And Tetlow--the serious and squab young ass was gazing at her with the expression men of the stupid squab sort put on when they wish to impress a woman.
It is a well-proved fact that the old bird coming in will stop and feed any squab heard crying for food, that in this way they look out for one another's young, and the orphans or half-orphans are cared for.
They seldom killed the old birds, but made great preparation to secure their young, out of which the squaws made squab butter and smoked and dried them by thousands for future use.
In this attitude, the parents, without changing the sitting position or reclining on the side, feed the squab by arching the head and neck down, and administering the food.
The ground was strewed with broken limbs of trees, eggs, and young squab pigeons, which had been precipitated from above, and on which herds of hogs were fattening.
Is it that beautiful specimen of flunky-raised squab entitled the Millionaire Baby?
No squab shall talk to excess in the presence of his elders.
You could not sit on that squab and be in a draught; yet behind it, lest the impossible should arrive, was a heavy curtain, hung on an iron rod which crossed the room from wall to wall.
Not much imagination was needed to realise the joy and ecstasy of losing yourself on that squab on a winter afternoon, with the range fire roaring in your face, and the curtain drawn abaft.
We'll have the squab now, Sago," said Mr. Hamshaw.
There was never a Dove who would be a Swallow if he could, yet the plump, quiet, gray and white Doves dearly love the dashing Swallows, and happy is the Squab who can get a Swallow to tell him stories of the great world.
The young fowls felt so uncomfortable after this that they walked away, and the Squab flew back to the Dove-cote.
On some single trees upwards of a hundred nests were found, each containing one squab only; a circumstance in the history of the bird not generally known to naturalists.
And in the end the fire had swept past, the heat gradually grew less and less, so that we knew we had saved the place for the old squab raiser and chicken farmer.
True, old Zeke Ballinger was to be pitied, for he had every dollar he possessed invested in that little poultry and squab ranch, and would be utterly ruined if the fire took it.
I certainly envy the great time you fellows have had; but we did our duty just the same, and if the fire had come closer we'd have fought just as hard as you did, to save the squab farm.
Chippendale made a free use of colorful textiles for both squab seat and upholstered pieces, employing tapestries, worsted damask, Spanish tooled leather, and close-stitch embroidery.
The couch took the place of the settee, and was made first with the squab seat, and after the Restoration with the same construction and ornament as the arm chair.
If instead of squab there had been filet of beef cut in generous slices, and the potato croquettes had been more numerous, it would have been adequate.
Or the chicken or squab may be the second course, and an aspic with the salad, the third.
In the same way, if he likes to eat a chicken wing or a squab leg in his fingers he can ask for a finger-bowl.
On top place, breast up, a squab or a one-pound chicken—one for each person.
The squab young we brought down and placed on the grass-plot, where they tumbled about, and were as helpless as a new-born child.
The English dove-cote has within a revolving ladder hung from a central post while the Virginian squab catcher uses an ordinary ladder.
In old England the dove-cote was often built close to the kitchen door, that squaband pigeon might be near the hand of the cook.
The exception to this advice may be taken in the case of squab broilers for which some local dealers will not pay as fancy a price as may be obtained by dressing and shipping to the hotel trade.
Heat two ounces of butter in a saute pan, add the squab breast and cook for about ten minutes, or until brown on both sides.
Split a squab from the back, salt, pepper, moisten with a little olive oil and broil.
When a squab is plucked clean, throw it into a tub of water from a spring or well from thirty minutes to an hour.
Many restaurants now serve squab when there is an order for quail on toast, and those who like good things usually go back and want some more of that same kind of "quail.
This new branch of the Postal service opens up greater possibilities for the squab producer and the live breeder who first takes advantage of this service will reap the rewards.
When the writer visited the great squab farms of South Jersey, he particularly inquired about the cost of feeding a pair of pigeons one year.
These red spots are called "blisters" and injure the selling qualities of a squab which shows them.
It costs just as much to raise a dark-fleshed and light-weight squab as it does to raise a big plump bird with white flesh; and a pair of pigeons which produce dark squabs of light weights should be disposed of.
A squabwhich is killed too young never brings a good price, as the buyers in the cities know one immediately they have felt of it, and a few squabs which have been killed too soon decrease the price of the whole package.
If any grain has been found in the crop of a squab as it is being dressed, it should be removed.
The squab business may be commenced with small capital and rapidly increased from the increase of the flock, as each pair of breeding birds will produce at least twelve in a year so the increase is very rapid.
The enterprising squabbreeder will be able to find a market for the product of his loft, no matter where he lives.
My =White Kings= are the most profitable squab breeders in the world, raising squabs weighing from a pound to a pound and a half.
City back-yard squab plant] For indoor perches for pigeons individual perches shaped like an inverted V are most used.
Near large cities where the demand for squabs is good, squab growing on a large scale is sometimes successful.
Its great prolificacy, strong constitution, quick growth, and large size make it a favorite with squab growers.
Except when undertaking squab breeding on a large scale, pigeon keepers usually begin with a small number and keep most of the increase until the full capacity of the loft is used.
Some squab growers prize it very highly; others say that the smaller and more prolific Homer is more profitable for squab breeding.
She seems to know that if she sat on the first egg before laying the other, one squab would hatch two or three days earlier than the other, and the second squab, being smaller and weaker, would have a hard time.
An attractive squab plant] The most common practice is to give the feed in hoppers, keeping a supply always before the birds.
If I had come here five years ago I could almost try for the squab class.
Are our readers acquainted with that local delicacy entitled, in Cornwall and Devon, Squab Pie?
First, however, we premise that of squab pies there are two sorts: Devonian squab and Cornish squab.
The Cornish squab differs from the Devonian squab in one particular; that shall be specified presently.
For Cornish squab add, treated in like manner, a cormorant.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "squab" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
