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price. They are fat and very satisfactory. 

 We are very much encouraged and wish to 

 increase our flock." F. C., New Jersey. 



THE; TRUTH ABOUT THE MARKETS. 



"I received your Manual and have read 

 it through very carefully. I have found 

 that it tells the very truth. I was in 

 Washington Market and there they told me 

 just the same, they will take all the 

 squabs I can give them. I think I will 

 give you an order next month for 48 pairs 

 Homers and one gross nappies." H. T., 

 New York. 



ATTRACT ADMIRATION IN CALIFOR- 

 NIA. "Birds arrived on the llth safe an-1 

 in first class condition for the length of 

 their trip. I am well satisfied with the 

 birds and expect to give you an order for 

 more before long. Everyone that has seen 

 them thinks they are fine." E. J., Cali- 

 fornia. 



OUR METHODS IN SOUTH AFRICA. 

 "Enclosed find fifty cents for which please 

 send me a copy of National Standard 

 Squab Book. Perhaps it may interest you 

 to know that this is to assist in the raising 

 of squabs in South Africa." L. E. D., 

 Pennsylvania. 



YOUNGSTERS ARE BEAUTIES. "I 

 have fifty or more pure Homers from the 

 original old birds purchased from your 

 concern. These youngsters are beauties 

 between the ages of six months and one 

 year." B. R. D., Long Island. 



IN PERFECT CONDITION. "My 

 mother bought one dozen pairs of your 

 birds a year ago and now has about sixty 

 in flock. They have been well cared for 

 and are in perfect condition." T. A. B., 

 Kentucky. 



A NEWS-AGENT'S SIDE LINE. "I 

 have been doing a little business that I 

 did not have time to tell you about in my 

 last letter. I have boys in several of the 

 towns around here to get squabs for me 

 and I have made arrangements with the 

 above firm to deliver those that I don't" 

 sell myself, on commission. The hotel has 

 an order for 150 per week. Besides this 

 order I sell to several restaurants and let 

 the market deliver to the houses. I am the 

 only one here who buys squabs to any ex- 

 tent, and average 200 to 300 per week. I 

 make from $5 to $7.50 each week this way, 

 besides what I make on the train. How is 

 that for a news agent running a tram 

 every day from 11 P. M. to 1.15 A. M. ?" 

 B. D., Texas. 



HAS OVERSOLD HIS SQUAB CAPAC- 

 ITY. "Could you supply me with two 

 dozen first-class squabs for shipment from 

 Wooster on or about December 22? I have 

 an order for that amount, and while the 

 birds I purchased from you are doing fine, 



I will not have enough. Have orders for 

 breeders and squabs enough to keep the 

 flock working overtime until spring, at 

 which time I expect to enlarge my plant 

 to at least 500 pairs. I could of course fill 

 this small order from nearby markets, but 

 Homers are Homers, and I don't care to 

 depreciate the value of my flock by ship- 

 ping inferior squabs." C. .L. Z., Ohio. 



THE MAN HE WORKS FOR IS MAK- 

 ING MONEY WITH OUR BIRDS. "I see 

 in the Poultry Keeper that you offer a 

 squab book free, so I would like to have 

 one, for I have squabs myself and I would 

 like to learn how to raise them. I am only 

 a boy and I am working for Mr. Fairbanks 

 on his farm. He told me that I could 

 write to you and ask you for a book. I 

 know the chicken business very well, but 

 not the squab business. Mr. Fairbanks 

 bought pigeons from you last year (eighty 

 pairs Extra shipped August 4, 1902), and he 

 is doing fine with them, so good-bye and 

 don't forget the address. That penny is 

 for a stamp, and the other stamp is for the 

 letter." W. H., Missouri. 



A LONG SHIPMENT IN GOOD ORDER. 

 "Your two letters dated January 27th 

 were received yesterday, February 1st. I 

 went to the express office early this morn- 

 ing and found the pigeons had arrived in 

 the night. The birds are all alive and in 

 fine condition but two, one of which was 

 bruised and I fear its wing is broken. I 

 thank you for the extra two pairs and for 

 the crates. I have a fine new squab house 

 built according to your plans, only the fly- 

 ing pen runs up to the top of the roof, 

 which I think a better plan for this damp 

 climate. I may send for one or two dozen 

 pairs more by spring." Mrs. E. N., State 

 of Washington. 



A PERFECT SHIPMENT OF HOMERS 

 TO FRANCE. "The pigeons arrived this 

 day in perfect condition, but I am sorry to 

 say I have neither the nappies nor the 

 bases. I duly received your letter of De- 

 cember 16th which I answered at once. I 

 have this day written to Puritan Line of 

 steamship asking for information concern- 

 ing the non-arrival of the nappies." G. 

 D., France (Europe). 



DOING WELL. "The pigeons purchased 

 of you last fall are doing well. Am in im- 

 mediate need of more wooden nappies." 

 F. C. J., Massachusetts. 



GOT ONLY TEN CENTS EACH FOR 

 SQUABS BUT MADE MONEY. "I built 

 two rustic seats for a neighbor for three 

 pairs of Homer pigeons, and put them in a 

 pen eight by eight feet. They increased 

 at about a pair of squabs a month. We 

 turned the young ones out as soon as they 

 were able to fly. We soon had a flock of 

 pigeons of about fifty or seventy-five. Sud- 

 denly we found that we could sell the 



