. Biggle poultry book; a concise and practical treatise on the management of farm poultry. PIGEONS FOR MARKET. T29 of the head of the open end left in, to keep the eggsand squabs from tumbling out. The irregularity in shape and arrangement ofnests may shock the fastidious, but will avoid conten-tion and confusion among the birds, which frequentlyresults in the loss of eggs and squabs. For raising squabs for market it hasbeen proved in late years that the com-mon pigeon does not give the uniform,plump, attractive carcass that the marketdemands, and which is credited to thepouter. Homer variety.
. Biggle poultry book; a concise and practical treatise on the management of farm poultry. PIGEONS FOR MARKET. T29 of the head of the open end left in, to keep the eggsand squabs from tumbling out. The irregularity in shape and arrangement ofnests may shock the fastidious, but will avoid conten-tion and confusion among the birds, which frequentlyresults in the loss of eggs and squabs. For raising squabs for market it hasbeen proved in late years that the com-mon pigeon does not give the uniform,plump, attractive carcass that the marketdemands, and which is credited to thepouter. Homer variety. Some advise crosseswith Runt and Dragoon, but it is generally concededamong squab growers that the Homer in its puritygives all the requirements of a squab to meet thedemands of the most fastidious. It is desirable to have breeders that raise squabswith light skin for they always bring the top color of the skin is not controlled, as is popularlysupposed, by the color of the feathers. Parents withwhite plumage may have dark squabs, and those asblack as crows may produce squab
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