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 Monday. 



Morning, screenings with few vetches or lupins. 

 Afternoon, cracked corn alone (full meal). 



Tuesday. 



Morning, screenings or wheat with peas. 

 Afternoon, screenings with a little millet. 



Wednesday. 



Morning, screenings alone. Soaked bread at noon. 

 Afternoon, cracked corn (full meal). 



Thursday. 



Morning, screenings or wheat with hulled oats. 

 Afternoon, screenings with peas. 



Friday. 



Morning, screenings with millet or peas. 

 Afternoon, cracked corn, or kaffir corn. 



Saturday. 



Morning, wheat or screenings alone. 



Afternoon, screenings with little hemp seed and millet. 



The above is my system of feeding pigeons, one which I 

 adopted a few years ago with excellent results. The cost of the 

 dearer grains, such as hemp, millet, peas, etc., will not be noticed 

 if given in small quantities. What pigeons need and want in 

 order to keep them in health is a change, also a variety. 



The Flying or Racing Homer. 



This variety has made rapid strides toward perfection, and 

 when we see a well bred, well trained flying homer it reminds 

 us of a well trained athlete ready and willing to go into the con- 

 test. The requirements are a bird with a nice, even-shaped head 

 of medium length set on a neck of medium thickness without 

 any appearance of gullet, widening at the shoulders. The chest 

 should be large and full, back short and flat and broad across 

 the shoulders, tapering off to the rump and tail ; short and 



