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APPENDIX G 



NOVEL FLYING PEN. 

 Squabs in the loft of a wagon house. 



Any fancier can find enough desirable char- 

 acteristics in the Homer and Carneaux utility 

 pigeons t.o fully satisfy his fancy and at the 

 same time be breeding something that is of some 

 use to the world. I get just as much pleasure 

 in breeding something that's useful, as any 

 fancier does in breeding useless fancy varieties. 

 If a person wants to breed pigeons for pleasure 

 or fancy, utility pigeons are more desirable, 

 in that by selling or eating the squabs that are 

 not your ideal, you can pay the feed bill. If 

 you have a squab which is off color or has some- 

 thing about it you do not like, you get just 

 as much for it as squab, as if it were just what 

 you desired and you sent it to market. I 

 believe in fancy utility pigeons, and as long 

 as I breed pigeons I will consider the fancy 

 points, even in squab breeding pigeons. — 

 J. W. WiUiams, Texas. 



The most essential point in buying utility 

 pigeons is to get the kind or class that will 

 breed the most and the best squabs. However, 

 the kind that's in demand must be considered. 

 The kinds most in demand in the South are the 

 Homer and Carneaux squabs. The reason for 

 this is that there are a great many more 

 Homers and Carneaux than all other varieties 

 combined. In fact, all dealers know what 

 Homer and Carneaux squabs are. — J. W. 

 Williams, Texas. 



For several years I had been 

 trying to get a flock of well-bred 

 chickens. I had paid good 

 prices for eggs and hatched a 

 mongrel lot of chicks. So few 

 were at all what would be called 

 good lookers that I became thor- 

 oughly disgusted with the whole 

 business. Too many casualties 

 and fatahties of the chicks, to be 

 profitable. Too much bother to 

 run out in the storm and pick 

 up the half-drowned chicks. 

 Too many mites to keep off the 

 roosts. IToo much of a job for 

 the financial returns. So I de- 

 cided to look to squab raising. 

 Some of my friends have gotten 

 past the point where they smile 

 as they ask me how the pigeons 

 are getting along. They for- 

 merly acted as if they thought 

 that pigeons were good enough 

 for a boy to have, but for a big 

 strong man with a good pro- 

 fession to bother with pigeons 

 was too much like child's play. 

 The person that is looking for 

 a pleasant and profitable busi- 

 ness would do well to take up 

 squabs. — C. F. Wilson, Illinois. 



I will tell you of a little ex- 

 periment I had with a pair of 

 pigeons. I did not Ukethelooks 

 of the place where they had 

 their nest so one noon I 

 changed it into another nestbox. 

 During the afternoon while I was away at 

 work a white cock chased the cock off the nest. 

 In the evening when I came home I found the 

 eggs very cold, and I put them back where 

 they were in the first place, caught the hen, 

 put her on the nest, and she stayed. I didn't 

 expect them to hatch after being chilled, but 

 to my surprise they did, but the young ones 

 were two days behind time in getting out. 

 They are getting along nicely. — Edward Knapp, 

 Indiana. 



Some one gave me an old copy of Rice's 

 Manual five or six years old. I began to study 

 that and soon decided to send for the last 

 issue. It came in due time and along with it 

 a sample copy of the National Squab Magazine. 

 After considerable deliberation and delay I 

 sent in my one dollar subscription for the 

 paper and from that time on I began to see 

 what squab raising meant. For the first few 

 months the magazine was worth' more than 

 the subscription price each month. I could 

 not do without it now. — R. C. Clark, California. 



About a year ago I bought of you thirteen 

 pairs of Extra Plymouth Rock Homers. I now 

 have about two hundred pigeons, and they are 

 beauties. I have killed but few, as I wish to get 

 a large stock on hand and then offer squabs only 

 for sale. — William C. Davis, Georgia. 



