. The Farm-poultry . 114 Liberty Street. MILLS AT New Haven. Conn.; DeKalii. II. Advertisers, SAW AP- !N FARn-pOULTRV, will benefit you-please them—an J help us. 312 Kar]vi = Poultry June 15 Answers to Pigeon Questions. Answers by Wm. E. Bice, BricUjetun, N. J. More PROFIT From Your POULTRY Breeding Age of Homing Pigeons.—AVhat Name Designates Best Homers? (J. B. B.)— At what age do Homing pigeonscommence to Iuise squabs? The earliest ageof breeding and the average? By what nameare the best Homing pigeons designated? I am always careful in answering such ques-tions as the above to give a pract
. The Farm-poultry . 114 Liberty Street. MILLS AT New Haven. Conn.; DeKalii. II. Advertisers, SAW AP- !N FARn-pOULTRV, will benefit you-please them—an J help us. 312 Kar]vi = Poultry June 15 Answers to Pigeon Questions. Answers by Wm. E. Bice, BricUjetun, N. J. More PROFIT From Your POULTRY Breeding Age of Homing Pigeons.—AVhat Name Designates Best Homers? (J. B. B.)— At what age do Homing pigeonscommence to Iuise squabs? The earliest ageof breeding and the average? By what nameare the best Homing pigeons designated? I am always careful in answering such ques-tions as the above to give a practical answer,and one which may not be misleading. It isquite possible that in a flock of 500 pairs ofbreeding Homers, where all the squabs aresaved for breeding, a pair of youngstersmight mate at four months ot age; it is alsoprobable that in the same flock a few pairsmight mate at six months, but these earlymatings would be so few and exceptional asto be of scarcely any practical benefit. Fromthe age of six months there would be con-stantly increasing numbers of matings
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