. The national standard squab book. Pigeons. National Standard Squab Book. II that territory lu .lime. 1902, iiotiug the buildiugs ami methods of the squab raisers there and tiuding out from them if they were .satistied with the linaiioial returns. All wei'o enthusiastic aud said it was easy work, that squabs beat heus easily and were much less care. The methods of some of these breeders were extremely crude, the birds iu old boxes of all sJzes nailed to the walls of the .squab houses, aud apparently never being cleaned. With no reflectiou on the squi'.b of Jersey, but in ord
. The national standard squab book. Pigeons. National Standard Squab Book. II that territory lu .lime. 1902, iiotiug the buildiugs ami methods of the squab raisers there and tiuding out from them if they were .satistied with the linaiioial returns. All wei'o enthusiastic aud said it was easy work, that squabs beat heus easily and were much less care. The methods of some of these breeders were extremely crude, the birds iu old boxes of all sJzes nailed to the walls of the .squab houses, aud apparently never being cleaned. With no reflectiou on the squi'.b of Jersey, but in order to demonstrate our point that the work is , we want to say that the typical lu-eeder in that country as we saw him was seated a good part of the time on an old soap liox, in or near his squab house, smoking a pipe and taking life easy, with plenty of time to talk or read. Some- body has said that a squab plant of 1,000 pairs of birils will pay better than a farm. The contrast between the hard, grinding toil of the man who works a large farm and the "standing around" of the owner of a squab plant is indeed a strilcing one. However, we do not speak of this to give you the idea that money is going to flow into your lap just because you buy some squab breeders of us. It is no work for a drone or a "get- rich-quick" person "whose enthusiasm runs riot for two sveeks and then cools off. Our class of trade is men and women of experience and reliable common sense who have a knowledge of the world and understand that things come by work and not for the asking. The people who are able and willing to pay us from $50 to .$500 for a breeding outfit, as hundreds do, are not caught by glittering promises, but have money laid by through exeri ise of the qualities of ability and shr wdness. The naturally care- less, improvident pei'son, wlio is generally in debt, should not start squab raising. It is a sensible industry for Please note that the
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