1907 MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 1908 



FIRST PRIZE ON ONE PAIR, FIRST PRIZE ON COOP OF FOUR PAIRS, COMPETITION 

 LIVELY AMONG SEVERAL HUNDRED BIRDS. I promised to write you about the birds 

 when the Fair was over. I will do so now. (September, 1907.) I took first money on one 



fair, the speckled wing birds, and first prize ribbon on coop of four pairs. Three of the pairs 

 secured from you and one pair from my pen. The judge said that the hen bird was fine, but 

 cock not so good. Of course I did not have time to trim them or fix them up for the occasion. 

 I had to go up against several pigeon fanciers but came out with flying colors all the same. We 

 had several hundred birds of different kinds at the Fair. I informed several where those birds 

 came from and how long I had them. Hoping this will be as satisfactory to you as it is to me. — 

 A. C. M., Maryland. 



TOOK ONE PAIR TO EXHIBITION, WON FIRST PRIZE, WAS OFFERED FIVE DOLLARS 

 FOR THEM, TURNED DOWN OFFER. It has been a long time since you have heard from 

 me. In the first place, I must let you know that my birds are getting along very nicely. I 

 am very well pleased. I have 15 pairs of old birds and 75 young birds. I took one pair to the 

 County Fair. They were red checkers. I received first prize. I was offered $5 for the pair 

 of birds. I told that man that I would not sell my birds and that if he wanted any birds I 

 would give him yo\tr address so he could buy some. — Mrs. B. A., Indiana. 



BEST PAIR OF HOMERS IN THIS ALABAMA COUNTY EXHIBITION. ORDERS MORE 

 BIRDS. Your favor of October 19, 1907, was duly received. In answer to your query about 

 our winning the prize on our Homers at the County Fair, we will state your information is 

 correct. We won the prize for the best pair of Homers with a pair of blacks we got from you. 



We expect to make a better display at the next Annual Fair and if we see that we have a 

 lot of prize winners we will probably enter them at the State Fair at Birmingham. We hope 

 you will assist us in our efforts by sending us extra good birds in our next order. — C. O., Alabama. 



TOOK 18 TO THE CENTRAL MAINE FAIR AND WON 11 PREMIUMS. I have over 100 

 pigeons on hand. I purcha.sed three pairs of you at $2.50 per pair and bought two pairs of C. E. 

 Melvin at $2 a pair, and this is the product of the two kinds. I took 18 of them to the Central 

 Maine Fair at Waterville the past week (September, 1907i and got 11 premiums on the 18 

 birds. The others are all about the same, good, healthy birds. — S. A. P., Maine. 



FIRST AND SECOND PREMIUMS AND SPECIAL COMMENDATION AT THIS ILLINOIS 

 POULTRY SHOW. The pigeons you sent me obtained the first and second premiums at the 

 poultry show with special commendation. I was informed the judges stated that one pair in 

 particular wotUd be very hard to beat anywhere. I thoroughly demonstrated that '* blood 

 tells." — O. J., Illinois. 



ANOTHER WON FIRST PRIZE AT AN ILLINOIS COUNTY FAIR. I have some of your 

 Homers bought. They are fine. They have won first prize at the County Fair. Send plans 

 for pigeon houses. — ^T. H. W., Illinois. 



ONE CUSTOMER WON THE PRIZES AT BETTER BIRDS THAN ANY IN THE 

 THE FAIR WITH OUR BIRDS AND HIS BIG POULTRY AND PIGEON SHOW JN 

 NEIGHBOR WISHES TO GET SOMETHING MONTANA. WANTED SOMEBODY HE 

 TO BEAT THAT. Enclosed you will find COULD RELY ON FOR THE GENUINE. I 

 money order for which please send me three am very well pleased with the stock I received 

 pairs No. 1 Homers, one drinker and six to-day. They are the finest lot of pigeons I 

 bowls. (Colors, one pair blue checkers, one ever saw. I received your letter and direc- 

 pair reds and one pair blacks. Please send tions this morning and the pigeons this after- 

 mated birds. Send some good birds because noon. Thank you for the prompt and careful 

 I want to beat your customer Mr. N. in the selection you gave me. Many thanks for the 

 poultry show here soon. He got the prize extra pair of pigeons. They seemed glad to 

 at the Fair, I have some blue barred hens. get out of the box. They look fine for the 

 Please send me all the -circulars that you long trip and all perfectly well. I did not 

 send out because I want to start in the expect to see such fine birds for I' did not 

 business right. — B. R., Alabama. know how they would get through the snow 



blockade in i:he Dakotas. Although I have 



COW PEAS SUBSTITUTED FOR CANADA seen only one letter from your customers in 



PEAS. I enclose you what they call " cow Montana, I think that if I follow your direc- 



peas " here to ask you if they are what you tions closely, I can make a success of it. 



call " Canada peas." The pigeons I got of There ought to be a good market here and in 



you are satisfactory in every respect. Will the big poultry and pieeon show there were 



probably get more March 1. — D. H., Illinois. none could stand beside these. The " National 



Answer. Cow peas are not Canada peas Standard Squab Book " convinced me that I 



but they are fed lajgely to pigeons and if they wanted somebody I could rely upon for the 



are plentiful in your State, feed them. genuine — M. O. S., Montana. 



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