1907 



MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 



1908 



ON A POLE AT TOP OF FLYING PEN. 



INDIANA WOMAN WON FIRST PRIZE AT HER FAIR. QUICK INCREASE IN SMALL 

 PLOCK. HOW SHE FEEDS THEM AND CARES FOR THEM. In the spring of 1907 I bought 

 15 pairs of your Plymouth Rock Homers. In March they started to build their nests. At 

 present (October) I have S2 young squabs with eight pairs on eggs. When the squabs are four 

 -weeks old they weigh 14 to 16 ounces apiece. They are very rich eating. One pair of birds 

 raised me from six to seven pairs of young squabs (in less than eight months). When the 

 squabs are two weeks old I clean their nestbowls out twice a week. Twice a week I sprinkle 

 ■slaked lime around. I use tobacco stems. Also every day I give my coop a good cleaning. 

 I have no kind of lice. I sprinkle a little slaked lime on the floor. I have a good many 

 visitors. They say, how can you keep it so clean ? Mr. Kline, Mr. Martin and several others 

 were here to look at my birds. They thought they were fine. Some of my young birds are 

 larger than some of the old birds. Some of the young birds have raised some young squabs 

 for the second time, of which the first eggs were no good. I feed my birds in the morning. I 

 .give cracked com, wheat, kafHr com, buckwheat and barley, all mixed^ together and feed 

 fresh water, plenty of it. Also their morning bath. This is their morning feed. At noon 

 they get lettuce or cabbage leaves or Swiss chard. They are very fond of dry bread or cake. 

 In the evening I feed the same as the morning feed except I scald a little oats; when cold; I mix 

 it with the other feed. I put a teaspoonful of carbolic acid in their drinking, water once a 

 month. I am feeding sunflower seed once a week. When my young birds are six weeks old 

 I pull their tail feathers out. I find out they do better. It seems to help them to shed their 

 feathers quicker. I band my birds when four weeks old and place them in another coop. My 

 coop is 16 feet long, 12 feet high, 10 feet wide, with a double floor with tar paper between, also 

 it is lined with tar paper and has three large windows in it. I have 132 nest boxes. They 

 are 12 inches square. I build them like you have them in your squab book. I would like to 

 send you a picture of the squab house, but I planted lima beans and spun thein up the wire. 

 I will send you a pictiire later on. I got first prize at the fair. I have seen several kinds of 

 pigeons but they don't compare with mine in size and weight. 



We eat squabs about every Sunday. I make pot pie, also I have soup. I make what you 

 ■might call noodle soup. They are the best stuffed with dressing made with one egg, one onion 

 cut fine, little parsley, pinch of salt and pepper, a little grated nutmeg, the hearts and gizzards 

 of the birds and bread broken in small pieces, water enough to moisten. This is enough for 

 three birds to dress. — Mrs. S. B., Indiana. 



MOVED HIS FLOCK, BUYING MORE. 



About a year ago, I pturchased 12 pairs of 

 Homer pigeons from you. At that time I 

 was located at Lowder, 111. About February 

 15 this year (1907) I moved thfem from 

 Lowder to Waverly, which is about eight 

 miles. I now have 34 pairs. Will be in the 

 ■market for more birds at once. A.lso_ quote 

 tne prices on supplies. — O, 0. H., Illinois. 



ONE-POUND SQUABS. NEVER LESS 

 THAN $3 AND AS HIGH AS $4.50 A DOZEN 

 OBTAINED IN SOUTH DAKOTA. In Sep- 

 tember, 1905, I bought some Homer pigeons 

 from you. Most all squabs that I have 

 raised from yotir Extra Homers weigh one 

 pound at five weeks old and I have got as high 

 as $4.50 per dozen for them, never less than 

 $3 per dozen. You may use this information 

 as it is correct. — J. H. K., South Dakota. 



NO AILING PIGEONS. Well, it has been 

 some time since I received the 13 pairs 

 pigeons from you and I will say I am quite 

 well satisfied with them. They are all work- 

 ing but two pair and I have quite a bxinch of 

 good healthy youn,g ones in my rearing pen 

 and think I would have had more if 1 had 

 given them more time and care, but I have 

 too much other work. 



I keep the house clean and have it white- 

 washed, and don't believe I have an ailing 

 pigeon in the loft. I think I have some lice 

 but they are not bad. I spray my lofts once 

 or twice a week, being careful to choose a 

 bright, warm day. — 0. R., Illinois. 



VERY FINE FLOCK. I purchased some 

 of your Plymouth Rock Homers a few years 

 ago. I have a very fine flock of birds now. — 

 J. M. W., Pennsylvania. 



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