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qualification which is freqjiently lacking in other f^ncy breeds, 

 I ki}oyv quite a few fanciers who make it a routine practice to 

 shift certain of their fancy pigeon eggs to birds of kno>vn feeding 

 ability. This, to say the least, is confusing and expensive, neces- 

 sitating the sustaining of a surplus amount of stock, and perhaps 



The Pouter. The, Pride of-the Show Room. 



tlj,ese, f9gter, parents are ijot so obliging as to set about tlje. task 

 of ifl.cyjjatipfj. at tl^e proper time, another, source of annoyance. 



When a ^.ijfiijer, has spent ij),uch time and mppey t,o produce 

 a pair of lfir4^, whjjch he thinks will breed just thp. progeny, he 

 w^ijts, l^pw, eaget;ly he wa^tches the eggs, ai>d when pipped; h.?- 

 knows there is a winner in each shell. A few days later he finds 



