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AMERICAN SQUAB CULTURE 



as a rule, as those that stand at a natural pose as these birds 

 do, and the same thing applies to birds that have too long or too 

 short bodies or that are about the same size at both ends. The 

 wedge shaped bird with deep keel and full rounded chest is by 

 far the best average breeder. 



Oversized birds are just as undesirable as undersized, and this 

 is true with all breeds of pigeons or fowls of any kind; yes, I 

 will go farther, and say it is true with all animal kind, includ- 

 ing the human race. Nature itself works to a standard. A tall 

 man invariably admires a short woman, a large man a small 



PAIR OF GOOD TYPE WHITE KINGS 



