132 NATIONAL STANDARD SQUAB BOOK 



SQUAB BUSINESS A SUCCESS. My 

 father is in the squab business in a town in 

 this State. His business is a success, but I 

 would like to have him give your birds a 

 trial and so have decided to make him a 

 present of a dozen. — H. L, T., Iowa. 



GOOD WORDS FROM A COMPETITOR. 



We have associated your splendid achieve- 

 ments and capacity with our dogged deter- 

 mination to remain in to the death, and by 

 elimination have dyferentiated both of our 

 establishments from the pretentious and 

 ephemeral plants that come and go. We are 

 a long way from feeling otherwise than 

 modest, and yet we realize that in about 

 eight months we have got a good plant, a 

 good stock, a good name and a good trade, 

 and do not owe a dollar. All the same, this 

 has been regretfully on our sole , unaided 

 inexperience , and your skill has been a 

 loadstar of hope , suggesting that perhaps 

 some day we might hit upon the course 

 which you have taken and follow it. If 

 this business shall ever be trustified, we 

 shall wish to be near you, and in any event 

 we have nothing but desire for your con- 

 tinued brilliant success, and that we shall 

 be worthy compeers. — C. F., New York. 



WONDERFUL FECUNDITY. Here is 

 $3.84, for which please send me four dozen 

 wood nappies by Barstow's express. My 

 pigeons bought of you a year ago are doing 

 fine. I bought six pairs of you a year ago and 

 have now (July 5, 1904) 175 birds. I had 100 

 stolen. But for this misfortune I would now 

 have 275. I have 400 or 500 hens as well as 

 the pigeons.-^N. J. G., Massachusetts. 



RAISED A HUNDRED. Will you send me 

 your prices on grain of all kinds ? My birds . 

 are doin^ fine now. I have about one hundred 

 birds raised from the ones I bought of you 

 (twelve pairs). As soon as I get started in 

 good shape I shall buy more breeders from 

 you. I have not sold any yet as I have been 

 raising them. — H. A. H., Massachusetts. 



OTHER HOMERS NOT LIKE OURS. I 



enclose my check for $1.50 to pay for leg band 

 out5t, and 20 cents additional for postage. 

 My birds are continuing to do fine, and I am 

 more pleased than ever with them. I was out 

 last night calling on a man who claimed to 

 have Homers, They looked more like com- 

 mon street pigeons than my Homers. All 

 these things tend to encourage me, when peo- 

 ple can breed such birds profitably. I know 

 mine will show up much better. Please "give 

 me a few names of New York dealers in 

 squabs. — ^W. M. G., New York. 



PERFECTLY SATISFIED. Pardon me 

 for not writing before, but I have been away 

 from home since the birds came, until within 

 a few days. I am perfectly well satisfied with 

 the Homers you sent me. They are as fine a 



lot of birds as I could wish to see. Half of 

 them are nesting now and I think that they 

 went to work as quickly as could be expected. 

 We have taken great pains to make theu: house 

 warm, clean and convenient. I intended to 

 order more birds before this time but have 

 been unable owing to sickness in my family. 

 However, as soon as I get straightened round 

 again I intend to order more breeding stock 

 and work my flock up to 150 pairs as soon as 

 possible. — L. A, C, New Jersey. 



ENCOURAGED TO GO ON AFTER EIGHT 

 MONTHS' TRIAL. Kindly quote me price on 

 leg band outfit. I have lost the circular which 

 you sent me. The birds I got from you last 

 fall (eight months ago) are doing fine, one pair 

 especially, breeding regularly four weeks. I 

 hope to have larger quarters and will then 

 place order for more birds. — F. J. G., New 

 York. 



A PLEASURE TO DO BUSINESS WITH 



US. The two dozen pairs of Eztea birds 

 ordered Thursday night arrived Saturday 

 morning. It certainly is a pleasure to do 

 business with you. I am delighted with the 

 prompt service you have rendered, for which 

 I beg to thank you. The birds are a fine lot, 

 and they arrived all in the best condition. I 

 am convinced that you make a special thing of 

 each order sent you. Will return the baskets 

 tomorrow.— E. S. F., New York, 



NEVER SEEN BETTER PIGEONS. Sev- 

 eral men who have seen my birds have said 

 that they have never seen. a healthier or finer 

 lot of pigeons anywhere. The reason they are 

 in such healthy condition is simply this, that 

 I have followed your method to the very 

 letter, and hence the result. — E. W., New 

 York. 



SEVEN MONTHS OF STEADY INCREASE. 



In May last I bought of you a dozen pairs of 

 Homer pigeons which proved a great success, 

 as I now have thirty or forty young birds fly- 

 ing at large. What I want to know is, can I 

 let out my old ones ? I have a fine large flying 

 pen for them, but if you think they will stay 

 with me if I give them their freedom, I would 

 like to do so. They have now been in their 

 present quarters nearly seven months. — W. L, 

 J., Maine. 



THANKS FOR EXTRA HEN. This is to 

 advise you that our second order of breeders 

 was received on the morning of the 24th in 

 prime condition. We wish to thank you both 

 for yoiu: promptness in filling our order, and 

 also for the extra hen sent to replace the sick 

 one of our first lot. — ^W. E. M., Pennsylvania. 



NEVER SEEN LARGER, FINER OR MORE 

 VIGOROUS BIRDS. The Homer pigeons 

 ordered from you on Sattirday last arrived 

 today, Tuesday, about noon, apparently in 

 excellent condition, and I believe I have never 



