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to the highest notch, but it should be fed sparingly, as it is very 

 strong. A pint or quart to a bucketful of wheat or screenings 

 is arrlply sufficient. NeVer feed it alotie, but always mixfed v/ith 

 driy of the other grains excepting corn, which should always bk 

 fed separately. 1 do hot fancy feeding a mixture of corn, wheat, 

 etc., for it changes the chemical action of the other grains, ahd 

 none ate of the nourishing value as though fed separately. Millet 

 if gix'eii in proJDer prbportibris, t find, has a great influence upon 

 the skin of the squabs. They seldom turn dark when dressed 

 foi- riiai-ket if fed a little millet. 



The Scanderoon. 



Canada Peas. 

 All who own truck know how crazy pigeons are for pea.s. 

 They will ruitt a bed of peas in less than no time. They are 

 exceedingly fond of them, and are healthy and strengthening 

 for them. Canada peas are the smallest of all the other varieties, 

 but if they canrlot be procured, the split peas or common field 

 peas do for the same purpose. If you never fed them before, it 

 will take them a day or so finding out that they are edible, 

 but when they once eat them they watch and wait for them 

 eagerly. I always feed them with screenings, but they pick out 

 peas first, before eating up the screenings. They are somewhat 

 steep in price, but when one considers their nourishing qualities 

 tiiey are worth the price. A quart to a bucketful is sufficient. 



