AUTHOR'S PREFACE. 



In presenting this book to the public, the authors 

 appreciate the fact that it is not perfect, but we have 

 endeavored to embody details of practical and hard- 

 earned experiences. We have constantly had in mind 

 the beginner and inexperienced squab raiser. We 

 have endeavored to point out the way to success, but 

 the individual and not the book will determine whether 

 success or failure is the result. Many people think 

 they can succeed with squabs if they follow specific 

 instructions and hints given them by others. No man 

 or woman has any business to undertake to raise pig- 

 eons for pleasure or market unless they really love 

 the work, and are willing to attend to the minor details 

 on which success, nine times out of ten, depends. 



In the preparation of this book, the authors wish to 

 gratefully acknowledge the assistance they have re- 

 ceived from Prof. W. G. Johnson of the American 

 Agriculturist, who read the entire manuscript and has 

 made many valuable suggestions, besides making part 

 of the pictures here reproduced. Professor Johnson 

 personally visited our plant and made a most careful 

 study of every detail of our work and his suggestions 

 are, therefore, all the more valuable. We wish also to 

 extend our thanks to Mr. H. W. Poarch for most of the 

 splendid photographs reproduced in these pages. 



