1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
STARTING A PIGEON LOFT. 
I would like to fit up a pigeon loft In the 
upper part of a building about 18 x 27 feet. 
1 would like to know how to do it, and how 
many pairs of birds could be kept in such 
a place, it is about five feet from the floor 
to the eaves. J. a. o. 
Long Island. 
This building would give from 75 to 
100 pairs of breeders plenty of room. I 
have seen more than double this num¬ 
ber in no larger quarters, and apparent¬ 
ly doing well, the owner, a successful 
breeder, claiming they do as well or 
better than when allowed more room, as 
he says the birds get along with less 
fighting when crowded. This same 
breeder keeps his birds confined to the 
building, not having any outside fly as 
do many others, and with apparently 
good results, but I prefer giving them 
plenty of room, and an outside fly even 
if no more than large enough for them 
to come to the ground for feed and 
water, as I think they will keep more 
healthy and it is more natural for them 
to have some open air exercise. If the 
building is not tight it should be made 
sc by the use of building paper, or bet¬ 
ter still, lined with boards with build¬ 
ing paper under them. If no windows 
are already in the building put in enough 
to light fairly well; four ordinary 8x10 
barn sash should be enough. These 
should be covered with wire netting to 
keep the birds from breaking the glass. 
For nest boxes I should use empty boxes 
from the grocer’s; corn cases are usually 
a nice size, but any box from eight to 
12 inches square will answer, and they 
may usually be had much cheaper thau 
the cost of lumber to make uest boxes. 
They should be open front except a 
board four to six inches wide across at 
the bottom to keep the eggs and young 
squabs from falling out, and a hole bored 
in the back near the top so that they 
may be hung on or driven in the walls. 
Put up in this way they are easily taken 
down, cleaned and hung up again after 
taking the squabs for market. This is 
usually the only time that it is neces¬ 
sary to clean the boxes. I should hang 
these boxes far enough apart so that the 
birds cannot fight with their neighbors 
while standing in their own doorway; 
although this is not necessary I think 
it much better when one has the room. 
I would not attempt to have them all 
alike or hung in any regular lines, for 
while it would look better appearances 
do not count much with the birds. Each 
pair of breeders will have their own 
nest box or boxes and will usually stick 
to them and fight for them if necessary, 
and the more conspicuous each box can 
be made to appear, so as to avoid mis¬ 
takes, the better. 
Most of the rooms in my building are 
furnished with rows of drawer-like boxes 
made for the purpose, but all I put in 
new are the boxes as above described, 
and I much prefer them, as they are 
about as convenient for cleaning, more 
acceptable to the birds, and cost less. If 
desired, boxes may be hung from the 
rafters overhead or shelves fixed in be¬ 
tween them in any way, as the birds 
are easily suited. Many of ours build 
on the floor in the corners or any out-of- 
the-way place. The principle to be kept 
in view is convenience in getting at 
them for the attendant, as the birds will 
get at them anywhere. When buying a 
new lot of birds it is a good plan to have 
a temporary pen to put them in, and not 
put them in their permanent quarters 
until sure they are all mated. To make 
sure of this select them a pair at a time 
as you see they are mated, and remove 
them to their permanent quarters. In 
this way you will find some birds in each 
lot that have not found a mate to suit 
them; these may be put with another lot 
to give them a chance to find mates, or 
disposed of, and save feed as well as 
trouble in the loft that unmated birds 
are likely to cause. When once mated 
they will usually stick together until 
death parts them. j. e. b. 
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THE PYGMY POUTER. 
Fig. 09 is a picture of an ideal Pygmy 
Pouter, an abbreviated variety of the 
more familiar and larger Pouter pigeon, 
better known to the boys as the “blow¬ 
er.” The Pygmy has not yet attained the 
ideal conformation presented in the pic¬ 
ture, which was made by the well-known 
artist, Robinson; but its admirers are 
breeding up, and the Pygmy Pouter is 
“getting there” quite rapidly. This is 
an interesting little bird. Its tameness 
and good sense appeal to fanciers of 
highly-bred stock, and the Pygmy is be¬ 
coming very popular. This variety of 
pigeon is perhaps bred up to a higher 
standard—nearer approaching our ideal 
—in England, where there is more 
“pigeon interest” than in this country. 
Several pairs of Pygmies have been 
brought over this year at what are call¬ 
ed “long prices” for pigeons. The Pygmy 
is found in all colors in which pigeons 
are bred—white, black, blue and silver 
being the standard. Reds and yellows 
are scarce and not so perfect in color 
markings or form as the standards. The 
Pygmy is a more satisfactory bird to 
handle than the large Pouter; they are 
hardy and better breeders, besides being 
more prolific. 
I have found that hens eat about 3M 
ounces each of grain and animal meal; 
those that are penned a trifle more and 
those at large a little less, or about 75 
pounds per year. Besides this they eat 
some clover and vegetables of different 
kinds; this for Leghorns; larger fowls eat 
a little more. i. w. 
Bedford, N. Y. 
Killing Hog Lice.— When sows come to 
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Death to Lice along the back and behind 
their ears; also sprinkle a little in their 
nest if you think necessary, though I 
never found it so. Five pounds of this 
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a 15-ounce package will be all you need. 
Greene Co., N. Y. s. dean. 
R. N.-Y.—We painted the woodwork on 
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leum, and this seems to have cleaned out 
the lice. 
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