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The Fun in Raising Fancy Pigeons 
(Continued from page 35) 
initiated. They are favorites with 
fanciers, for they are especially intel¬ 
ligent, and the racing of homers is a 
common sport. It is not unusual for 
a bird of this variety to travel 500 
miles or more, returning directly to 
its home loft after being released in 
a distant town. In a big competitive 
flight, 2,000 birds may be liberated 
simultaneously, all of them mounting 
at once into the air and speeding 
away as soon as they appear to get 
their bearings. 
Some Fancy Breeds 
Jacobins make a strong appeal to 
many fanciers and are always in¬ 
teresting and pleasing both to watch 
and to work with. They are char¬ 
acterized by curious recurved feath¬ 
ers on the back of the head and neck, 
making what is termed a hood but 
which really resembles an exag¬ 
gerated feather boa. The eyes of a 
good specimen are almost hidden by 
this, and no member of the pigeon 
family presents a more curious ap¬ 
pearance. 
Oriental frills, owls and turbits are 
small, compact and beautifully col¬ 
ored, and there are several other 
pigeons in this class, all especially 
dainty and neat. Perhaps the novice 
will do well to wait until he has a 
little experience before taking them 
up, but they are bred in large num¬ 
bers. Most amusing of all the 
pigeons are those in the class which 
includes tumblers and rollers, for 
they are the athletes of pigeondom 
and their performances are highly 
entertaining. There are parlor tum¬ 
blers which do their performing 
close to the ground, but the high¬ 
flying tumblers soar a long distance 
into the air and then turn one somer¬ 
sault after another in quick succes¬ 
sion, sometimes continuing their flight 
and again dropping toward the 
ground. Indeed, it sometimes hap¬ 
pens that a bird loses its perspective 
and keeps on somersaulting until it 
strikes the ground and is killed. 
It is not for their acrobatic per¬ 
formances, however, that tumblers 
are prized by true fanciers, but for 
the perfection of their markings. The 
tumblers are very popular in this 
country and still more so across the 
water, especially in England, where 
great numbers were bred before the 
outbreak of the war, many being 
brought to America. Of course, the 
war has interfered with the exporta¬ 
tion of all kinds of pigeons, for, as 
homers have been used for ages past 
in transmitting military secrets, the 
authorities seem to think that other 
kinds might be employed in the same 
way, although most of them would 
be absolutely worthless for such pur¬ 
poses. 
Among other varieties of pigeons 
which may be kept for recreation are 
nuns, archangels, dragoons and mag¬ 
pies, all appearing in different colors 
and making a handsome appearance 
in any loft. 
The Loft and'Yard 
It is much better to keep a few 
pigeons of good quality than a lot 
of mediocre birds, and for that rea¬ 
son large quarters are not needed. 
Oftentimes a loft can be made in the 
barn or some other outbuilding. An 
excellent portable house, 4' square 
and 5' high, with a flight cage 6' long, 
can be purchased complete for $25. 
Such a house is large enough to ac¬ 
commodate from five to ten pairs of 
pigeons, according to the variety. 
This equipment is ample for the be¬ 
ginner. 
A good house for a hundred pairs 
or more should cost about the same 
as a poultry house of the same pro¬ 
portions. A plain boarded house 20' 
long, 12' deep and 14' high has proved 
successful. The owner does not 
know the exact cost, but probably 
it could be duplicated today, with a 
good cement foundation and shin¬ 
gled roof, for about $150, possibly 
less. This house is rather unusual 
because it has no glass windows, the 
long openings in front being covered 
with poultry wire and closed with a 
muslin-covered frame when snow is 
falling or high winds blowing. The 
nesting boxes are arranged in rows 
at the rear, and there is a large flying 
cage. 
It is always necessary that a dou¬ 
ble nest be provided for each pair 
of birds, so that they may be pre¬ 
paring for a new pair of eggs in one 
nest while still feeding the young in 
the other. The mother pigeon sits 
on the eggs at night, but her mate 
takes her place about nine o’clock in 
the morning and sits until three or 
four in the afternoon. Young pig¬ 
eons, or squabs, are perfectly help¬ 
less when hatched and are fed bv 
the parents, which swallow the food 
and regurgitate it into the throats of 
the hungry youngsters. When four 
weeks old the baby pigeons are ready 
to leave the home nest. 
Diet and Mating 
Wheat, cracked corn, Kafir corn 
and Canada peas are the principal 
articles of diet for pigeons. Fresh 
water must never be lacking and 
there should also be a pan for bath¬ 
ing. A bath a day may be allowed 
in summer, but two a week in win¬ 
ter are sufficient. Cracked oyster 
shells must be provided, and as pig¬ 
eons are fond of salt, it is well 
to have a lump of rock salt where 
they can peck at it. For the rest, 
it is only necessary to keep the loft 
clean, the floor sanded and all un¬ 
mated birds out of the laying quar¬ 
ters. 
The Late Garden and Its Usefulness 
(Continued from page 38) 
Among celeries we fine early and 
late sorts, and while the earlies are of 
rather poor flavor as compared with 
the rich, nutty-flavored winter sorts, 
we need them to satisfy our appe¬ 
tites early in the fall. Golden Self- 
Blanching is the most popular and 
best flavored of all early celeries, 
and the most expensive. Following a 
series of years of short crops in 
France—its native home—the war 
caused still greater havoc with the 
seed supply. Some American-grown 
seed is available, but it does not pro¬ 
duce the kind of stalks one is accus¬ 
tomed to expect from French seed. 
The choicest of all celeries for win¬ 
ter use is Giant Pascal, and, though 
stronger claims are made for newer 
sorts, I have yet to fin I one that will 
compare in flavor with this old stand¬ 
by. Plants of both Giant Pascal and 
Golden Self Blanching should be se¬ 
cured as soon after July 1st as they 
can be bought. Set them in rows 6" 
apart, with at least 3' of space be¬ 
tween the rows. Watch, when setting 
out the plants, that no earth falls 
within the center of them. Trim both 
tops and roots of the plants, and fur¬ 
ther their growth by frequent cultiva¬ 
tion and liberal irrigation, if the nat¬ 
ural water supply fails. 
Few people know how delicious 
winter radishes can be, if properly 
(Continued on page 68) 
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