36 riGEOXS AXD ALL ABOX'T THEM. 



Hence the man « itli unly one loft raid who intends to breed 

 onlj' one kind, had better try long-faced birds. Very naturally 

 the question might be asked as to why I do not follow the 

 precepts I preach, because while I am a white Fan specialist, 

 I also breed Pied German Swallows. Well, I breed the Fans 

 and I "use'' the Swallows and they are very handy. 



In the lirst place I like to have a lot of flying pigeons down 

 in the yard, they look so homelike, and in the second, tliey 

 are my "helpers." To explain this teiin I must go into 

 detail. If I have a cranky pair of Fans, the eggs of which 

 are not fertile I simply slip a pair of Swallow eggs under them, 

 and Ictthem hatch and feed the young, Again, if by accident 

 I ha]>pen to lose eggs of Fans just prior to hatching, or young 

 while a day or two old, I go over to the Swallow loft and get'* 

 some young of the right age and juit them under the Fan.s to 

 draw ofi the "pigeon milk" which forms in the crop during 

 the last three days of setting and ought not to be alhiwed to 

 remain . Again , if I sell a pair of Fans that have eggs I simply 

 transfer the eggs to the Swallow lofl. So, it will be seen that 

 the Swallows come in very handily. 



I would advise any breeder, who can do so and who is 

 hrceding one strain of high bred birds to always have a yard 

 loft of flying birds. 



I have had many \isilors who admired tlie Swallows as 

 much as the Fans, and we sell the surjdus of the former, 

 sonielinies in lots of iwenty at a time for they breed like rats. 



Any man who wishes lo experiment with a trusty breed of 

 birils that w ill always take care of themselvi's will nol miss 

 it if lie tries Swallows. 



So it will lie seen that I am really iiraelisiug what I preach 

 and am a om- variety lireeder pure .■iiid simple. 



All 1he liest fanciers will j(.in me in the statement that the 

 successful hreeder of the day is the nuui who breeds 

 one variety onlj . Each breed is a study in itself. It has 



