| Show PROFIT IN SQUABS I 1 PIcon Producing IPr it Xrkt oa If i 4 Lug Wend JI P I Ketohcin of AmityTllle Long I r Island began rntilnit lual for market I j I il years ago with 700 brooding pigt > onn lie now has 2000 1 or thonccommoclu tion of these 2000 pigeons he has built I I I tell pens of vitro nettingglauch pelf 100 f I i I tot long and 11 feet wide They vnry in belcht from IU to 10 feet and stand I hollhl I Bide by side nod arc formed by dividing one great wire rooful inclosuro luto ten t parts There are In tho pens it fow I perches placed nt I height of About eight i i feet for the pi icons to roost npon There I tire ten pfgcon houses one for each pen t I keione gr I I 111 buying block for breeding Jlr h J i Kfcliam prefers Autweriia hot I is I F t difficult to get enough uf them and to I r be has croMiilAlitwerpswilli good largo l common birds 1lgeoua lay two eggs u i s month good birds Jjyliig ten months in the year from fioTcmber to August iu elusive Then the birds mol and in November tho frinalcs begin laying I again Vuro flaIrlp n number of pigeons pi-geons aro kept there will bo same Unit I I will molt I little out of teasou so tint theo will bo same eggs and sow squabs tho year nround While the pigeon houses tire nhvnyi kept as clean as they can bo without disturbing the pigeons ouly advantage E I is takcu of the moltiiig Season for a I I thorough cleaning 1 I A gI stack of tobacco items In 1 plaoc ia this OUBis41if each 010 Toy material and froin title the birds build their net flat 10110 bird carrying tile material straw by Atrailly to the female which staudi nt the box and nrrnc the rest When tho female has begun laying again It Joy Its two t ggo on nuoiiwivo day and nt Intervals if 33 days Or possibly less Oil laying tho first egg it begins sitting nt once the inalo bird alternating with It Iho egg nrolmteli 1111 front 1 to 17 ilnys Tile tqunti rally bo 2 vctki or less old when tho ther bird begins sitting on another I pair of eggs Tile young iiigcnns 1 would not ill the ordinary course lit events i ICITO tho lict to fly until they t were 4 t i or 6 weeks old I It h1 lint 1 bills iient tho mother bird would lay Its rpjs filial begin to hatch them lu the battle first ullli Its halt grown fqinli At the en tiblf bmint doscribid 1 hero two bqzcf or Beats tire provided for each pair of birds so that the fetnalu that li 11 linlf grown Squabs In its Beat limy huo nn > other let In which to deposit Its egg Uy this nrrangemcnt theo is I lobs danger of tile eggg bcluk broken Food is provided in the pens twice a day lu troughs and on tho ground in iinnntlty sunicicnt to satisfy tile igLoni hniihtr and to provide them with pick ink O tot they may supply their young Wutrrl < applied 11001 rlinl low inks t Tile plteoin fro grout drink < rs nl1 1 they battle often A rUeon it likdy totaLo n lath every tuodnys Tho principal food Pappl led to tlioin is crncke 1 cc in untl wiolo wheat In the full lu the molting reason plenty of huup Hd is given to them which helps thorn to molt and tends to timko them begin laying again quicker While theo aria this principal i articles of foal thoro tire fed to the igeons at intervals ns they may require them and In limited quantities other things 111 it ort of rcl ish and to leep tho birds appetites god f and tho irds I theuiRe Von lu good con 11 tion What thcee other things fire the pigeon bri oilers do not disclose iho pigeon grow rnpidly mil in three or four woeks I Is I ready ly to kill ni n squab SquabS of good breed weigh FOIOII or eight pounds to the dozen IiI Ii-I ions begin to lay when they are from 1 to 0 months old mill continue to lay for U yearn Iigcons once mated If not ecpnrnti remain mated always In the breeding nasou the pigeon raiser goes through tbo pigeon housos In winter two or three times n week and iu summtr about every day and sclcLts the squabs that tire of tim light uga mill tire to kill Tbo number varies from veok to week There tire dome Kjnnbs btaii lt = yvnr noM Ketcham Said that iu live years he hnd not inltsed I week In shipping some though in tome mtutlm the supply is I very light Ha Ships nil average of 200 fqiml a week for eight to ten months t I I nquff I t to j and altogether bot eni 7000 nmr8000 squab n I year nt ni average jv olslo 1 rlio of About SO cents Ihis of course 1 tOII II f cic id I not all roflt There is I tfi bo deducted tho I tout of iiiro null fucd And of marketing market-ing to my nothing of tho origin 1 cost of plant in Ileum 1 laid Bouses find of stocks but NN hell uchKhnltsns thciio urn ut t f IIO ell ullU liued I there is ip tile business what l is described ns u ocd fair profit A great hYP moro squab than pi peons urn fjrfd Prices I nre iow generally low cr tli yi ever on account of tho extruded dt ended fdlitii3 I I for carrying Jc in roll rifrugo Squabs base ben fold ymn Ago tit retail as high ns 7 it dozen U ho fvcrafcO retail prieo now is I about 4bCdozvn Trinity boirlor5 In winter win-ter fault a60 1 In Mimmcr Dark uklnuLj hquitn ire worth f 1 loss |
