Profitable Squab Breeding
COPYRIGHT 1914 BY CARL DARE
A complete practical guide for the beginner as well as the experienced breeder.
Reliable information gleaned from the experience of a lifetime in the work.
Full instructions on all points from the installation of the plant to the marketing of the product.
1914
CARL DARE Des Moines, Iowa, October 1, 1914
A Typical Mammoth Homer. The Most Profitable for Squab
Carl Dare
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Des Moines, Iowa
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY PREFACE
CHAPTER I
PROFITS OF SQUAB RAISING—WILL IT PAY?
THE PROFITS OF SQUAB RAISING
CHAPTER II
THE BEST BREEDS FOR SQUAB RAISING—THE KIND TO BUY
BUYING THE STOCK
WHAT IS MEANT BY MATED PAIRS
CHAPTER III
The Construction of Houses
CHAPTER IV
FEEDS AND FEEDING—BREEDING HABITS
SOUND GRAIN NECESSARY
WHEAT
PEANUTS
CRACKED CORN
CANADA PEAS
KAFFIR CORN
HEMP SEED
MILLET SEED
BUCKWHEAT
CANARY SEED
OTHER FOOD REQUISITES
GRIT
SALT
CHARCOAL
HOW TO FEED
FEED TROUGHS
MIXTURES RECOMMENDED
ALWAYS FEED INDOORS
ECONOMICAL FEEDING
BREEDING HABITS
DETERMINING THE SEX.
CHAPTER V
INCREASING THE FLOCK—SELECTING FUTURE BREEDERS BANDING—MATING
CHAPTER VI
MAKING A MARKET—PREPARING SQUABS FOR MARKET
DRESSING AND PACKING SQUABS
NUMBERS OF SQUABS TO THE PAIR
The illustrations on this page and succeeding pages show the rapid development of squabs from the egg to the market in four weeks.
You Can Almost See Them Grow
CHAPTER VII
DISEASES OF PIGEONS
GOING LIGHT
CANKER
ROUP
CHOLERA
VERTIGO
EGG-BOUND
PIGEON POX
SUDDEN COLDS
LEG WEAKNESS
WING DISEASE
WORMS
LICE
DISINFECTANTS
DOUGLAS MIXTURE
GENTIAN AS A TONIC
SWEET FERN TEA
NUX VOMICA
THE MEDICINE CHEST
CHAPTER VIII
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION—CATCHING MATED PAIRS
STARTING A LOFT
THE PRICE OF BREEDING STOCK
BEST WEIGHT FOR SQUABS
LENGTH OF BREEDING PERIOD
DON'T OVERCROWD
SQUAB HOMERS
INCREASING PRICES
THE SOUTH JERSEY SQUAB DISTRICT
THE PROFESSION OF SQUAB BREEDING
REGULARITY
GO QUIETLY
THE BEST AGE
DON'T KILL TOO YOUNG
MICE IN NESTS
FEED A VARIETY
VENTILATION
TESTING PIGEON EGGS
SELECTING A SITE
INDEX
