The Homing Pigeon
by United States. War Department United States. Army. Signal Corps
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- THE HOMING PIGEON
- WAR DEPARTMENT • JANUARY 1945
- CONTENTS
- SECTION I GENERAL
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Methods
- 3. Origin and History
- 4. Nature
- 5. Utility
- SECTION II DESCRIPTION
- 6. General Appearance
- 7. Weight
- 8. Plumage
- 9. Head
- 10. Neck
- 11. Body
- 12. Respiratory Channels (fig. 2)
- 13. Digestive Organs
- 14. Bloom or Milt
- 15. Molt
- 16. Varieties of Feathers
- SECTION III CARE
- 17. Loft
- 18. Preparation of Loft to Receive Pigeons
- 19. Receipt of Pigeons at Loft
- 20. Watering
- 21. Feeding
- 22. Pigeon Feed
- 23. Bathing
- 24. Catching and Handling
- SECTION IV LOFT MANAGEMENT AND RECORDS
- 25. Routine
- 26. Classification of Pigeon Colors
- 27. Records and Reports
- 28. Banding
- 29. Loft Equipment
- 30. Message Holders
- SECTION V TRAINING
- 31. Responsibility for Training
- 32. Qualifications for Pigeoneers
- 33. Introduction to Pigeon Training
- 34. Settling Pigeons
- 35. Training for Messenger Service
- 36. Delivering Pigeons by Parachute
- SECTION VI MATING AND BREEDING
- 37. Mating
- 38. Sex
- 39. Selection of Stock
- 40. Line Breeding
- 41. Nests
- 42. Control of Breeding
- 43. Laying
- 44. Hatching and Feeding
- 45. Identification
- 46. Culling
- SECTION VII DISEASES AND MEDICINES
- 47. General
- 48. Prevention of Disease
- 49. Control of Disease
- 50. Anatomy and Physiology
- 51. Indications of Sickness
- 52. Diseases
- 53. External Parasites
- 54. Internal Parasites
- 55. Treatment of Injuries
- 56. Medicines
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