. Profitable pigeon breeding; a practical manual explaining how to breed pigeons successfully,--whether as a hobby or as an exclusive business. Pigeons. 94 PROFITABLE PIGEON BREEDING whole building was cold and damp and as filthy as one could ever think of. What did I hear? Sniff, sniff, on every hand and I would have ventured a nice sum that ninety per cent of the poor birds had roup. Tlie birds were large bone speci- mens for their breed, fine in type, but alas—victims of sheer carelessness on the part of the owner. Did he fail? I do not know but I do know that the last I heard of him was th
. Profitable pigeon breeding; a practical manual explaining how to breed pigeons successfully,--whether as a hobby or as an exclusive business. Pigeons. 94 PROFITABLE PIGEON BREEDING whole building was cold and damp and as filthy as one could ever think of. What did I hear? Sniff, sniff, on every hand and I would have ventured a nice sum that ninety per cent of the poor birds had roup. Tlie birds were large bone speci- mens for their breed, fine in type, but alas—victims of sheer carelessness on the part of the owner. Did he fail? I do not know but I do know that the last I heard of him was that he '?'f^. SEVERAL WHITE KINGS IN THE LOFTS OF H. W. BARNETT CleanUness is evidently- his iiyword.—Photo from H. AV. Barnett, Oaliland, Calif. had disposed of his birds. This visit taught nie a lesson and I pass it on to you, my reader, for there is something in it. Yo\i or I or any other man can take the finest bunch of pigeons in America and subject them to such exposure and neglect and ruin them in less than one year, yet you can take an excellent bunch of birds and make money and breed the strain up but you cannot do it by neglecting your duties around the lofts. If you are going to keep pigeons and make money from them keep them right in every way. I could tell you of other cases just as bad as the one above but space will not permit. But let. 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 Hazard, F. Arthur. Warrenton, Mo. , American Pigeon Journal Company
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