Reseña del libro "The Homing Pigeon (en Inglés)"
This special re-print edition of Edgar Chamberlain's book "The Homing Pigeon" is a treasury of information about the Homing Pigeon or what is commonly called the Racing Homer. Written in 1907, included in this well written work is everything a person needs to keep Homing Pigeons as a hobby, and it provides an excellent introduction to the breed for those who are interested in pigeon racing. Chapters include The Columbia Livia, The Origin of the Homing Pigeon, Pigeon Lofts and Their Fittings, Feeds and Feeding, Interbreeding, Crossing, Mendel's Law Applied to Homing Pigeons, How To Found a Loft of Homing Pigeons, Feathers and the Moult, The Development of the Homing Instinct, Training, Preparing For Old Bird Races, Young Bird Races, Shows and Showing, The History and Development of Pigeon Racing, and much more. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.
