1906 LETTERS FROM CUSTOMERS 1906 



STORIES OF SUCCESS ON THIS PAGE ARE NEW. THEY WERE RECEIVED BY 

 THE PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB COMPANY OF BOSTON IN NINE MONTHS OF 1906. 



moved them also, putting them in a corres- 

 ponding section in the other pen, the arrange- 

 ment of the pens being the same. I find that 

 the old birds find their young and go right on 

 keeping house just the same as before they 

 were moved. At present I have 100 young 

 birds, the oldest being less than five months 

 and already at work. The squabs are fully 

 developed and out of the nest at three weeks. 

 I expect to have about 80 or 90 pair of birds 

 at work about the first of November. Then 

 I shall begin to ship. E. R. C., California. 



GETTING ALONG IN VIRGINIA. Please 

 ship by freight to us six drinking fountains 

 and six bath pans. We got some birds of you 

 last year. They have done very well. 

 Thank you for the advice P. N., Virginia. 



GENEROUS TREATMENT OF CUSTOM- 

 ERS. Your letter of May 21 was most satis- 

 factory and certainly very generous. I hope I 

 made it very plain to you that you were not at 

 all to blame for the loss of one of my pigeons. 

 Your offer to replace it free of charge was 

 quite in keeping with my impression as to 

 your very generous treatment of your cus- 

 tomers. I have at last found that the lost 

 pigeon was a female and if you think a white 

 pigeon would be well received by my colony 

 of three checkered, I would like to have a 

 white female Extra Homer pigeon. My 



6'geons are in fine order and doing well. 

 rs. H. C., Georgia. 



LOST ONLY ONE SQUAB IN FIVE 

 MONTHS. Five months since , come the 12th , 

 I received of you, by express, 13 pairs of your 

 Plymouth Rock Homers. Up to date I have 

 lost but one squab (and I think he was killed 

 by a dislocation of the neck), possibly 10 eggs, 

 several by frost. I have 54 squabs, most of 

 them able to take care of themselves, and 

 seven pairs of eggs. Three pairs of young 

 ones have hatched and begun to build their 

 nests. Now I wish to ask you if you think 

 they are doing well. I do, and I am proud of 

 my intelligent birds. I am now preparing 

 to remove all young ones from the pen except 

 those that are mated and then as fast as the 

 others mate, to do as you say, put them into 

 the breeding pen. I shall also build on 

 another unit to my breeding pen in a short 

 time, as I figure on 110 birds in my present 

 house. 



I wish I was financially able to put in a good 

 plant as these birds have demonstrated their 

 fecundity. I notice you say that there is 

 little liability of nest-makers mating. I have 

 not discovered any with the few I have. I 

 have just gone through the nest boxes with 

 whitewash containing a good per cent of 



carbolic acid and vitriol solution. I clean 

 out houses often and so far have not had a 

 sick bird. Occasionally I put ginger in the 

 drinking fount and I firmly believe it is by 

 following your plain and definite instruction 

 that they keep as well. 



I hope I am not trespassing on your valu- 

 able time but cannot resist telling you how I 

 am getting on with your stock. W. G. P., 

 Wisconsin. 



CONVINCED AFTER TRIAL. I have de- 

 layed in writing you as I wanted to see how 

 the birds were going to turn out. Can say 

 now, I am more than pleased with the birds. 

 I have now 18 squabs and five pairs of eggs. 

 Three squabs died and six eggs went to waste. 

 That is all over with now. Don't expect that 

 to happen again. As far as I can see squab 

 raising looks to be very simple and profitable. 

 I have a nice clean house and running water 

 so the time spent is nothing. Enclosed you 

 will find my check for 12 pair Extra more. 

 J. S., Washington. 



GETTING FOUR DOLLARS A DOZEN 

 FOR SQUABS. Please send me as speedily 

 as possible 25 pairs of Extra Blue Homer 

 Pigeons. I have now about 125 pairs of birds 

 bred from the original 20 pairs I bought from 

 you about 18 months ago and am selling 

 squabs at $4.00 a dozen. I am building a 

 coop 48 feet by 14 feet which will accom- 

 modate about 600 birds and if successful will 

 enlarge my plant shortly. 



Will you kindly supply me with the name 

 of the large Commission house in New York 

 mentioned in your circular? The original 

 birds were bought from you in November 

 1904 and shipped to my partner in the busi- 

 ness. H. B., New Jersey. 



QUICK TIME. I have read a large num- 

 ber of your testimonials, none like this how- 

 ever. Now I will make an affidavit that I 

 received the 38 pairs Saturday morning, put 

 them in the pen by ten a.m. I gave them a 

 few tobacco stems from a crock on the floor 

 in the corner. At! five p.m. a hen laid an 

 egg. She laid her second egg to-day, Monday, 

 and is now setting. Can any of your cus- 

 tomers beat this? S. H., Illinois. 



THINKS WE ARE TRUE BLUE. I am 



giving my pigeons occasionally lettuce or 

 some raw cabbage, which they most heartily 

 enjoy. Is this conduct prudent? The last 

 batch of birds you sent me "Extra selected" 

 were magnificent. You people (The Ply- 

 mouth Rock Squab Company) seem to be 

 "true blue." ' I like to deal with your kind; 

 don't find them all the time. Please answer 



Is there anybody in your town who has failed at squab raising? Some play at pigeons 

 as they would with a new toy, then they give them up. If they bought of us., the trouble is 

 with them and not with the pigeons. 



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