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is the prettiest and also because the resulting squabs have red plumage 

 closely resembling the pure Carneaux squabs. Of course they cannot be 

 sold for breeders as pure stock Carneaux but these Carhome squabs can 

 be put on the market in competition with pure u irneaux squabs and will 

 sell up to them surprisingly strong. One of our customers who is pro- 

 ducing these Carhome squabs writes the following emphatic words: ''The 

 results of my breeding one of your Carneau cocks to a red-checker Extra 

 Homer female are more than satisfactory. First, it is impossible to tell the 

 difference in color and size. Second good result, it makes the young ones 

 very hardy. I made other experiments by crossing a Carneau cock with an 

 English hen Homer (carrier). The results are not so good because you can 

 tell the English blood in the squabs and it destroys the beauty of the Carneau 

 head." 



We do not breed Carhomes at our farm because our reputation has been 

 built up and will be continued on pure stock. But if you wish to breed 

 squabs for market, then you can go ahead with confidence on this cross. 

 We sell them at the price formerly charged by some for Homer pairs, and 

 they are superior to any Homers for producing big squabs and breeding fast. 

 Understand, there is nothing to prevent you from building up a business in 

 the Carhomes for breeders but you cannot sell them representing them as 

 pure Carneaux. The blood of the young will be half Carneaux and half 

 Homer. You sell them on their merits as squab-breeders. 



For our customers of many years' standing who are shipping steadily in 

 to the markets of all the cities on this continent not only the best Homer 

 squabs, but three-fourths of all the squabs sold, we recommend our Carneaux 

 cocks to be crossed with their red-checker Homer females as the best means 

 of increasing the weight per dozen of their output and the quantity of squabs 

 produced ; and bettering both the appearance of the squabs and the quality 

 of the meat. 



We do not advocate the crossing of a Homer red-checker cock to a Carneau 

 hen (or, to coin a word, Homecarnes) because (1) the cock should be master 

 in fact as well as name, (2) the female likes a large male better than a small 

 male, (3) the female is not so likely to break her mating to secure a more 

 vigorous helpmate, (4) the male is better able to defend his mate and family 

 from other males or females, (5) the male Carneau, the best of his kind, is 

 larger and better than the male Homer, the best of his kind. (The female 

 Carneau is inferior to the male Carneau.) 



CARNEAUX AND HOMERS NOT IN THE SAME PEN. 



As a rule, each breed of pigeons should be kept in a pen separate from 

 other breeds. If different breeds are kept in the same pen, the breeds may 

 mix, no matter how carefully the pairs are mated, and of course the young 

 are liable to mix. There is nothing about a Homer pigeon which keeps it 

 true to its own species. If Fantails or any other fancy breeds of pigeons are 

 kept in the same pen with Homers, there is nothing about the Homer which 

 would lead it to be true to its own species. He or she is just as liable to seek 

 a different breed for a mate. As to the two kinds we sell, the Homers and 

 the Carneaux, if they were kept in the same pen, it is quite possible that an 

 attachment for a Carneau cock or hen might form with a Homer of the 

 opposite sex. So if you are breeding both the Carneaux and the Homers 

 for the pure stock you should keep them separate. 



