31 p. : 23 cm

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Buildings. pp. 5 -- The site. pp. 5 -- The house. pp. 5 -- Size and capacity. pp. 5 -- Light and ventilation. pp. 6 -- Materials and construction. pp. 6 -- Next boxes. pp. 7 -- The fly. pp. 8 -- Varieties of pigeons. pp. 11 -- The Homer. pp. 11 -- The Dragoon. pp. 11 -- The Duchesse. pp. 11 -- The Runt. pp. 12 -- Lessons from observations and experience. pp. 12 -- Breeding. pp. 13 -- Mating up. pp. 13 -- Keeping a record. pp. 13 -- Inbreeding and crossing. pp. 14 -- Feeds and feeding. pp. 15 -- The feed room. pp. 15 -- Feeds and other supplies. pp. 15 -- Feeding troughs. pp. 15 -- Rations. pp. 16 -- Special feeds. pp. 16 -- Time of feeding. pp. 16 -- Feeding indoors. pp. 16 -- A few cautions. pp. 16 --- How the squabs are fed. pp. 17 -- Cost of feeding. pp. 18 -- Watering. pp. 18 -- Other details of management. pp. 19 -- Bathing. pp. 19 -- Whitewashing. pp. 19 -- Cleaning. pp. 19 -- Light-weight squabs. pp. 20 -- Transferring a squab. pp. 20 -- Killing and dressing. pp. 21 -- Preparation. pp. 21 -- Killing the squabs. pp. 21 -- Dressing the squabs. pp. 21 -- Marketing. pp. 23 -- Diseases, parasites, and remedies. pp. 23 -- Diseases. pp. 23 -- Going light. pp. 23 -- Roup. pp. 23 -- Vertigo. pp. 24 -- Leg and wing troubles. pp. 24 -- Canker. pp. 24 -- Cholera. pp. 25 -- General remedies. pp. 25 -- Gentian as a tonic. pp. 25 -- Sweet-fern tea. pp. 25 -- Lice. pp. 26 -- Causes of chilled eggs and dead squabs. pp. 26 -- A fighting cock bird. pp. 27 -- Birds not mated. pp. 27 -- Lack of vitality. pp. 28 -- Presence of mice. pp. 28 -- Suggestions regarding the purchase of breeding stock. pp. 28 -- Careless buying. pp. 28 -- Kinds to buy. pp. 29 -- How to buy. pp. 30 -- Summary. pp. 31

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