on the menus of all the leading hotels and restaurants, and 

 people who never knew what a squab was a few years ago are 

 now paying anywhere from 75 cents to $1.50 for an order of 

 squabs. One thing that will cause an increase in the demand 

 for squabs is the scarcity of game and the stringent laws that 

 forbid it to be sold, and the supply and demand will regulate 

 the price of squabs in the future. One thing sure is that the 

 business cannot be conducted unless you apply strict business 

 principles and keep a strict account of each pair of working birds, 

 as some birds produce more and better squabs than others. The 

 ones that are not paying soon eat up the profit of the workers. 

 Hence it is necessary to know the birds that are making you 

 money and retain their progeny for the enlargement of your 

 flock and to take the place of the slow workers that do not come 

 up to your ideal. We all must agree that time is money, and 

 time spent in hunting a hatchet, shovel or scoop is lost ; hence 

 the advantage of having a place for everything. 



One of the main points in producing the best possible re- 

 sults is regularity in attending to your birds. You must re- 

 member that pigeons are intelligent creatures, and will very soon 

 learn to know when to expect you to attend to their wants. 

 Have a regular time to attend to every detail. Do not make 

 any unnecessary noise. Teach the birds to know you and you 

 will soon have them to fly on your shoulder and have a happy 

 and contented lot of birds. System means everything, and with- 

 out it and not living up to it means failure. If the proper start 

 is made with good birds they should give you a net annual profit 

 of $1.50 to $1.75 per pair. The squab business has an advantage 

 over any other business, for in other lines it keeps a man's brain 

 in a constant whirl thinking and planning in order that he can 

 compete with his competitors, thus requiring a modern busi- 

 ness training. 



Squab raising does not require a course in a business college 

 to be successful. Its main requirements are a careful study of 

 the requirements of your birds, studying their every need and a 

 time and a system to do the things that must be done. Another 

 ■very important point is the finding o'f a market where you can 

 get the best returns for your goods, and last, but not least of the 

 points that count, is to make up your mind to work and to know 

 hot what the word failure" means. Let the stumbling blocks that 



