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ing when you think that the squabs sit in their nest hour after hour doing 
nothing but accumulate fat, and taking no exercise to train off this fat. 
he old birds are ‘lying around and do not hare much fat ov them; they 
are trim and muscuiar, and hard fleshed. You can tell an old pigeon after 
it is cooked when you put your teeth into it, just as you can tell an old 
fowl. 
-To close this chapter, we will leave one thought with you which you 
must not forget, and that is, to provide salt for your pigeons. All animals 
need salt in order to keep strong and healthy. The safest kind of salt 
for you to usc is rock salt, such as is sold for horses. Put a couple of big 
lumps of it in the squab house and let the pigeons peck at it when they 
wish. About once in two weeks wet the grain with salted water, then dry 
the grain and let the pigeons eat it and they will get it into their systems 
in this manner. Do not use powdered salt for if you do the birds may 
eat too much of it and it will kill them. Coarse ground salt may be used, 
but the rock salt is best. 
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