| The National Standard Squab Book - A Practical Manual for the Installation of a Successful Squab Plant - How to Make a Pigeon and Squab Business Pay Contributor(s): Rice, Elmer (Author) |
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ISBN: 1408609819 ISBN-13: 9781408609811 Publisher: Codman Press OUR PRICE: $26.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - Mammals - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Animal Husbandry - Social Science | Agriculture & Food |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.48 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This vintage book contains a complete guide to breeding pigeons for profit, with information on buying, habits of birds, mating, watering, feeding, killing, cooling, marketing, shipping, curing ailments, and more. Contents include: "Squabs Pay", "An Easy Start", "The Unit House", "Nest Bowls and Nests", "Water and Feed", "Laying and Hatching", "Increase of Flock", "Killing and Cooling", "The Markets", "Pigeons' Ailments", "Getting Ahead", and "Questions and Answers". Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on pigeons. |
