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. 



lor which kindly send us one dozen drinking 

 fountains. We would like you to get these 

 off as soon as possible. 



I was very much pleased with my visit to 

 your plant at Melrose which I made yesterday, 

 especially with your facilities for mating 

 birds up. Got some new ideas along with a 

 lot of good advice from your superintendent, 

 and to-day have started in to make a few 

 new reforms here. T. H. D., Connecticut. 



KNOWS PLYMOUTH ROCKS BY EX- 

 PERIENCE. I saw your advertisement of 

 Homer Pigeons in a magazine. I would like 

 very much for your company to send me one 

 of your catalogues, and how much you charge 

 for Homers a pair. I know from experience 

 that a Plymouth Rock Homer is a good 

 breeder. A friend of mine got some from 

 your people a short time ago, but I did not 

 inquire as to the price of them. In answer 

 to letter from you, I will send for some, and 

 if they are satisfactory, I will be glad to get 

 more, as I am a great pigeon fancier. W. 

 A., Illinois. 



ONE YEAR'S SATISFACTION. Send one 

 bushel of Kaffir corn and one bushel of Canada 

 peas to me. It may interest you to know that 

 the birds I bought from you a year ago are in 

 every way satisfactory. I have doubled the 

 number of workers in that time and have had 

 all I wanted for my own table, and sold quite a 

 number. J. B. H., Massachusetts. 



SOME WEIGH 14 OUNCES WHEN 15 

 DAYS OLD. I received your pigeons in May 

 when I was in Longueuil. They have done 

 well, as I have had some which weigh 14 

 ounces at 15 days old. What do you think 

 of a mirror in my squab house? I will be 

 very pleased to receive all your advertising 

 booklets. G. C., Canada. 



SUNFLOWER SEEDS ARE GOOD. Your 

 book doesn't say anything about feeding 

 pigeons sunflower seeds. Will they eat them 

 or isn't it good for them to have them ? Please 

 let me know. The pigeons I got from you are 

 doing pretty well, I think. I may get more 

 next year. B. J., Vermont. 



Answer. Sunflower seeds are a good pigeon 

 food and are used by many of our customers. 

 They are rich and oily and should not be fed 

 in excess, but as a dainty. A good way to 

 feed them is to throw the whole head in front 

 of the birds and let them pick out the seeds 

 themselves with their bills. 



BREED WELL IN CALIFORNIA. En- 

 closed find money order for 40 cents for which 



kindly send me two feet of your aluminum 

 tubing for bands. Also send one of your 



rice lists, as mine has been mislaid, 

 wenty-four pairs of Homers purchased of 

 you one year ago are doing fine. Flock now 

 numbers 150. W. J. M., California. 



CONTINUOUS SATISFACTION. Enclosed 

 find check which is to cover enclosed order. 

 All the birds which you have sent me so far 

 are very satisfactory. G. S., New York. 



FINEST BIRDS AROUND. Your birds I 

 bought of you a year ago are going fine the 

 finest birds around, so my friends say. Mrs 

 J. J. M., Massachusetts. 



HOTEL KEEPER RAISING HIS TABLE 

 SQUABS. Am very glad to know that you 

 were pleased with our menus and will con- 

 tinue mailing them to you from time to time 

 if you do not object. I hope that the temp- 

 tation will be strong enough to cause you to 

 come to our city and look over our squab 

 farm. I have been quite successful and have 

 a fine lot of birds. It is more than likely, 

 however, that I shall want some additional 

 birds in the very near future. I would like a 

 few show Homers, Dragoons and Runts" 

 For squab raising purposes, I could not ask 

 anything better than I now have. Will mail 

 you an order for supplies in a few days. W. 

 S., Georgia. 



BEAUTIFUL, HEALTHY BIRDS. Will you 

 please quote me the price of your wicker 

 shipping baskets, size for 12 pairs, or kindly 

 forward me the address of the manufacturers 

 of same. Also state in your letter if the drop- 

 pings must be entirely free from straw and 

 feathers, or reasonably so, to satisfy the pur- 

 chasers at the tanneries. The six pairs I pur- 

 chased of you two years ago have increased to 

 150 or 170, besides what I have killed, and the 

 stock has proven entirely satisfactory in every 

 way. I have taken pains to follow your 

 instructions to the letter so now I have the 

 above number of beautiful, healthy birds. 

 W. H. Y., New York. 



Answer. It is impossible to get all straw 

 and feathers entirely out of the manure. 

 Sweep out what you can with a broom before 

 cleaning the squab-house. The leather peo- 

 ple do not care if some straw and feathers get 

 in but they do not want gravel and tobacco 

 stems. The latter discolor and stain when 

 wet. 



BIRDS THAT FLY AWAY. On about 

 April 20, 1905, we bought of you six Plymouth 

 Rock Homer pigeons. Since then they have 



For six years we have had a complete monopoly of the fine trade of the United States. We 

 sell more Homers every year than all other firms and breeders combined. The reason for this 

 is that our birds demonstrate their value and make friends wherever they go. This supremacy 

 we intend to maintain. 



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