The national standard squab book . -dren. Now suppose you buy two dozen pairs of pigeons ofus, and number them pairs one to twenty-four. If you matethe offspring of pair two (or any other pair) to the offspring ofpair one (or any other pair) that is outbreeding or cross 74 NATIONAL STANDARD SQUAB BOOK breeding. What you do not do, and what you try to prevent,is the mating of the offspring of pair number one (or any otherpair) to each other. So, you see, if you have a dozen or twopairs, you need never inbreed, for there is an infinite varietyof matings possible. Breeders of animals sometimes in
The national standard squab book . -dren. Now suppose you buy two dozen pairs of pigeons ofus, and number them pairs one to twenty-four. If you matethe offspring of pair two (or any other pair) to the offspring ofpair one (or any other pair) that is outbreeding or cross 74 NATIONAL STANDARD SQUAB BOOK breeding. What you do not do, and what you try to prevent,is the mating of the offspring of pair number one (or any otherpair) to each other. So, you see, if you have a dozen or twopairs, you need never inbreed, for there is an infinite varietyof matings possible. Breeders of animals sometimes inbreedpurposely in order to get better color of fur or plumage, orfiner bones, etc. There are no brothers and sisters in theflocks we sell. If you buy one dozen or twenty dozen pairsof breeders of us, the pairs will be unrelated, and you neednever inbreed. We never heard a real pigeon breeder worrymuch about inbreeding, because the likelihood of it in a flockof even a dozen pairs is extremely remote, as we have demon-strated PIGEONS IN ST. MARKS SQUARE, acquainted with the pigeons which you buy of us, and let them get ac-quainted with you. They will work all the better for being tame and docile. Thesepigeons in Venice are fed by tourists on corn only. A peddler selling whole cornfor two cents a package sits all day long on the steps at the base of the photographers in the square make a specialty of taking pictures of touristsfeeding the pigeons; .snap shots by amateurs are constantly being made. In thiscity of canals, these pigeons get no grit, in fact nothine but the corn, and they woulddie if obliged to pick up a living for themselves. They are healthy, proving theincorrectness of th^ assertion that a feed of nothing but corn will cause are small, however, of stunted growth. They are so tame that they will perchon your hand and eat grains of corn held in your lips. CHAPTER VII. INCREASE OF FLOCK. // is Possible to Breed One Pair
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