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illustration so that as the birds peck up the grain, more falls 
from the hopper. The slit where the birds eat should be 
about an inch and a half in width, just enough to prevent the 
grain from running out faster than itis eaten. If the grain is 
pulled out on the floor, tack a strip of wood, like a lath, so as 
partly to block the holes. 
Question. Should I cover the yard of the flying pen with 
your grit?) Answer. No. Providea box and keep our grit in 
the box. When the pigeons want grit, they will go to the 
box and get it. 
Question. Are the carrier (flying) pigeons the same breed 
as your Homers? Answer. Yes. A-flying or carrier Homer 
is a Homer that has been trained to fly a long distance. 
Question. What are artificially fattened squabs? An- 
swer. An artificially fattened squab is a squab which has 
been stuffed by hand. . Take a syringe and fill it with fattening 
mixture of gruel-like consistency, open the mouth of the squab 
and force the contents of the syringe into the crop of the squab. 
Very few breeders take this trouble to bring their squabs to an 
» extraordinary size. 
Question. I wish you had shipped my breeders in one 
large crate, then the express charges would not have been so 
much as for the two crates which you used. Answer. You 
are mistaken. An express shipment goes by weight and not 
by number of packages. The express clerks put all the crates 
going to one customer on the scales together and weigh them 
all at once and on the total weight the charge is based. They 
prefer to handle a large shipment in small packages, rather 
than in one large package. 
Question. Can I use the upper part of my henhouse for 
pigeons, and if so will the pigeons interfere in the flying pen 
with the hens? Answer. You may use the upper part of 
your henhouse and the pigeons will not be harmed by the 
hens, nor the hens by the pigeons. It is best to build the 
flying pen in two stories so that the pigeons cannot fly into 
the henhouse to try to nest. 
Question. To save room, I would like to build my pigeon 
house in two stories. Answer. That is all right. Build the 
top flying pen out over and extending beyond the bottom 
flying pen if you wish to separate the flocks on the ground 
floor from the flocks upstairs. : 
