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Show H SQUAB RAISING REQUIRES "WORK H There is possibly no industry that H looks moro simple, or will figure out 1 better dividends than .does that of 1 raising squabs. Tho atnount of in- H formation that has been published by H professional dealers in squab breedors H has been enormous; and while much H of it has bcon in the main correct, H many misleading statements have, H however, been made statements that Hj probably would cause a business man H to study the subject more carefuljy, H but which tho averago person, to H whom this litcraturo has beqn sent, H has read eagerly and quoted as gospel. H Tlio result has been that many a H widow has placed her thousand dollar H life insurance in squab breeders and H equipment, expecting at least a thou- m , sand dollars In dividends within a few H months, since tho greater portion of- H , this litcraturo says: "They will pay H for their feed from tho start (of H course being properly mated)." As a H ' rulo, tho investment not only has j failed to produco tho dividond ex- flj ' pected, or even to pay for the feed H i that has been eaten, but aleo has given H I a conslderablo amount of work, and Bj tho stock would be hard to change into cash, even at a loss of aeventy- HBH five cents on a dollar. H I Somo advertisers claim that pigeons H require littlo or no care. This stato- H i ment is not correct. Not only must H the houses be kept claim, buL the H i birds must be fed, and watered rcgu- H larly twlco each day. To rear squabs H ' successfully person must know his H birds, must know that there are none H . but working pairs In tho loft, muBt H ( keep them froe from vermin, andi be Hj in position to notlco anything Irregu- 1 lar that may be going on In tho loft, H This requires constant care and attcn- M ' tion, and a loft of two hundred pairs H I should havo at least two hours work H j per day, besides one day a week for 1 I killing the youngBtcrs and cleaning H ' up In general. H , It should not be understood from H this that money cannot be madq from m the squab Industry; but it Is doubtful H If any person can tako up tho squab H industry' as a business and pay cx- H pen8cs, especially during tho first year m or two, unless ho has had training or H previous experience, aH would be re- H quired in any other Industry to make H it a success. |