ILLUSTRATIONS 



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 Author 6 



Weil-Built Nest 8 



P. R. Homers 14 



Back Yard House .. 18 

 Cheap Nest Boxes. . 22 

 Attic Squabbery ... 24 

 Unit Squab House... 26 

 Solid Nest Boxes. . . 28 

 Nest Boxes on 



Cleats 30 



Interior of House.. 32 

 T apfor Mates. ... 36 

 Multiple Unit Ho_se 38 

 Interior of Same. ... 40 

 Multiple Unit House 42 

 Squab House Fix- 

 tures 46 



Berry Crate 50 



Rich Man's Farm . . 58 



EggsinNest 64 



Squabs just Hatched 64 

 Squabs One Week. . 66 

 Squabs Two Weeks. 66 

 Squabs Three Weeks 68 

 Squabs Four Weeks. 68 



Mating Coop 70 



Venice Pigeons 74 



Kill.rg Age 80 



S.iuabs Coo.ing. ... 82 

 Dressed Squabs .... 86 



P. R. Homers 88 



Pair Billing 90 



HowWeShip 98 



Feed Troughs 108 



Killing Machine. ... 115 



Nest Boxes 118 



Pigeons on Rock , . . 138 



Mating House 140 



Interior 142 



Pigeons Outdoors. . . 146 



Dowel System 150 



A. Silz Letter 188 



McLaughlin Letter . 190 

 Heineman Letter. . . 192 

 Plymouth Rocks. . .194 



IlUnois Plant 196 



Florida Plant 198 



Hen Sitting. 199 



New York Plant 200 



Pigeons on Pole. . . .202 

 Cheapest House. . . .204 



The Start 206 



This Customer 206 



Beautiful Splashes. .207 

 Bars and Checks, . ,208 



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Pigeons Sunning . . .209 

 Squab House In- 

 terior. . 210 



Woman and Squabs.211 



Back of Bam 212 



Shipshape Pen 213 



Feather Nest 214 



Different Sizes 215 



Inexpensive Start . .216 

 Row of Beauties. , . .217 



Tame Pigeons 218 



Ready to Kill 219 



Squabs 25 Days 220 



In the Snow 221 



Squabs 3 Weeks 222 



Squabs 12 Days. . .223 



Few Days Old 224 



Nest of Stems 1225 



Raised from Extras . 226 



Cameaux 227 



Cameau and Homer 236 

 Double Squab 



House 243 



Extra Homer Male . 250 

 Extra Homer 



Female .252 



Barn Fly Pen 256 



Three Squabs 257 



Any Old Place 259 



Protected by Hill. ..262 

 New Jersey Plant. . . 264 



Another View 265 



Minnesota Plant. . .266 

 Banquet Squabs. . . .268 

 Mississippi Plant. . . 269 

 Massachusetts 



Plant 270 



Another View 271 



California Fly Pen. .272 

 Small Openings. . . .273 

 Squabs on Platter . . 274 

 In British Columbia 276 

 City Squab House . . 278 

 Pair of Big Squabs. . 280 



Odd Aviary 282 



Tobacco Stems 283 



Rock Salt, 284 



Sorghum Seed 285 



Health Grit 286 



Red Wheat 287 



Canada Peas 287 



Hempseed 287 



Wood Screws 288 



Kaffir Com 288 



Sorghum Seed 2 



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Whole Com 289 



Coarse Cracked 289 



Fine Cracked 289 



White Wheat 290 



Poor Red Wheat... .290 

 Wheat Screenings. .290 



Barley 291 



Oats 291 



Sunflower Seeds 291 



American Millet 292 



Siberian Millet 292 



Golden Millet 292 



RiceUnhulled 293 



Rice 293 



Buckwheat 293 



Granite Grit 294 



Quartz Grit 294 



Same Crushed 294 



Health Grit 295 



Coarse Shell 295 



Pigeon Shell 295 



Mixed Grain 296 



South Carolina 



Plant 298 



Ordinary Quarters. 301 



Home Made 302 



Association Button . 304 

 Hanigan'sSquabs. .305 

 Cameaux Squabs . . .306 

 Squab Plant Moved 307 



Fertile Egg, 308 



Rat-Proof Feeder. . . 309 

 Schweitzer Letter . .310 



A. Silz" Portrait 311 



Drayload of Squabs.311 

 Poultry Show Pen . . 312 



Ten-Cent Crate 313 



Heineman Letter . ..314 



Bob Wires 315 



Woman's Plant. . . .316 



Blue-Bar Racer 317 



Silvers and Splashes 318 



Ohio Plant 319 



Fly-Pen Trapped . . .320 

 Mrs. Whitens Car- 



neaux 321 



Fresh Air Plenty. . .322 

 Big Homer Squabs. . 323 

 Nailsf or Cleats. . . .324 

 Baby and Squabs, . . 325 



Four Weeks Old 328 



Boy and Pigeon 330 



Maerzke's Plant 331 



Iowa Squab Farm . . 333 



Artificial Feeding.. .335 

 Women'and Pig- 

 eons 338 



Fifty-Dollar Homer.340 

 White Pljimage 



S3(labs 342 



White Cameaux. . , .344 



Dressed Squab 346 



Big Texas Homers. . 347 



Simple Feedbox 348 



Florida Squab 



House 349 



Muslin Ventilation . 350 

 Squabs, Fruit, 



Chickens 351 



PlyraouthRock 



Homer 352 



Montana Homers . . 353 

 All from One Pan. .. 354 

 Trained Homer. . . .355 



Water in Sight 356 



Seventeen Ounces . .357 

 Ostriches and 



Homers 358 



Funnels to Bleed. . .359 

 Male and Female.. .360 



Montana Plant 361 



Killing Chute 362 



Ohio Squab Farm . . 363 



Cameaux 364 



Bunches of Squabs. . 365 



Oregon Plant 366 



Homers in Texas. . .367 

 Back Yard Plant . . .368 

 Big Plymouth 



Rocks 369 



Cameau Squab 370 



White Homer 371 



Ten Pairs a Year. . .372 

 Views of Homers. . .373 



Four Homers 376 



Novel Fly Pen 378 



Cameaux in Ne- 

 braska... 380 



Homers in K ansas . . 382 

 Small Squabhouse. .384 

 Two Kinds of 



Squabs 386 



Perkins' Energizer. . 388 

 Mr. Steward's Hom- 

 ers 390 

 First-Class Homers '. 392 

 Hillside Slope Farm.394 

 Kansas Squab Farm 398 



