1906 LETTERS FROM CUSTOMERS 1906 



STORIES OF SUCCESS ON THIS PAGE ARE NEW. THEY WERE RECEIVED BY 

 THE PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB COMPANY OF BOSTON IN NINE MONTHS OF 1906. 



Answer. Pig[eons do not care much for 

 oats. Pigeons in the street eat them, as they 

 eat peanuts or bread. Of course if you have 

 oats handy and cheap, you can feed some, 

 but pigeons will eat almost every other grain 

 in preference. When squabs weigh 14 oimces 

 they can be killed, no matter what their age. 



MOVE THEM AS YOU PROPOSE. I have 

 pigeon breeders in unit ntmibers one and 

 three. Squabs in tuiit number two, from 

 one to three months old. I wish to put num- 

 ber three with number one. Number three 

 is breeding right along. Will it hurt to move 

 nest, pigeons and squabs out of number three 

 into unit number one? Will it damage eggs 

 and squabs to do so? If rot I can move 

 them through unit number two, as I can let 

 number two in flying pen while I am moving 

 number three. 



I shall want more pigeons by fall. I got 

 13 pairs from you last year, and I have 100 

 pairs in all now, so you see I have done well 

 with them. I wish you would answer as soon 

 as possible as I do not wish to molest them 

 before I hear from you. — J. P. M., Michigan. 



Answer. Move them as you propose, 

 putting the nests in the same relative posi- 

 tions in the new nest-boxes. You will lose 

 few, if any. 



INCREASED STOCK. In May, 1903, you 

 sent C. I. Bruce forty (40) pairs of your 

 pigeons at $2.50 a pair, and in 1904, twelve 

 (12) females. We have sold and increased 

 stock since then by breeding, until, at present, 

 we have about three hundred (300) birds. — 

 Miss H. J., Connecticut. 



BEST HOMERS HE EVER SAW. You 

 favor of the 12th June, answering my inquir • 

 of the 9th June, was duly received. Thank 

 for the information. I had fully intended t^ 

 visit your plant, but, just as I am ready to 

 start, my wife, who was to accompany me on 

 a two weeks visit to the New England coast 

 is taken sick. I have seen the birds which 

 you sent to my neighbor, Mr. P. 0. Evans, 

 and they appear to be all you claim for them, 

 tie best specimens of Homers I have yet had 

 Ihe pleasure of seeing. 



If you can let me have a small lot of one- 

 half dozen pairs, at same price as paid by Mr. 

 Evans, you may enter my order for same, 

 with dozen bowls, for early delivery. — G. W. 

 G., Pennsylvania. 



FLOCK WENT TO WORK QUICKLY. 



Out of the seven pairs of Extra Homers you 

 shipped me June 2\ 1906, I have already 

 (August 10) got twelve squabs. I am very 

 much pleased over having such good success. 



but I have no way of marking them. You 

 will please send me an outfit for marking 

 them by mail. Send about what you think 

 a beginner ought to have. As the business 

 grows, will send you a larger order. — L. L., 

 Nebraska. 



A WOMAN'S WORK. I have 90 pigeons 

 on hand, bred from the 26 my husband bought 

 of you a year ago last April. — Mrs. H. C, 

 Illinois. 



STRICTLY ALL RIGHT, A friend of mine 

 of this city recommended you to me as being 

 strictly all right. I will th^nk you to send 

 me yo^lr literature explaining the cost of 

 starting a squab farm of about 250 pairs, 

 raising and marketing same, as I contemplate 

 going in that business. Thank you in ad- 

 vance for any information that you may give 

 me. — ^W. M. A., Alabama. 



RESULTS TELL THE STORY. As all of 



my birds secured from you in May this year 

 have their second pairs of yoimg ones and I 

 tHnk will continue to multiply as fast, will 

 you kindly forward me a list of commission 

 men as stated in your letter of recent date.* 

 Am. perfectly satisfied with the results ob- 

 tained from your birds. If you have any 

 inquiries for birds in this locality I will be glad 

 to attend to them for you. — J. L. T., Indiana. 



SIZE OF SQUABS A REVELATION. We 



are pleased to advise you that we ate our first 

 squab from the lot of birds you shipped in 

 May last Sunday and wish to state that the 

 size of these squabs is a revelation to us, being 

 almost twice as large as any we have ever been 

 able to secure. 



The enclosed list will give you an idea as to 

 their productiveness, I also would like to 

 have you answer the cjuestions contained 

 therein. — H. B. R. Illinois. 



OUR BIRDS BETTER THAN WE CLAIM. 



My birds reached me in good order and was 

 glad to see them when I got home from work 

 safe and sound. I think the American 

 Express Co. is about the best there is. Every- 

 body that sees your birds say they are the finest 

 they ever saw. I think when anybody is look- 

 ing for good birds they don't need to look any 

 further than your place and I loiow they will 

 go ahead of any birds in this town for lools 

 and flying. I think we will stay here till we 

 get a good flock of birds then we will move 

 outside of town. The next time I send for 

 birds I will try and send you a bigger order. 



Your birds are better than you claim for 

 them. Some of them have eggs before their 

 young ones are two weeks old. They get so 



We were the first. Our birds and methods revolutionized the squab industry and are 

 widely imitated. But imitators who copy or find fault with ova printed matter cannot give 

 you our birds. We have no agents. 



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