. The national standard squab book. Pigeons. National Standard Squab Book. 43 ing when you think that the squabs sit in their uest hour after hour doing nothing but accumulate fat, and talking no exercise to train oft this fat. The old birds are dying around and do not have much fat on them; they are trim and muscuiar, and hard fleshed. You can tell an old pigeon after Jt is cooked when you put your teeth into it, just as vou can tell an old fowl. To close this chapter, we will leave one thought with you which you must not forget, and that is, to provide salt for your pigeons. All animals need
. The national standard squab book. Pigeons. National Standard Squab Book. 43 ing when you think that the squabs sit in their uest hour after hour doing nothing but accumulate fat, and talking no exercise to train oft this fat. The old birds are dying around and do not have much fat on them; they are trim and muscuiar, and hard fleshed. You can tell an old pigeon after Jt is cooked when you put your teeth into it, just as vou can tell an old fowl. To close this chapter, we will leave one thought with you which you must not forget, and that is, to provide salt for your pigeons. All animals need salt in order to keep strong and healthy. The safest kind of salt for you to use is rock salt, such as is sold for horses. Put a couple of big lumps of It in the squab house and let the pigeons peck at it when they wish. About once in two weeks wet the grain with salteil water, then dry the grain and let the pigeons eat it and they will get it into their systems in this manner. Do not use powdered salt for if you do the birds may eat too much of it and it will kill them. Coarse ground salt may be used, but the rock salt is IIorsE Built or Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Rice, Elmer C. Boston
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