10 TABLE OP CiOiSTTENTS 



Best Method to Improve the Quality of a Flock 149 



Selection of Youngsters for Breeding Purposes 150 



CHAPTER XII 



PROPER CARE OF SQUABS AND YOUNGSTERS 154 



Soft Shelled Eggs , 154 



Barren Females 154 



When But One Egg Hatches, Or, When One Squab Dies 155 



How to Tell the Period of Incubation 156 



When Both Squabs Die Before Three Days Old 158 



One Squab Smaller Than the Other 159 



Old Birds That Abandon Their Eggs 159 



Squabs That Leave the Nest Too Soon 1'30 



When to Remove Squabs From Nest Room 101 



How to Care for Squabs After They Leave the Nest 162 



When Pigeons Get Old 164 



Infertile Eggs 166 



CHAPTER XIH 



RAISING PIGEONS FOR EXHIBITION PURPOSES 167 



Value of Raising Show Birds 167 



How, When and Where to Exhibit 168 



Raising and Selling Squab Breeding Stock 160 



Raising Pigeons to a Standard 172 



CHAPTER XIV 



PREPARING SQUABS FOR MARKET 179 



General Appearance of Product 179 



How to Kill and Pick Squabs 180 



Picking Squabs by Use of Paraffin 181 



Shipping Dressed Squabs 182 



Shipping Squabs to Market 183 



Shipping Squabs a. Long Distance 184 



How to Ship Live Pigeons 185 



How to Cook and Serve Squabs 186 



Educating the Customer to Good Squabs and Prices 188 



