fed in preference to the white variety, the latter has more tend- 

 ency to scour than the former. A good point to remember is 

 dOfl'f feed new wheat, or new grains of any kind. It SCeftis 

 strange that when birds have their libefty about a farfft they 

 will enter a grain field and eat new grairi with relish and nevef 

 experience any harm from it, but if it be fed to them when housed 

 up they become very sickly and numbers of them will die. The 



One Type of the Ideal Squabbers. 



reason of this may be that they obtain more exercise than when 

 h6dsed up. Nevertheless this is the case, and wheat should be 

 at least six months to a year old before it is fit for pigeons 

 When new wheat is first fed it seems to have little effect upon 

 th<; old b.rds, but the squabs become subject to "scours" and 

 die. If It IS fed any length of time it begins to show on thp 



