LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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HOMERS SIX YEARS OLD 59 



PLUCKING PIN FEATHERS FROM SQUABS 60 



DRAINING AND SORTING SQUABS FOR MARKET ... 62 



SQUABS DRESSING 10 POUNDS PER DOZEN 66 



PROPER WAY TO HOLD A BIRD "JO 



GOOD BREEDER 74 



IN THE YARD OF A MATING PEN 75 



FROM THE NEST TJ 



GENERAL VIEW IN BREEDING PEN 78 



MATED PAIR OF YOUNG HOMERS 80 



YOUNG BIRDS IN MATING PEN 84 



YOUNG BIRDS IN ROOST 86 



YOUNG BIRDS IN THE MATING YARD ............ 90 



METHODS OF PUTTING CLOSED BANDS ON YOUNG 



BIRDS 94 



METHODS OF PUTTING OPEN BANDS ON OLD BIRDS . 95 



SUNNING SHELF UNDER THE EAVES 98 



PEN OF SPLENDID HOMER BREEDERS 100 



YOUNG BIRD 104 



SIX MONTPIS 'OLD I08 



