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see ahead or behind, thus making it an easy prey to its enemies. 

 They are bred in different colors, reds, blacks and yellows being 

 the most popular. 



The English Carriers. 



The English Carrier is oft times called the "King of 

 Pigeons" and is largely bred not only in the United States but 

 throughout civilization. They are bred in nearly all colors to 

 a high state of perfection. It is a highly intelligent bird with 

 bright eyes, alert and upright carriage, large eye ceres and prom- 

 inent wattles. In ,the past the different breeders seemed to give 

 all their attention in perfecting the head points, thus sacrificing 

 color and other qualities, but this folly seems to be past and 

 now color and carriage are receiving attention with the result 

 of a more uniform type as well as a more beautiful bird. 



The Antwerp. 



The Antwerp is largely used as a squab raiser and is identi- 

 cal with the Homer except in beak and eye, and the writer is 

 safe in saying that the Antwerps and Homers outnumber all 

 other varieties of pigeons combined. On our large pigeon farms 



