PREFACE 13 
proof of these squab teachings is shown in the successes made 
by our thousands of customers with no other knowledge of 
squabs than this as a guide. Our correspondence, now 
having extended over a long period, shows conclusively that 
beginners find all questions answered in this book, and go 
forward confidently and surely to success. 
E. C. R. 
Boston, August, 1903. 
1907 EDITION. 
The old plates of this book have been fairly worn out by 
much printing, so great has been the demand for it, especially 
during the past five years. The sales have been larger than 
for any other work on birds or animals ever written. For this 
1907 edition, the whole book has been reset in new type, and 
new plates made. 
The outlook for the squab industry during 1907 and the 
years to come is of high promise. More people are eating 
squabs than ever before and more people are raising them. 
At no time within our memory has the market been over- 
stocked with squabs, and prices have kept up all along the 
line. Only yesterday we were visited by a gentleman and his 
niece from New York City who stated that they, had priced 
squabs there December 31 and found them seven dollars and 
fifty cents a dozen. The dealers who offered them at this 
price had paid the breeders for them from four dollars to six 
dollars a dozen, according to their postal card quotations sent 
out in December. 
We shall be pleased to hear from our friends after they have 
read this book, and welcome any suggestions for its improve- 
ment, or for the betterment of the squab industry. The 
author will gladly answer all such letters and advise fully as to 
location and construction of buildings, and management of 
breeding stock. 
E.C.R. 
Boston, January, 1907, 
