Show ERRORS OF BEGINNER element of common sense often it Is woefully lacking having blundered in initial move he now proceeds to crowning folly of 01 purchasing cheap stock way for success Suc ceis practically all beginners are honest in their bel bellof belledin lefin in the business but it seems at times that the simple element of common sense Is woefully lacking in tho the majority of cases perhaps because common sense la Is not so common after all writes W D thorn thom as in utility pigeons having blundered in hlo his initial move ho he now proceeds to tho the crowning folly of 0 which ho he can bo be guilty he bo buys cheap stock because it is cheap ile he Is either victimized by the proverbially proverb lally conscienceless dealer or he takes tho stock of sonic some fellow who has already demonstrated himself a failure in ili either case ho he gets a sorry lot of birds now suppose that instead of committing the usual folly the beginner applies a little ot of that golden specific that I 1 mentioned above common sense instead of an old shack suppose p goo ho he provides a good rat proof house built on plans piano approved by ex perlen ced breeders bleeders bre eders then suppose he looks up some bamo good reliable brooder T squabs squats one week old find and invests in a few well mated working birds thou then having posted himself as fully as aa possible by reading good pigeon literature lot let him give his stock that careful attention indis india pen sable to the wel of nil all living things and it will not take a very talented prophet to predict a result quite at variance with the ono first outlined squabs squats dio la in tho the nest or are found on the floor door or do not fatten up properly 11 when tho the old birds are not fed properly A young squab Is not to be compared with a young chick A very young chickman chick can run about and help itself to food arid aid water and t tha he other necessities of life whereas the squab is ia utterly bel helpless pless at its birth and Is unable to walk and must bo be fed in the nest by the parent bird aud and with whatever the parent birds may feed it the watchful pigeon man Is tho one who gives hla his flocks the best beat of care ile he keeps theia theix in health by noting tho first sig neof ai ailment |