. The national standard squab book. Pigeons. 368 APPENDIX G. BACK YARD SQUAB BREEDING. Showing that squabhouses in the rear of a city home may be made attractive and interesting. A very satisfactory business of cunsiderable magnitude has been built up here. For particulars, see the accompanying article. WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH SIX PAIRS, by Columbus Nelson. We started here in the State of Washington two years ago with six pairs of ' Plymouth Rock Homers. From these we now have over two hundred, mated pairs of breeders. We sell the squabs in Anacortes at a good figure. Besides saving a ijumber o
. The national standard squab book. Pigeons. 368 APPENDIX G. BACK YARD SQUAB BREEDING. Showing that squabhouses in the rear of a city home may be made attractive and interesting. A very satisfactory business of cunsiderable magnitude has been built up here. For particulars, see the accompanying article. WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH SIX PAIRS, by Columbus Nelson. We started here in the State of Washington two years ago with six pairs of ' Plymouth Rock Homers. From these we now have over two hundred, mated pairs of breeders. We sell the squabs in Anacortes at a good figure. Besides saving a ijumber of pairs of breeders during March, over $20 worth of squabs were sold to local fanciers and eager consimiers. Ours is the only plant of the kind, so far as we know, in Skagit County. In connection with squabs, my wife and I make a specialty of thorough- bred buff and white Orpingtons and Pekin ducks. We expect to enlarge our plant to two thousand mated pairs of Homers, and then will devote our entire time and our five-acre tract to the raising of squabs for the city markets. We declare, after much work, careful study and experiment, that the business will be a copiplete success. To break up floor nesting, first let the male and female build the nest and as soon as she has laid the first egg, take her and her egg and nest and put her in a nestbox. Put on a wire door so she cannot get out. The door must be taken away at night, so she will not see you. You will not'have any more trouble with them, I have been raising pigeons since September, 1908, and have one himdred pairs of Homers and Cameavix. I send my squabs to New York, where I receive the top price.— Walter Hudson, Comiecticut. HOW I PaSH SQITABS ALONG IN TACOMA, by Adam Sossong. I started with one dozen common pigeons about two years ago to see how it would pay raising squabs for market. I raised one dozen squabs from the commons, took them to the Tacoma Hotel. The first question asked was, are they Homer squabs? I had t
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