. Profitable pigeon breeding; a practical manual explaining how to breed pigeons successfully,--whether as a hobby or as an exclusive business. Pigeons. 176 PROFITABLE PIGEON BREEDING droop nor hang down close to the ground but should be carried well up against the body \\ith tips resting on the tail. I do not admire any Runt that carries its wings in such a position that the flights stick up above the tail and a\\ay from it. The general appearance is ruined in my opinion. How much neater and more trim the bii'd would be if its wing tips folded nicely on the tail. That rough appearance would t
. Profitable pigeon breeding; a practical manual explaining how to breed pigeons successfully,--whether as a hobby or as an exclusive business. Pigeons. 176 PROFITABLE PIGEON BREEDING droop nor hang down close to the ground but should be carried well up against the body \\ith tips resting on the tail. I do not admire any Runt that carries its wings in such a position that the flights stick up above the tail and a\\ay from it. The general appearance is ruined in my opinion. How much neater and more trim the bii'd would be if its wing tips folded nicely on the tail. That rough appearance would then be eliminated. In the White Runts we have a white or pinkish white beak and dark gravel eyes. These two sections in contrast with the red eye cere and pure ^^'hite plumage make a lieautiful sight,. PRIZE WINNING'WHITE RUNTS Fii'st bird a AVhite Runt Cock; won first at Sacramento. 191S: first at Memphis, 19IS; first and best bird in show at Knoxville, 1920; sec- ond at Hagerstown, 1920; second Kansas City, 1920. Second bird a White Runt Coclt; won first at National Pigeon Sliow 1920. Third bird a White Runt hen; won first Los Angeles, Oakland and Sacramento, 1917; second 1920 National Pigeon Show; first Memphis 1920; second at Hagerstown, 1920,—c^wned by James R. S. May, Knoxville, Tenn. and I feel sure that tlic beauty of this bird has gone a long way toward making it as popular as it is today. The White Rum should be white to the skin. All type points are the same as in the other varieties. In the Blue Runts we find a decided change from the Whites in several respects. Here we note the dark beak, in fact so dark as to incline greatly toward lilack. This variety has pearl eyes and damson eye ceres. In plumage coloring the ground color is a deep even shade of blue. Tlie \\'ings show two well defined black bars in either \\'ing and the tail is tipped \\ith a single black bar to match those on the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images t
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