Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24
Advisable to Start With Small
Plant Unless Big Capital
Is Available; Houses Must
Be Well Built
Many Failures Due to Poor
Selection Of Stock; Buy
Good Birds and Feed Prop
erIy
BY William T.. Rice
owner of one of the Worlds Larges
SQUAD Plant
COPYRIGHT, 1915.

During the past three years great
many people have launched them
selves into the squad business, en-
couTaged by rumors that ii required
but little care and yielded big profits
Some have succeeded, while others
have failed. Mr.. Rice has received
many inquiries relative to the squab
industry, from beginners. In this ar
ticle he covers many points about
which little is generally known and
tells as clearly as possible how to
avoid the pitfalls In the path of sue
cessful squad raising.
TINE pigeon business is no differ
ent from any other. Failure
after failure follows mercantile
effort. Failure comes to the man who
attempts industrial enterprise; failure
comes TO the professional man who
doesn't know how, who fails to get the
right start.
Nothing succeeds like success, and
success never just happens. Every re.
suit is brought about by conditions
and conditions are what you make
them.
The pigeon business is a fever II
attacks one like a germ and is hard
to get out of the system. When the
fever strikes YOU there is but one OF
out of your system and talk pigs to
keep your mind off pigeons, or sur
render to the fever, treat the case SER
iously and make the condition a
healthy one.
How much are you about to put
into the business? That is your start
ing point, and the entire enterprise
must succeed or fail based upon the
investment.
Assemble your plant according to
the capital. The houses must be
equipped properly, and If the invest
ment is not great enough for large
houses, then the complete plant must
be a small one. Locations are a mat
ter of Importance, but that can be de-
cided without endangering your purse.
Having the plant, there arises the
most important problem that will con-
front you--the selection of your birds.
Do you know that there are no bar
gain counters for pigeons? None. The
81 pair birds are the most expensive
that you can buy. They are not worth
dollar or you would not be able to
get them for that money. One dollar
birds are the kind that never give you
much promise, the kind that no one
will guarantee in writing. When you
buy birds for less than 50 or $3.50 a
pair, make up your mind that you are
simply throwing your money away
lou VIII not nave Deen IN the DuSl-
ness a great while before you will
realize that good, first-class working
Homers are hard to get. Just read
over the big advertisements of the
many bargains that are offered in
birds, advertisements that tell you that
these one-dollar birds are bred with
Homers, and all such misleading facts,
and then spend your money some
where else. AS long as these gold
brick pigeon dealers can unload worn
out, minated birds upon the beginner,
just so long will there be no over
crowding of the market with SQUADS.
Buy Homers. There are none bet
ter. They are vigorous, healthy birds.
and always give results that are salts
factory. Buy from a dealer that will
give you written guarantee upon
every pair of birds, and mark you,
when he will not give you the guaran-
tee he has not got the goods you are
looking for.
Assuming that you have secured the
right birds, you must now give un-
divided attention to the development
of your plant and care for your stock.