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About this eBook

Author

United States. War Department

Title

The Homing Pigeon

Credits

Produced by deaurider, Brian Wilcox 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

D731: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War II (1939-1945)

Subject

Homing pigeons -- War use

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55084

Release Date

July 10, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HOMING PIGEON — WAR DEPARTMENT • JANUARY 1945
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.SECTION I GENERAL — 1. Purpose — 2. Methods — 3. Origin and History — 4. Nature — 5. Utility
5. 5.SECTION II DESCRIPTION — 6. General Appearance — 7. Weight — 8. Plumage — 9. Head — 10. Neck — 11. Body — 12. Respiratory Channels ( fig. 2 ) — 13. Digestive Organs — 14. Bloom or Milt — 15. Molt — 16. Varieties of Feathers
6. 6.SECTION III CARE — 17. Loft — 18. Preparation of Loft to Receive Pigeons — 19. Receipt of Pigeons at Loft — 20. Watering — 21. Feeding — 22. Pigeon Feed — 23. Bathing — 24. Catching and Handling
7. 7.SECTION IV LOFT MANAGEMENT AND RECORDS — 25. Routine — 26. Classification of Pigeon Colors — 27. Records and Reports — 28. Banding — 29. Loft Equipment — 30. Message Holders
8. 8.SECTION V TRAINING — 31. Responsibility for Training — 32. Qualifications for Pigeoneers — 33. Introduction to Pigeon Training — 34. Settling Pigeons — 35. Training for Messenger Service — 36. Delivering Pigeons by Parachute
9. 9.SECTION VI MATING AND BREEDING — 37. Mating — 38. Sex — 39. Selection of Stock — 40. Line Breeding — 41. Nests — 42. Control of Breeding — 43. Laying — 44. Hatching and Feeding — 45. Identification — 46. Culling
10. 10.SECTION VII DISEASES AND MEDICINES — 47. General — 48. Prevention of Disease — 49. Control of Disease — 50. Anatomy and Physiology — 51. Indications of Sickness — 52. Diseases — 53. External Parasites — 54. Internal Parasites — 55. Treatment of Injuries — 56. Medicines

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