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APPENDIX G 



MEMBERSHIP BUTTON. 



This photograph gives a A'lew of 

 four of the buttons, exact size. 

 Two of the buttons are turned so 

 as to show that each has a back 

 piece to hold the button securely 

 on the back of a buttonhole. 



NATIONAL SQUAB BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION. 



This was formed in 1909 and before the close of the year obtained eight 

 thousand members, constituting the largest pigeon organization in the world. 

 It was organized by the magazine and the headquarters of the association 

 are at the magazine office, 220 Purchase Street, Boston, Mass. It costs noth- 

 ing to join and there are no initiation fees or annual cues. If you are breeding 

 squabs or pigeons for market or for recreation, send in your name and get a 

 button and wear it. To secure a button, send ten cents (either a dime or 

 United States two-cent stamps) to the National Squab Breeders' Association, 

 220 Purchase Street, Boston, Mass., saying that you are a member of the 

 association and want a button. If you are not yet a member, say that you 

 wish to join. Your name then will be enrolled and a button mailed you. 

 The button is not cheap celluloid or enamel, but is made of solid copper alloy, 

 bronze, with a dark finish like the familiar G. A. R. button. (It is not a brass 

 button.) The buttons of the Spanish War Veterans and other organizations 

 are of the same type and are delivered on deposit of at least twenty-five cents 

 and generally one dollar. Our button is as good as it is possible for a bronze 

 button to be made. Wear the button and talk up the association among 

 your fellow pigeon men and others interested in squabs. Get them to join. 

 The objects are : To profit financially by refusing to sell squabs at less than a 

 profit. To encourage the eating of better squabs and more of them. To find 

 out the best places to buy grain. To learn how and where to sell squabs as 

 well as how to raise them. To unite as squab and pigeon breeders, not to 

 fight each other, but to help, in any way that comes up. To boost, and not 

 to knock. To use the influence of what is now the largest pigeon organiza- 

 tion in the world, on any topic, or in any work that may come up, in the 

 broadest and best way, for the good of all. To get acquainted with and 

 understand each other, so that when button wearers get together they can 

 ':'lasp hands in good fellowship. Watch the magazine from month to 

 month for bulletins of progress. 



