1907 



MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 



1908 



QUICK WORK BY THE NEW FLOCK OF 

 A NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY. I should per- 

 haps have written you earlier of my boy's 

 success with the Plymouth Rock Homers 

 which you sent. One pair were nesting in 

 three days and inside of three weeks there 

 are, I think, ten of the thirteen pairs at work, 

 and if my recollection serves me, inside of 

 four weeks he had ten or a dozen squabs 

 hatched. 



It is now nearly five weeks since he had 

 them and some of the squabs are nearly large 

 enough to market. I consider this a pretty 

 good record. — H. C, New York. 



Note. The above gentleman is a well- 

 known business New Yorker. His boy is 

 only nine years old. 



DIFFERENT SIZES. 

 This shows two squabs, one of which is growing 

 faster than the other. Tms means that it is pushing 

 its smaller mate out of the way at feeding time and 

 getting more feed from the parents. In such cases, 

 the bigger one will grow f^t and the smaller one will 

 be stunted. The latter should be hdped by being 

 taken out of the nest and put alongside a squab of 

 its own size in another nest, the larger squab there 

 being brought back to grow up with a mate of its own 

 size. The parents in both cases do not neglect the 

 new comer. 



MARYLAND CUSTOMER SATISFIED 

 AND ENLARGING. On November 27, 1906, 

 I received from you 50 pairs of Plymouth 

 Rock pigeons, I put them into what I 

 considered an up-to-date house, using nappies 

 for nests. I am starting another pen and 

 expect before fall to have 150 pairs of good 

 stock. I feed cracked com and wheat and 

 I. also give the Canada peas when I can get 

 them, a little hemp and rice once in awhile, 

 1 am entirely satisfied and when I am in the 

 market for more birds, Elmer Rice's birds will 

 do for me. Thank you for your many 

 kindnesses. — ^W, B. C, Maryland. 



QUICK BEGINNING BY MATED PAIRS. 

 ALL AT WORK WITHIN TWO WEEKS 

 AFTER DELIVERY AND A PAIR OF 

 SQUABS ON HIS TABLE WITHIN SEVEN 

 WEEKS. MORE ORDERS FOLLOW, 

 Within seven weeks from the date of receipt 

 of the birds I ordered from you, I have had a 

 pair of broiled squabs on my table, and such 

 squabs I never saw before. A few days before 

 they were four weeks old, they weighed a 

 pound each. 



Some of my pairs went to work within 

 five days, and all of them within two weeks 

 after their receipt. It has been less than 

 three months since I received the seven 

 pairs, and I have killed two pairs squabs, 

 and my flock has more than doubled. I 

 think this is a good record. I can readily sell 

 my yotmg pigeons here for breeding purposes 

 at good prices, but as I ordered them to raise 

 squabs for my own table, have , so far, declined 

 to sell any. 



Two of rny neighbors have duplicated my 

 order since they nave seen mine, and I am 

 sure other orders will follow. 



I am delighted with the business and take 

 a great interest in my birds, which have 

 learned my voice, and when I go out to the 

 fly, come fluttering at my call. I prefer 

 squabs to chickens, and they are much less 

 trouble, and so much easier to raise. — J. M., 

 Mississippi. 



BEST THESIS HE EVER READ ON ANY 

 SUBJECT. I have the pleasure of acknowl- 

 edging receipt of your National Standard 

 Squab Book and having read it once through 

 and made notations of details (not indexed) 

 at the sides of the pages, I can get the meat 

 of any subject promptly. I want to say 

 (which, of course, must have been said a 

 great many times to you) that ** it is bully," 

 it is the best thesis I ever read on any subject. 

 I have tried to think of questions that sug- 

 gested themselves to me I would like an- 

 swered, but in vain. You have answered 

 everything. I want to state to any one 

 interested in squabs, surely your Manual is 

 worth its weight in gold. — ^W. C., Wisconsin, 



NEVER WAS TREATED MORE FAIRLY. 



My birds arrived October 1 in first- class 

 condition, earlier than I expected. Never 

 spent money for anything better. They are 

 regular beauties. I thank you for the extra 

 pair; I never was treated more fairly. Hope 

 to give you a larger order next time. — P. M., 

 New Orleans; 



MAN OF FORTY YEARS* EXPERIENCE 

 HAS NEVER SEEN BETTER HOMERS 

 THAN OURS. The birds came safe last 

 night. I told you before, I had some of that 

 sort (a few pairs) continuously, for over forty 

 years. I never had any better and many 

 inferior in fancy points. Accept my thanks. — 

 L. 0„ New York. 



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