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invested. The prices on squabs fluctuate nearly as much as on 

 poultry, and squabs are fast taking the place of young chickens. 

 For the amount invested they pay better than poultry, with less 

 space used and less expensive buildings. There are no incuba- 

 tors and brooders to tend, no little ones for the cats to make 

 a meal on, no feeding of chicks. The parent birds attend to 

 every detail in incubation and brooding, and in four weeks you 

 have the finished product, ready for market. The owner has 

 the birds under his constant care and observation, and the more 

 attention given to the birds as their habits are learned the 



The Proper Way of Holding a Pigeon. 



greater the profits. Perhaps the reader is not aware that the 

 eggs of -pigeons hatch sooner than any other domestic bird, 

 requiring 18 days, while it requires 21 days for hen eggs, 26 days 

 for guinea eggs, 29 days for ducks, turkeys, geese, and pea fowls 

 30 days. If you have bred any of the above, count the time it 

 takes to hatch the eggs and the time, feed and attention it re- 

 quires to rear them to market size, and then consider that 48 

 days after the pigeon lays its eggs the squab is ready for the 

 market. 



The demand for squabs will increase, as we now find them. 



