1907 



MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 



1908 



BIRDS FED ONLY CRACKED BARLEY. 

 KNOWS WHERE TO GET MORE BIRDS. 



I have some fine birds and am ctuck on that 

 last basketful you sent — those nice dark 

 checkers, and some of the nicest sky blue I 

 ever saw. I have some young birds from 

 the last ones you sent me that will mate in 

 two or three weeks, so you can see they did 

 not lose much time after siiedding feathers. 

 There was a man at my place, whose name I 

 forget. He said his birds were from your 

 place and that my birds were livelier than 

 his. I told him if he would follow your book 

 he would be all right. I told him he was 

 feeding too much, or he was not giving them 

 the right feed, and he said he was feeding 

 cracked barley so he cannot expect much 

 from his birds. 



I went to the market to find out what they 

 are paying for birds. They are paying 25 

 cents apiece for old common birds and he said 

 that they pay more for Homer squabs. 



My birds are getting along finely. I am 

 going to get 60 cents a bushel for manure 

 with straw in it, which I think is a good price. 



If I want any more birds I know where to 

 get them and that is from your place. — J. C, 

 Wisconsin. 



READY SALE IN LOUISIANA FOR \LL 

 SQUABS THAT CAN BE PRODUCED. 

 PRICES ARE GOOD, RANGING FROM $2.50 

 TO $4.00 A DOZEN. I received your 

 National Standard Squab Book on the evening 

 of the 5th inst. and have studied same over 

 carefully several times and will say that I 

 am perfectly satisfied with it and consider 

 your Manual one of much value and indis- 



fensable to one who intends to raise squabs, 

 expect to order from you in half dozen and 

 dozen lots, until I get me a good flock of 

 breeders. (This I will have to do on account 

 of my limited means and again I am not at 

 my home. I am employed by the railroad 

 company as foreman and my house is 25 

 miles from my work. However, I am con- 

 fident that I will be in a position to quit 

 railroai-ing in 12 months from now if I have 

 gOQd luck ;with birds.) I have an ideal place 

 for a squab plant containing 12 acres of 

 good land and nice dwelling and out buildings. 

 I have also investigated the marketing of 

 squabs in this territory and find that I can get 

 ready sale for all that I can produce at from 

 $2.50 to $4.50 per dozen, according to weight 

 and plumpness. — T. H., Louisiana. 



THIS ILLINOIS YOUNG WOMAN HAS 

 GIVEN US HALF A DOZEN ORDERS FOR 

 BIRDS BETWEEN 1903 AND 1908. Please 

 find enclosed two post-office money orders 

 for S125 and send me 50 pairs Extra Plymouth 

 Rocks. My mother's sickness interfered 

 with my plans. I have lost many orders by 

 not having enough breeders. I think it safe 

 to try now. — Miss J. M.. Tllin<>is. 



HAS KEPT PIGEONS FOR YEARS. 

 PLYMOUTH ROCKS DO BETTER THAN 

 ANY HE EVER BRED. I had 36 pairs oi 

 your Extra Plymouth Rock Homers to start 



with. They are fine birds and very good 

 breeders. I have kept pigeons for years, 

 but yours do as well and m some respects 

 better than any I ever had. I intended to 

 breed them for squabs, but there is such a 

 call for good breeders that I have not had 

 any chance to sell squabs. — A. T. K., Massa- 

 chusetts. 



FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY EARNING 

 POCKET MONEY FOR TWO YEARS. 



About two years ago I bought three pairs 

 of your best Homer breeders and they are 

 getting along very nicely. I am only 15 

 years old. 1 am running my business the 

 way described in your National Standard 

 Squab Book. Have you a 1907 copy of this 

 book? — ^J. A. M., Wisconsin. 



NEST OF STRAW AND FEATHERS. 



Some birds build a scanty nest, using only a few 

 wisps of straw, with perhaps a feather or two. _ A 

 nestbowl is an absolute necessity for such pairs, 

 otherwise the eggs soon roll apart or out of the nest box. 

 In April, 1907, a Mi^ouri woman wrote us as follows: 

 "Enclosed find draft for SI 1.52, for which please send 

 me one gross of nestbowls. One year ago I started 

 with 40 pairs of Homers. Now I have something 

 over 400 birds, I have lost a great number of eggs, 

 and feel like I must have the nestbowls, as they pre- 

 vent the eggs from rolling out. Send them at once." 



GETTING RID OF COMMON PIGEONS 

 AND PURCHASING PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 

 THE MOST WEIGHTY BIRDS HE EVER 



SAW. I have a number of common birds 

 which I am either going to sell, or kill them 

 for my own use, but I will exert every effort 

 to sell them and purchase more birds of you, 

 as I think yours are the most weighty birds 

 I ever saw. As soon as I am rid of what 

 common birds I have on hand now, you may 

 expect my order for some more of your 

 breeders. — T. W., New York. 



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