. The national standard squab book. Pigeons. APPENDIX G 363 HOSPITAL, CLUB, FAMI- LIES, $ DOZEN, by West- ley O'Harra. I have never shipped any squabs as I have hara work supplying the home market (Ohio). We have a large new private hospital, which tEJses nve dozen a week. The first club of the city takes ten or twelve dozen just as I hap- pen to have them. Then with the family trade I can dispose of all and more than I can sup- ply. I am thinking of enlarg- ing my plant soon. I get $ a dozen the year round without sorting, feather dressed. I do not believe in starting with a small num
. The national standard squab book. Pigeons. APPENDIX G 363 HOSPITAL, CLUB, FAMI- LIES, $ DOZEN, by West- ley O'Harra. I have never shipped any squabs as I have hara work supplying the home market (Ohio). We have a large new private hospital, which tEJses nve dozen a week. The first club of the city takes ten or twelve dozen just as I hap- pen to have them. Then with the family trade I can dispose of all and more than I can sup- ply. I am thinking of enlarg- ing my plant soon. I get $ a dozen the year round without sorting, feather dressed. I do not believe in starting with a small number and breed ing up your own flock. I tried that for a year without selUng any squabs, then bought a large flock of Extra Plymouth Rock Homers and began to get re- sults. One thing I accomplished that first year was proper feeding, which I wish to say is the most essential point to the best results in this business. Do not be afraid to give them plenty to eat. I use the self-feeders, which I keep filled with plenty of cracked com and red wheat. I have always had good results with these boxes. If any feedbox is not successful, it generally is due to the fact that it is not kept free of the dust which accumulates in the slit where the grain falls through. I sift all of my corn and wheat ajid clean my feed boxes once a week, give my birds plenty of good, fresh drinking water, with bath water twice a week. I have found that straw is a good lice producer and that the only way to stop the lice is to use tobacco stems for nest material. HOW TO HANDLE TWO KINDS OF BUYERS, by Arthur S. Burlingame. Selling squabs direct to consumers no doubt will bring in the most money, but all people cannot look after a retail trade, as it takes considerably more time. One can get good prices, however, by grading his squabs according to weight. A breeder of squabs ought to have a price for his birds in proportion to their weight by the dozen. A squab that weighs a pound surely oiight to be worth more
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