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Squab raising

Title

Squab raising

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Series: Farmers' bulletin (United States. Department of Agriculture), no. 177

By

Rice, W. E. (William Edward)

United States. Department of Agriculture.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Washington, D.C, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1904

Edition

Rev. May 1904.

Notes

Cover title.

Contents: Buildings. pp. 5 -- The site. pp. 5 -- The house. pp. 5 -- Size and capacity. pp. 5 -- Light and ventilation. pp. 6 -- Materials and construction. pp. 6 -- Next boxes. pp. 7 -- The fly. pp. 8 -- Varieties of pigeons. pp. 11 -- The Homer. pp. 11 -- The Dragoon. pp. 11 -- The Duchesse. pp. 11 -- The Runt. pp. 12 -- Lessons from observations and experience. pp. 12 -- Breeding. pp. 13 -- Mating up. pp. 13 -- Keeping a record. pp. 13 -- Inbreeding and crossing. pp. 14 -- Feeds and feeding. pp. 15 -- The feed room. pp. 15 -- Feeds and other supplies. pp. 15 -- Feeding troughs. pp. 15 -- Rations. pp. 16 -- Special feeds. pp. 16 -- Time of feeding. pp. 16 -- Feeding indoors. pp. 16 -- A few cautions. pp. 16 --- How the squabs are fed. pp. 17 -- Cost of feeding. pp. 18 -- Watering. pp. 18 -- Other details of management. pp. 19 -- Bathing. pp. 19 -- Whitewashing. pp. 19 -- Cleaning. pp. 19 -- Light-weight squabs. pp. 20 -- Transferring a squab. pp. 20 -- Killing and dressing. pp. 21 -- Preparation. pp. 21 -- Killing the squabs. pp. 21 -- Dressing the squabs. pp. 21 -- Marketing. pp. 23 -- Diseases, parasites, and remedies. pp. 23 -- Diseases. pp. 23 -- Going light. pp. 23 -- Roup. pp. 23 -- Vertigo. pp. 24 -- Leg and wing troubles. pp. 24 -- Canker. pp. 24 -- Cholera. pp. 25 -- General remedies. pp. 25 -- Gentian as a tonic. pp. 25 -- Sweet-fern tea. pp. 25 -- Lice. pp. 26 -- Causes of chilled eggs and dead squabs. pp. 26 -- A fighting cock bird. pp. 27 -- Birds not mated. pp. 27 -- Lack of vitality. pp. 28 -- Presence of mice. pp. 28 -- Suggestions regarding the purchase of breeding stock. pp. 28 -- Careless buying. pp. 28 -- Kinds to buy. pp. 29 -- How to buy. pp. 30 -- Summary. pp. 31.