PREFACE. 



This is the second of my serial articles to be published 

 in Brochure form and is published at the request of many of 

 those who have the No. 1. of my Practical Hint Series. While 

 following the main lines of the article published in "Pigeons" 

 it has been revised and re-written very carefully, as it is 

 intended not only for the boy fancier, the beginner, but also 

 for the older ones as well. 



The Fancier from whose strain this scheme was drawn 

 vouches for every word as being the truth. Not being a wealthy 

 man, he was obliged to begin at the bottom, but he reached 

 the top. 



Several of his wins were made in classes of 21 and 25 

 birds respectively. 



This little work has seen much tribulation before being 

 finally printed as upon Nov. 30, my Boston office was entered 

 and all my manuscript and notes taken by some party or parties 

 unknown. It was with great difficulty that some of them were 

 duplicated. 



The photographs are all of the "Olive Branch" strain of 

 birds taken by himself. 



The especial thing claimed about the charts is the original 

 way of showing the blood lines by black and white. 



