1907 



MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 



1908 



FIVE MONTHS' WORK. SMALL FLOCK 



§iUADRUPLED. ONE OLD BIRD AND TWO 

 QUABS ONLY LOST BY DEATH. BREED- 

 ERS OF COMMON PIGEONS MYSTIFIED. 



I write you a sort of detailed statement of how 

 my four pairs of pigeons have done, that 1 

 bovight from you about the middle of May, 

 1907. One of my birds laid in about two 

 weeks after her arrival, but the eggs did not 

 hatch, and she laid again in about ten days 

 irfter I found her eggs were not good, and 

 that time she hatched all right. Two other 

 pairs commenced work soon after the first, 

 and both of them hatched all right and the 

 fil^t three pairs of squabs did well. I have 

 lost one of the hens that I bought from you. 

 She difed after raising a fine pair of squabs. 

 I have lost two squabs. 



I now have 18 birds in all, after deducting 

 the three that I lost. All of ftiy birds are now 

 (October) at work, some making nests and 

 some sitting. 



Mine are the only Homers in this part of 

 the country that I know of, and every one 

 who sees them is charmed with them. 



There are one or two parties here who are 

 trying to raise the common pigeons on the 

 same plan, that is by confining them, but are 

 not doing much, and cannot understand 

 why my birds do so much better than theirs. 

 They say that if I make a success of the 

 business they will then try Homers. 



I am very fond of the business and find it 

 a, great recreation, and very little trouble. 

 I attend to my birds before breakfast in the 

 morning and give them plentyof water, and 

 then at dinner time I feed them again, and 

 that does them until next morning They are 

 less trouble than anything of the kind that I 

 ever had anything to do with, and I believe 

 will be more profitable according to the amount 

 of capital invested.— C. A. F., Mississippi. 



SECOND ORDER, BIRDS DOING WELL, 

 ANOTHER ORDER IN PROSPECT. I here- 

 with enclose you $1 in currency, for which 

 please send me 50 open legbands for grown 

 pigeons, numbered one to fifty. The l^t 

 shipment of pigeons came to hand on the 

 second in good shape, and are a nice lot of 

 birds. I am well pleased with them. My 

 birds are all doing well. I think that 1 shall 

 give you another order soon. — F. R., Missis- 

 sippi. (The first shipment to this customer 

 was made in April, 1907, the second m 

 October of the same year). 



GREAT DEMAND FOR PLYMOUTH ROCK 

 SQUABS IN NEW JERSEY. I received on 

 May 27, 1904, one dozen pairs of your birds 

 and I have 200 birds at the present time. 

 There is a great demand for Plymouth Rock 

 squabs in New Jersey. Please send me your 

 price on 50 pairs of your best Extra mated 

 birds. — N. L., New Jersey. 



FAST START IN TWO WEEKS IN NEW 

 JERSEY. On April 22 I wrote you informing 

 you of the arrival of the birds. Now (April 

 29) there are two nests complete and six 

 others being built, which I should think was 

 pretty good work for birds not yet two weeks 

 in a strange place. The birds have been 

 highly praised for their fine appearance by 

 a number of friends and acquaintances of 

 mine, and of course the natural question was, 

 where did I get them ? And as I am a pretty 

 good advertiser for any one that I considei 

 to be worthy of such advertising, I have 

 recommended your company as the right one 

 to go to if they have any idea of investing.— > 

 J. H., New Jersey. 



IN THE SNOW. 

 Let them out on sunny winter days. In cold, 

 stormy weather they are better off inside. 



FINEST BIRDS THAT HE EVER SAW 

 IN LOUISIANA, RESULT, MANY MORE 

 ORDERS. I received my birds Saturday 

 evening, November 2, at 7 p.m. Found 

 them all in A 1 shape and are the finest birds 

 I ever saw. Please accept my most sincere 

 thanks for the extra pair and for your nice 

 selection. I will return your basket one day 

 this week, will take bill of lading for same 

 from express agent and forward to you date 

 I return same. I will send you an order for 

 12 pairs more about the 25th of this month. 

 I want to order a small shipment each month 

 until I get about 100 pairs of breeders. — 

 G. W. T., Louisiana. 



PERFECTLY MATED IN WEST VIRGINIA. 



I write to tell you how well my pigeons are 

 doing. I am >ery well pleased with them 

 as I believe they were perfectly mated and 

 went right to work after they were in the loft 

 not more than, a week. — J. N. M., West 

 Virginia. 



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