thus making 

 the entire capacity 750 pairs of pigeons, exclusive of 

 the original brooder house. A general view of my 

 plant is shown in Fig. 2. 



Particular emphasis must be laid on the fact that 

 $50 was the original amount of the capital I put into 

 the business; every other penny was earned by the 

 birds. They proved themselves most substantial and 

 reliable bankers, besides furnishing me much pleasure 

 in admiring their beautiful colors and graceful forms. 

 At the end of seven years my plant inventoried as fol- 

 lows: 



