OOISTTE IN TS. 



PART I. — PIGEONS. 



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Advaace of the Industry ; 7 



History and Origin of the Different Varieties 7 



First Step in Squab Culture 7 



Location for Breeding Houses 14 



How to Mate 17 



How to Tell Males from Females ] y 



How and When to Feed ao 



What to Feed 21 



System of Feeding . a U 



The Flying or Racing Homer 33 



Training the Flying or Racing Homer . 34 



The Show Homer 3 B 



Jacobins 37 



Fantails 38 



Pouters • 40 



Magpies 42 



English Owls 43 



Runts 44 



Archangels 44 



Barb 45 



English Carriers 46 



The Antwerp 4(5 



Dragoons 4 8 



Trumpeters 50 



Tumbler 50 



English Turbits 54 



Carneaux 5 6 



Swallows 58 



Satinettes and Blondinettes 58 



Diseases and Their Remedies 59 



PART II. — BANTAMS. 



The Advance of the Industry 63 



Bantams and Bantam Fanciers 64 



Starting in the Fancy 67 



fHousing and Mating Bantams 69 



That Bantam House 70 



Breeding Fancy Bantams 73 



Variety Bantams li 



Black and White Rose Combs 7f) 



Sebrights — Golden and Silver 7 9 



Sebrights and Their Origin 81 



Cuckoo or Scotch Gray Bantams 84 



Popularity of Cochin Bantams 86 



Brahma — Booted and Polish Bantams 87,88 



Japanese Bantams 88 



Game Bantams — Points of Value 89 



A New Variety Game Bantams 91 



Malay Bantams 91 



The Bantam for the Fancier 93 



Different Varieties of Game Bantams 94 



Cleanliness 96 



