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January, 1903, we received the following let- weighing 100 pounds, transport it to New 



ter from the manager of the squab depart- York, and in that city deliver it by team to 



ment of a commission house in Washington the commission dealer for $1. In the case of 



market, New York city: a box of our squabs weighing twelve pounds 



"Your name and address as raisers of fancy to the dozen, about eight dozen and the box 

 squabs was given me by Mr. Howes of De- would weigh 100 pounds. If we delivered 

 troit, Michigan, who was over to your place them in New York at the price quoted, $4.50 

 a few days ago. As I have heard of your per dozen (or $36 gross), we would net, de- 

 plant before and have tried to get your ad- ducting his five per cent, commission and the 

 dress so as to write to you for squabs, I hope $1 express charges, $33.20. The commission 

 this letter will mean some business for us man would resell the squabs to his trade for 

 both. If you have any squabs to ship, I $5 to $8 per dozen. By a dozen squabs we 

 would like to get your output, and can use all mean in this case and in all cases where 

 you can ship at full market, and make you prices are quoted, twelve squabs. We do not 

 prompt returns day received and sold. This mean one dozen pairs of squabs. We mean 

 week I am returning the following prices: six pairs of squabs. Squabs are always 

 Squabs weighing ten pounds to dozen and quoted at so much per dozen, not so much 

 up, $4.50 per dozen; eight pounds and up, 3> per dozen pairs. 



seven pounds and up, $3.50; six and one-half On January 8, 1903, the New York squab 



pounds and up, $2.60; dark, $1.80 per dozen, buyer above quoted offered the following 



If you will prepay charges, account of sales prices for squabs: For squabs weighing ten 



will be sent you same day goods are fe- pounds to the dozen and up, $4.75; eight 



ceived, less five per cent, commission." pounds and up, $4.50; seven p6unds and up, 



Letters like the above come to us from all $3.60; six and one-half pounds, $2.75; dark 



parts of the country, and squab breeders and No. 2 squabs, $2. ' 



whom we have supplied get similar communi- On January 25th, 1903, he offered the fol- 

 cations. The poultry and game dealers in all lowing prices: Ten pounds and up, $5.50 per 

 sections are after squabs all the time and dozen; eight pounds and up^ $5.00 per dozejj; 

 could sell a great many more than they are seven pounds and up, $4; six and one-half 

 now able to get hold of. The above letter is pounds, $3; dark and No. squabs, $2.10. 

 written notwithstanding the fact that in New On February 6, 1903, he offered us the 

 Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania alone are same prices as last quoted, adding that he 

 today four or five thousand squab breeders, would pay $3 to $3.75 per dozen for squabs .of 

 many of them with large flocks of over one average weight and grade. In this letter he 

 thousand pairs of birds each. In the town of said: "As I have been getting quite a few 

 Moorestown, New Jersey, to take only one letters from some of your squab customers of 

 case, are from 200 to 300 squab breeders. As late, I want to thank you for same, and 

 we say in our Manual, people in these sec- n pe to get some of their birds and prove to 

 tions keep hens for their own use, but not for their satisfaction by the prices large fine 

 market, for they know that squabs pay better birds will sell at, that squab raising if prop- 

 than hens. Poultrymen in other sections of er ly carried on is a very profitable and pay- 

 the United States are fast finding this out ing industry. The demand for squabs in on 

 and are putting in squabs along with poultry, the increase and will be from now on, as 

 or giving up poultry altogether. In spite of the game laws of all the states are such as 

 the large output of squabs from the 4,000 to to prevent much small game from reaching 

 5,000 breeders in New Jersey and Eastern the several markets, where there has been a 

 Pennsylvania, which go into the Philadelphia big supply of such at low prices that squabs 

 and New York and Boston markets (for the will now take their place, so that new be- 

 squab raisers in New England supply only ginners have nothing to fear from a glut by 

 about one-tenth of the Boston demand), there over production of good-sized squabs. Tt's 

 is all the time a scarcity of squabs, as the we have proven to our own satisfaction when 

 above letter proves. This letter comes to us we introduced the large or royal squab to our 

 because we have the reputation for dealing best hotel and cafe trade In this market, dur- 

 in a fancy product. There are breeders ing the past season, and it now looks ag 

 of squabs who send to market an inferior though our demand will be greater this corn- 

 product from small and cheap Homers, and ing season. The buyers of these large 

 such squabs are not the kind which commis- birds see they are worth the difference in 

 sion dealers are anxious to get. Be sure you price, that they have a better ca,ll for them 

 are able to breed a fancy squab by getting once they introduce them to the sonsumer. 

 your breeding stock of us. Some beginners Encourage all your buyers to invest in birds 

 are anxious as to express rates, not compre- that produce large, plump squabs. It will 

 hending that they can ship squabs long dis- pay them best in the end and make a r>*ter 

 tances at a trifling cost. The express rate demand for their grade of birds." 

 from Boston to New York is $1 per 100 On Feb. 16th, 1903, he offered us the foi.ow- 

 pounds. This means that an express team ing prices: Squabs weighing ten pounds to 

 will call at our door, get a box of squabs the dozen and up, $6 per dozen; nine pounds, 



