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SQUABS FOR PROFIT 



birds as they mate. This is slow, but no success can 

 be expected until mated and non-mated birds are 

 separated. The work must be done. The way to do 

 this is to find by observation which two birds make the 

 nest, and when an egg is laid to determine which is 

 the hen and which the cock bird of each particular 

 pair. Then one man keeps his eye on, say, the cock, 

 which he catches, using the net ; the other keeps the 



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FIG. 39 — PEN OF SPLENDID HOMER BREEDERS. 

 Note open windows covered with wire netting. 



hen in sight, until it is caught. Until this work has 

 been done, and done faithfully, there can be no expec- 

 tation of profit. Breeders all know it takes much 

 time to observe and catch a single pair of mated 

 birds. It should be done only by those whose ex- 

 perience and training fit them for the task. 



