Profitable Squab Breeding

About this eBook

Author

Dare, Carl, 1881-1929

Title

Profitable squab breeding

Credits

Produced by Tyyche and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

SF: Agriculture: Animal culture

Subject

Pigeons

Category

Text

eBook-No.

37901

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37901

Release Date

November 1, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Profitable — Squab Breeding
2. 2.By CARL DARE — Des Moines, Iowa
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. 4.INTRODUCTORY PREFACE
5. 5.CHAPTER I — PROFITS OF SQUAB RAISING—WILL IT PAY? — THE PROFITS OF SQUAB RAISING
6. 6.CHAPTER II — THE BEST BREEDS FOR SQUAB RAISING—THE KIND TO BUY — BUYING THE STOCK — WHAT IS MEANT BY MATED PAIRS
7. 7.CHAPTER III — The Construction of Houses — PIGEON HOUSE PLANS—NESTS—WATER FOUNTAINS—BATHING DISHES—KEEPING THE HOUSE IN SANITARY CONDITION — NESTS — NAPPIES — NESTING MATERIAL — WATER FOUNTAINS — BATHING — SANITATION — DRYNESS — FLOOR COVERING — CLEANLINESS
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — FEEDS AND FEEDING—BREEDING HABITS — SOUND GRAIN NECESSARY — WHEAT — PEANUTS — CRACKED CORN — CANADA PEAS — KAFFIR CORN — HEMP SEED — MILLET SEED — BUCKWHEAT — CANARY SEED — OTHER FOOD REQUISITES — GRIT — SALT — CHARCOAL — HOW TO FEED — FEED TROUGHS — MIXTURES RECOMMENDED — ALWAYS FEED INDOORS — ECONOMICAL FEEDING — BREEDING HABITS — DETERMINING THE SEX.
9. 9.CHAPTER V — INCREASING THE FLOCK—SELECTING FUTURE BREEDERS BANDING—MATING
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — MAKING A MARKET—PREPARING SQUABS FOR MARKET — DRESSING AND PACKING SQUABS — NUMBERS OF SQUABS TO THE PAIR — The illustrations on this page and succeeding pages show the rapid development of squabs from the egg to the market in four weeks. — You Can Almost See Them Grow
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — DISEASES OF PIGEONS — GOING LIGHT — CANKER — ROUP — CHOLERA — VERTIGO — EGG-BOUND — PIGEON POX — SUDDEN COLDS — LEG WEAKNESS — WING DISEASE — WORMS — LICE — DISINFECTANTS — DOUGLAS MIXTURE — GENTIAN AS A TONIC — SWEET FERN TEA — NUX VOMICA — THE MEDICINE CHEST
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION—CATCHING MATED PAIRS — STARTING A LOFT — THE PRICE OF BREEDING STOCK — BEST WEIGHT FOR SQUABS — LENGTH OF BREEDING PERIOD — DON'T OVERCROWD — SQUAB HOMERS — INCREASING PRICES — THE SOUTH JERSEY SQUAB DISTRICT — THE PROFESSION OF SQUAB BREEDING — REGULARITY — GO QUIETLY — THE BEST AGE — DON'T KILL TOO YOUNG — MICE IN NESTS — FEED A VARIETY — VENTILATION — TESTING PIGEON EGGS — SELECTING A SITE
13. 13.INDEX

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