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Show MAKING PROFITS RAISING SQUABS Careful Attention Must Be , Given to Details. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Squab production will return a fair profit to persona who are willing to give careful, regular attention to the right kind of pigeons. Poultry men j sometimes raise squabs as a specialty, but more commonly as a side Issue to general farming or backyard poultry raising. Poultry specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture Agri-culture point out that It Is advisable to start on a small scale and ob- 1 serve market conditions. Details concerning con-cerning the method of housing, selection selec-tion of breeding stock, and management manage-ment of pigeons are described In Farmers' Farm-ers' Bulletin 684-F, "Squab liaising," r,-eiitly issued In a 'revised edition. "The greatest difficulties that confront con-front the beginner," the bulletin explains ex-plains "are procuring good breeding stocV- and finding a market for the squabs. The profits In this business have been ;-eatly over-estimated, in successful plants producing market 'nabs only, the average annual re-turr re-turr above cost of fuel Is between $2 and $2.50 for each pair of breed ers. To be successful at the luisiness, the squab raiser must give careful attention to. details and have a thorough thor-ough knowledge of sq-inb production." The .following Important points In squab raising are mentioned In the bulletin. A variety of good-qualify, hard grains, including peas, should be fed; the pigeon pen should be dry. well ventitiated, and free from rats and mice; and a double nest should be' provided for each pair ol breeders. breed-ers. - Supply fresh ' drinking water, protected from dirt, and provide a separate pan for bathing. The squabs :hould be marketed as soon as they are feathered under the wings. Copies of-Farmers' Bulletin 684-F. may be procured from the Office of informa-'tlon, informa-'tlon, United states Department of Agriculture, Washlngtotn, D. C |