Making Pigeons Pay - A Manual of Practical Information on the Management, Selection, Breeding, Feeding, and Marketing of Pigeons
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Making Pigeons Pay - A Manual of Practical Information on the Management, Selection, Breeding, Feeding, and Marketing of Pigeons

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Making Pigeons Pay - A Manual of Practical Information on the Management, Selection, Breeding, Feeding, and Marketing of Pigeons

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This book contains a complete guide to breeding pigeons for profit, with information on common problems, selection, necessary equipment, ailments and diseases, marketing, and many other related aspects. An accessible and comprehensive guide, "Practical Pigeon Production" will be of utility to anyone occupied in keeping pigeons for economic gain, and would make for a useful addition to collections of allied literature. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on pigeons.

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INDEX

A
advantages squab raising, 10
aisles, 64, 77, 114
American Pigeon Club, 247, 251
American Pigeon Journal, 246
Antwerps, 5
apparent characteristics, 34
Aqueous thiamine Hydrochloride, 201
Arecoline Hydrobromide, 219
aureomycin, 202
auto-sexing, 151, 152, 154
B
backyard squab raising, 18, 20
baked squabs, 254
baking soda, 204, 213
banding, 250
bands, 250
color, 252
open, 252
pair, 252
seamless, 34, 251
barley, 125
bath pans, 21, 90, 103, 111
bedbug, 225, 235
behavior, 146
black, 41
Black Carneaux, 50
blood, 242
blue, 41
Blue Kings, 47
body louse, 220
boric acid, 196
breeding life, 139
breeding records, 247
breeding stock, 34, 180
breeds, 38, 39, 45
brewers’ yeast, 201, 214
broiled squabs, 255
bronchitis, 195
brooding, 136
brown, 41
buckwheat, 126
bumblefoot, 208
C
cafeteria feeders, 15, 93, 114, 144
canker, 190, 191
capital investment, 13, 28
carbolic acid, 199, 205
carbon bisulphide, 130
care of youngsters, 142
Carneaux, 5, 41
Black, 50
Dun, 50
Red, 47
White, 49
Yellow, 50
Carpenter Squab Ranch, 5, 71
cash possibilities, 31
castor oil...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Pigeons
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. I. Squabs As a Food
  9. II. Shall I Raise Squabs?
  10. III. How to Start
  11. IV. Selecting Breeding Stock
  12. V. Breeds Used for Commercial Purposes
  13. VI. How to Build the Squab House
  14. VII. How to Feed
  15. VIII. How to Breed
  16. IX. How to Market
  17. X. How to Treat Sick Pigeons
  18. XI. How to Keep Down Parasites and Pests
  19. XII. How to Utilize By-Products
  20. XIII. Miscellaneous
  21. Index