Profitable
Squab Breeding
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.
Des Moines, Iowa
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INTRODUCTORY
PREFACE
No
business has had such a wonderful growth within the last
few years as the raising of squabs for market. Only a
few years ago the use of squabs for food was confined to
a few of the most wealthy families. Game was plentiful
and cheap and those who were not very well off preferred
quail and other game birds to paying the high prices
asked for the few squabs which were sent to market.
Gradually
the demand for squabs grew larger, as more people became
acquainted with their delicacy and good qualities as
food, and this led to larger numbers being produced.
Soon all the larger markets furnished squabs and then
the smaller ones began to supply them and now many a
comparatively small market is not complete without
squabs as a part of the supplies of food
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