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APPENDIX G 



PLYMOUTH ROCK CARNEAXJX IN NEBRASKA. 



I used oat straw for nest material. The 

 birds leave aU other kinds for it. It's soft^ 

 pliable, holds shape, is superior to anything 

 for both hens* nests and birds' nests, of any- 

 thing procurable. They build of it large nests 

 which protect the eggs from cold. ' Having the 

 nest shelves on cleats of iron keeps lice or mites 

 away. With a keg of good, strong whitewash 

 with carbolic acid in it, a man can clean nests 

 in a jiffy. Dip in keg and save lots of time. 

 His lofts look neat at all times. A man could 

 clean many hundred in an hour. I use plenty 

 of salt in all whitewash. The birds peck at it, 

 and get plenty of lime and salt. In buying 

 birds I always put on an extra fifty cents a 

 pair. This gets the best at all times for foun- 

 dation stock. — William- B. Thomas, Texas. 



A great many children come 

 into this world every year with 

 a decided deficiency of the 

 liquor protoplasm in their little 

 bodies, and continue to suffer 

 for want of the supply of it, 

 imtil some bright physician ad- 

 vises that they be given squabs 

 to eat, as it is practically the 

 only known way of supplying 

 this life-giving fluid. It is a 

 well demonstrated fact that 

 nothing is so beneficial in the 

 treatment of children's diseases, 

 such as dyspep^a, stomach and 

 intestinal, where the pancreatic 

 and gastric juices have vanished 

 and the ptyalin of the saliva 

 has disappeared. This squab 

 elixir is almost instantly ab- 

 sorbed into the veins and is the 

 most nourishing, invigorating 

 and vitalizing juice the medical 

 profession has ever discovered, 

 especially in the case before 

 mentioned, and also in all other 

 " wasting away " diseases due 

 to malnutrition. It must not 

 be understood that squabs as a 

 life-building food are necessarily 

 confined to the children — far 

 fromit. Any one sufferingfrom 

 dyspepsia, indigestion, chlorosis 

 or any of these system-deplet- 

 ing stomach diseases is equally 

 benefited. — ^Franklin H. Smitb, 

 California. 



MY SALT CAT, by P. Earl 

 Kolb. Take one part charcoal, 

 one part sifted sand (using the 

 coarse part), one part salt, and 

 add a little lime, enough to make 

 it stick, and add a little water. 

 Mix well. Make one or more 

 wood moulds and fill them with 

 this mixture, then let them dry 

 (I put mine near the stove, for 

 the bottom part is hard to get 

 dried without heat). When the 

 mass is hard it will come out of 

 the mould like a brick. Place 



a brick on a board in the cage and the pigeons 



will peck at it. 



To retain the peculiar deUcate flavor of the 

 squab the favored method of preparing them 

 for the table is as follows r If possible make use 

 of a regular covered roaster: in any event use a 

 pan that can be covered. If you care to stuff 

 them, and oysters are not objectionable, use 

 bread crumbs and fresh oysters, though many 

 claim this method is no improvement. Roast 

 them rather slowly for an hour and a. half or 

 two hours, basting with melted butter every 

 fifteen minutes. In fryingj or broiling them the 

 greater portion of the delicious delicate flavor 

 of this superior dish is lost and you are the 

 loser thereby. — ^F. B. Shepard, Pennsylvania, 



