. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 336 ©Jje gpeeetoir «th ^rjctrt#mmu [Mae 26, 1900 market directly. The profit comes chiefly in the squabs, and the old pigeons are merely disposed of finally when they get rather loo old for breeding purposes. These pigeons put on . the market would bring very little, because they are old and tongh, and the meat they furnish is hardly good eating. Nevertheless they make excellent birds for the traps. They are strong of wind and their flight is oftentimes more power- ful and rapid than that of younger birds. There is conse- quently a demand for such birds from th
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 336 ©Jje gpeeetoir «th ^rjctrt#mmu [Mae 26, 1900 market directly. The profit comes chiefly in the squabs, and the old pigeons are merely disposed of finally when they get rather loo old for breeding purposes. These pigeons put on . the market would bring very little, because they are old and tongh, and the meat they furnish is hardly good eating. Nevertheless they make excellent birds for the traps. They are strong of wind and their flight is oftentimes more power- ful and rapid than that of younger birds. There is conse- quently a demand for such birds from the trap-shojting clubs. A word or two about the needs and demands of these clubs should be of interest to those engaged in raising pigeons and squabs for market, for their consumption is bo large to-day that they form one of the leading factors in the market. The trap-shooting season begins in early fall and extends well through the winter, and during nearly all the winter holi- days thousands of pigeons are shot from the traps. In and around New York all the way from 20,000 to 50,000 pigeons are shot in traps every season. On extra occasions when large matches are arranged, 25,000 birds will be needed in one week. The questson of obtaining this number of birds at one time is often a difficult one to solve. Formerly it was impossible to do it, but to-day marketmen and special breed- ers have come to the rescue. The marketmen collect the few consignments of pigeons that come to the city from dif- ferent parts of the country and hold them for the trap-shoot- ing clubs. Some market men carry large consignments along for weeks just to supply such a sudden demand. They have the dates of the different shoots, and they keep in direct touch with the clubs. But this system hardly works satis- factorily, and special breeders of trap pigeons have gone into the business. On Long Island there are several farmers who make a specialty of this. They raise thousands of pigeons for the trap sho
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