The Family economist . d. Neither wouldit be very profitable to the proprietor, ifthe farmer should exercise his privilege ofshooting all pigeons found pillaging hisproduce, which the law entitles him to do. It may be, and indeed is very often said,that the farmer will never miss what thepigeons take; and thus because the rob-bery appears to be but trifling, and willnever be missed, no harm is seen in it. But ABOUT PIGEONS. 169 r^aZ honesty asks not whether it is much orlittle that is taken, or whether the fact beknown orunknown, but acts simply on thegolden rule, ^o unto otherSy as you wouldh
The Family economist . d. Neither wouldit be very profitable to the proprietor, ifthe farmer should exercise his privilege ofshooting all pigeons found pillaging hisproduce, which the law entitles him to do. It may be, and indeed is very often said,that the farmer will never miss what thepigeons take; and thus because the rob-bery appears to be but trifling, and willnever be missed, no harm is seen in it. But ABOUT PIGEONS. 169 r^aZ honesty asks not whether it is much orlittle that is taken, or whether the fact beknown orunknown, but acts simply on thegolden rule, ^o unto otherSy as you wouldham others do unto you. To prevent injustice to the tiller of thesoil, those who keep pigeons must feedthem regularly, and abundantly, a planwhich so attaches them to their home, thatit is often difficult to get them to fly abroadfor air and exercise ; but entirely preventsthose frequent losses from straying and byrobbery, to which those who allow theirpigeons to pilfer their neighbours produceare so constantly Pigeon-house.—When many pigeonsare to be kept, the best place is an emptychamber or garret, which is warm and dry,and where they can be open to space between the roof of a house andthe ceiling of the upper chamber may bevery well appropriated for this opening should be made through thetiles or slates for the going in and out ofthe pigeons, and have a covering re-sembling a dormer or garret window, inorder to keep the wet out. This outletshould, if possible face the south, or south-east, and be well sheltered from cold, fromhigh winds and heavy rain ; because ifmuch exposed to the weather, the growthof the young pigeons is delayed, and thehealth of the older ones sensibly affected. Around the interior of the loft, a row ofcompartments for the pigeons must be fixedat any convenient height. Shelves placedone above another at eighteen inches apart,and divided by partitions placed at the samedistance from each other, then boarded upin fro
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