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This special re-print edition of Squabs For Profit by Rice and Cox from 1907 includes the basics of what a person needs to know about how to raise pigeons for meat purposes, whether for home use or for the local market. Found here are the hard won lessons of two early pioneer in the squab industry, which having been shared with the reader, will offer many short cuts into the breeding, housing and general care of pigeons bred for meat purposes. Chapters include A Remarkable Story of Success With Pigeons For Squabs , Important Facts About Squabs , The Best Squab Raisers , The Ideal Pigeon House , What Pigeons Eat and Drink , Daily Routine of Management , The Age and Sex of Pigeons , Dressing an Marketing Squabs , Causes of Chilled Eggs and Other Squab Losses , How To Buy Pigeons For Breeding Squabs , Selecting and Raising Young Pigeons For Use As Breeders , Banding Birds and Keeping Records , Diseases and Parasites of Pigeons, and Their Remedies . This treasure trove of information on breeding pigeons for meat purposes had been out of print for a century until the release of this edition. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.

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