Birds Pigeons 
There should be a wire gate at the side and of course 
the fly should be covered with chicken wire. 
When all is ready, the inside of the house should 
be thoroughly whitewashed with lime, to which car- 
bolic acid is added in proportion of one teaspoonful 
of acid to two gallons of wash. Then the floor 
should be covered with sand; if sand is not to be 
had, sawdust or chaff may be used. 
FOOD 
The food should be of good quality. Red wheat, 
small Canada peas, buckwheat, hulled oats, Kaffir 
corn, millet, are all used; and as a treat, a little hemp 
or rape seed may be given. Neither barley or rye 
should be fed. The grain should not be new, and 
should be thoroughly dried. Large kerneled corn 
is likely to choke the birds. Some advise the use 
of stale bread soaked in water until soft, and then 
add bran until the moisture is absorbed, and then 
add a little cayenne pepper; this is used for a relish. 
In the winter in our northern climates, the Kaffir 
corn, buckwheat and peas should make up the bulk 
of the food. The pigeons are always fond of a little 
tender green food; lettuce or onion tops may be 
given atany time. If fed only twice per day, the food 
should be placed in hoppers, rather than scattered on 
the ground. To make a feed hopper take two boards 
2 feet long, 12 inches wide, and one-half inch thick, 
take two pieces 10 inches wide at the top, and two 
inches wide at the bottom, and nail them at the ends 
of the boards. This will make a v-shaped trough 
with a two inch slit at the bottom. Place below 
this a trough 6 inches wide and 2 inches deep, with 
standards at the ends. Fasten the hopper above 
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