CONTENTS 



Squabs Pay . 

 An Easy Start 

 The Unit House 

 Nest Bowls and Nests 

 Water and Feed. 

 Laying and Hatching 

 Increase of Flock 

 Killing and Cooling 

 The Markets 

 Pigeons' Ailments . 

 Getting Ahead 

 Questions and Answers 



Preface 

 Chapter I. 

 Chapter II. 

 Chapter III. 

 Chapter IV. 

 Chapter V. 

 Chapter VI. 

 Chapter VII. 

 Chapter VIII. 

 Chapter IX. 

 Chapter X. 

 Chapter XL 

 Chapter XII. 

 Supplement 

 Appendix A 

 Appendix B 

 Appendix C 

 Appendix D 

 Appendix E 

 Appendix F 



Plymouth Rock Carhomes 



Carneaux and Homers Not in Same Pen 



A Monthly Squab Magazine 



More About How to Tell Sex 



How to Keep Down an Excess of Cocks 



Squab Houses of Two and Three Stories 



Squabs Fed Artificially 



Nests on the Floor 



A Plan to Get Rid of Rats and Mice 



How to Make Perches 



Pittsburg Market 



Low Quotations 



How to Kill Cats 



Breeding True to Color 



Sulphur and Iron Water 



Pigeons that Fly Away 



No Coal Ashes 



Temporary Pen and Breeding Pen 



Twigs for Nesting Materials 



Clamoring for Squabs in Washington State 



Oklahoma and Indian Territory 

 Appendix G 



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