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Title: American squab culture; a practical work on squab culture covering every phase of the raising, housing and marketing of squabs
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Eggleston, Ernest H
Subjects: Pigeons
Publisher: Warrenton, Mo. American pigeon journal co.
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
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oned and so on. Now, what is true with peopleis also true with animals of any kind, including pigeons; so inthe same breed of pigeons it would be possible to develop byselection and elimination excessive large or extremely smallbirds. Nature again has guarded against extremes by a safetyfirst idea. In pigeons I cant say that they mate off in opposites;that is, that a small bird will naturally mate with a larger bird,but I do know that if two extremely small l)irds mate or twoexcessive large ones mate, their offspring will not be as plentifulas will be the mating of average sized birds, and I do believethat nature does by the rule of restriction in production main-tain a uniformity. We can, however, assist nature, or graduallydrift it to a desired result, determining in advance what wewish to accomplish along certain lines, and then accomplishour purpose l)y mating and remating l)irds of different typesbv selection and elimination to produce the desired type. 178 AMERICAN SQUAB CULTURE
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