96 SQUABS FOR PROFIT 



We feel that the benefits to be derived from such 

 record keeping would much more than pay for the 

 extra trouble, for we believe that in our flock there 

 are some unproductive pairs, which we would weed 

 out if we had the time to do it. These birds cost fully 

 a dollar a year for feed and if they do not give more 

 than one or two pairs of squabs a year they ought not 

 to be kept. In a flock of 750 pairs of breeders, an 

 increase of half a pair of squabs to the average 

 would mean 375 pairs, which at the average price of 

 squabs for the year, 60 cents, would be $225. This 

 sum would surely pay for the extra work. It is- 

 one which we feel is of possible attainment. 



