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Portrait of the Author [Frontispiece] ............ 
A Well-Built Nest....00...0.- 00 cece eeneeeeeeee 8 
Thoroughbreds...........0ccsceceeeeeeeeeenes 14 
How a Back Yard may be Fixed for Pigeons...... 18 
Cheap but Practical Nest Boxes................ 22 
oa ae Dwellers without Land may Breed 4 
Unit E Souab iiovse (with Passageway) and Flying - 
NevBoes tut iimbe oe 
Best Nest Box Construction...............5006- 30 
Interior of Squab House Showing Perches........ 32 
A Pretty Squab House and Flying Pen....... ee 86 
Multiple Unit House.............-..000005 i 38 
Interior of Multiple Unit House 40 
Multiple Unit House, Ten Units, Built according 
Go! our Plans. sasraca -asarssascccsorstasorays aes yorararniragorererees 42 
Nest Bowl, Bath Pan, Drinking Fountain, etc. . 46 
Berry Crate to Hold Nesting Material............ 50 
Scenes on the $200,000 Farm of One of Our 
Customers... 1. sess ee sce eeseecceeenseenes 58 
Eggs in the Nest, ae Just Hatched......... 6 
Sauabs One Week Old, Squabs Two Weeks Old... 66 
Be juabs Three Weeks Old, Squabs Four Weeks Old. eH 
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Mating Coop........--.sseeeees foe ita 4 
Pigeons in St. Mark’s Square, Venice............ 74 
Killing Squabs with the Hands,................. 80 
Killed Squabs Hung to Cool..... Rrerat Ne mean pate 82 
Three Dressed Squabs..........+6+--sseeeeeeee 86 
Squab House Built of Logs...........0-0.. 0000s 88 
Pair of Homers Billing..............002. cece eee 90 
How We Ship Pigeons............sece sees eens 
Self Feeder for Grain. .........eesee eee es eeees 
Machine for Killing Squabs.......... edad asecma volt 
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Neat Boxes oasis uuricuiens savanna fn cyan Hee 
Pigeons in Corner of Flying Pen 
Mating Coops in Mating Heuse..... 
Tnterior of Mating House. 
Dowel System of Feeding and Watering from 
PAIS YUVA YE Lo sctovercedciiesetanstdveredinavevaratensSionnvsannteresseeet 150 
Letter from A. Silz........... i 
Letter from W. R. McLaughlin 
Letter from Heineman & Co..... 
Extra Plymouth Rock Homers. . 
A Good-Looking Illinois Plant. .. 
Showing Construction in Florida. 
Homer Hen Sitting on Eggs 
Lighted by Electricity and Heated by Steam... . .20 
On a Pole at Top of Flying Pen 
Cheapest Possible Construction 
Beautiful Pair of Splashes...........-...5 
Plymouth Rock Blue Bars and Blue Checkers. . . . 
Ona Running Board in the Sun,iis..:eceeeee ees 
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Interior of egal Customer's House... ... 210 
Women Enjoy Squab Raising.................. 211 
At the Back of a Barn............ 0c ceee eee nee 212 
Shipshape Flying Pen............--...0eeeeeee 213 
Nest of Straw and Feathers.......... cee aaiatsaesite 214 
Differen Gi Sia essay sess esshsichas a wceiasanctovanatas vieve sates 215 
An Inexpensive Start........... 0c ee cee e cee eee 21€ 
A Row of Beauties...........0.: cesses eeecuee 217 
Hating from His Hand.............. ccc eaee eee 218 
Beaty ta KR tlccceeeyecevse eeu oe aamageess 219 
Squabs 25 Days Old............ ccc cece cece eee 220 
Min GHG | SS OW sin asnciessjagcles ev cusasy snes eapezecded eseasaden natees 221 
Squabs Three Weeks Old...............00.0005 222 
Squabs Twelve Days Old...........ceseeeeeaee 223 
Baus bea Pew Vers (1d un sccimecaderanaaenioaias 224 
Nest of Tobacco Stems.............cccseeeeeee 225 
Raised from Plymouth Rock Extras............ 226 
Came aU rose ess sincacarcrapaparsinne mesvases See om sNemvaranes NY 227 
Carneau Squab Compared ‘with Homer Seales: . 236 
Two and One-half Story Squab House 243 
Plymouth Rock Extra Homer Male. . . 250 
Plymouth Rock Extra Homer F ‘emale . 252 
Flying Pen of a Barn............. . 256 
oe Squabs Hatched in One Ne:t. . 257 
Any Old Place Fixed Over,.........0..cc.eseee 259 
Squab Plant in Pennsylvania Protected by Hillside 262 
A New Jersey Plant................ ee 264 
Another View of New Jersey Plant. 265 
An Attractive Minnesota Squab Plant. . 266 
Hundreds of Squabs Eaten at One Banquet. . 268 
Mississippi Squab House.............. . 269 
Massachusetts Plant.......... - 270 
Another View of Massachusetts Plant. - 271 
ape Squab House............ . 272 
all Openings under the ‘Windows . 273 
AT Pair of Squabs from Plymouth Rock Extras.... 274 
Squab Building in British Columbia 
A City Squab House........... 
A Pair of Big Squabs. . 
An Odd Squab House... 
Tobacco Stems..... 
Lump of Rock Salt... 
Head | of Sorghum Seed. . 
Beate Grit saitenaiiagatsiatataavamienss 
Red Wheat, Canada Peas, Hempseed. . 
Screws, Kaffir Corn, Sor; hum Cane Seed. « 288 
Whole Corn, Coarse Cracked, Fine Cracked....... 289 
White Wheat, Poor Red Wheat, Wheat Screenings 290 
Barley, Oats, "Sunflower Seeds.........0.0s00e0s 29 
wer Seeds 
American Millet, Siberian Millet, Golden Millet. . 
Rice Unhulled, Rice, Buckwheat - 
Granite Grit, Quartz Grit, Same Crushed ........ 
Hest Grit, Coarse Oyster Shell, Pigeon Oyster 3 
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Mixed Grain (three panels: 
A South Carolina Plant... 
Ordinary Quarters. . 
Haine Madeesct ts ctacueruisne Kaspiaminrpoanonccncns 302 
