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. 



done exceedingly well, and we have got a 



Fretty good start in pigeons now, but what 

 write you to-day for is this. This morning 

 at 9 o'clock one of the birds we got of you got 

 out of the flying pen . She flew into the air and 

 started for Boston. This was a brown bird, 

 and we thought she might arrive at her 

 destination, so I wish you to keep a lookout 

 for her and see if you can tell if she gets there. 

 If she does arrive, would you mind letting me 

 know? I am anxious to know if she gets 

 there. This was a female bird and she left 

 a young bird about a week old in the nest. — 

 R. H., Iowa. 



Answer. No Homer would fly that dis- 

 tance. We receive many letters like the 

 above. Customers should watch the .doors 

 of squab-house and pens and not let their 

 birds get away. 



LARGE, HEAVY AND FULL-BREASTED. 



Enclosed find money order for one more 

 dozen pairs of your Extra Plymouth Rock 

 Homers. 



I did not rush a letter down to you the 

 same afternoon I received the other birds for 

 the reason that I wanted to try them out 

 first. The dozen pair of Plymouth Rocks, 

 on their arrival weighed exactly 22 pounds, 

 while a few days later I received another 

 dozen pair from another compaily and they 

 weighed only 17 pounds. They were not 

 full-breasted like your bii'ds. 



I received first shipment on the 2nd of 

 March. They are now working like good 

 fellows. Have three nests with eggs in. 



You will hear from me occasionally with 

 ftu-ther orders. — A. P. S., Michigan. 



WANTS TO BUY SOME GOOD ONES. 



Kindly send your catalogue and any other 

 printed matter you have about pigeons. An 

 acquaintance wants to buy some good birds 

 and he is going to look at my lot that I 

 received last Thursday. I feel sure I can 

 land him as a customer for you. — H. D. C., 

 Pennsylvania. 



GOING SLOWLY. Please send free book, 

 "How to Make Money with Squabs." The 

 birds bought of you are doing well now and 

 some of their young are hatching. Have 

 enough now to ship a dozen a month now. — 

 W. M., Maryland. 



JUST THE BIRDS. I thought I would 

 let you know how my birds are getting along. 

 They arrived on Tuesday, May Isti as I wrote 

 you. Thursday of the same week one pair 

 had commenced to btuld. At this writing 

 four pairs have eggs. The others are build- 

 ing. That is what I call going right to work. 



I am very much pleased with them. There 

 was a party here this morning looking at 

 them. He talks of putting in one hundred 

 pair, and says they are just the birds that he 

 wants. He is coming up to see your plant. 

 Of course I showed him my birds and told 

 him just what they were doing and where 

 they came from so I think he will be a cus- 

 tomer for you. I shall advertise the Plymouth 

 Rock birds wherever I have a chance. Thank 

 you for your kindness. — J. C, New Jersey. 



SQUABS WEIGHING ONE POUND APIECE 

 WHEN ONE MONTH OLD. I received my 

 pigeons from you April 20, 1905. I have one 

 pair that has hatched eleven (H) times up to 

 the 22nd day of April, 1906, so you can see 

 that they have had fairly good care. I now 

 have 110 birds and am getting them fast now 

 and will commence shipping when I get 70 

 or 80 pairs. I have weighed a number of 

 birds four weeks old that weighed 16 ounces 

 and I think that is very good. — L. F., Iowa. 



QUICKLY AT WORK. Please pardon my 

 delay in acknowledging the receipt (right 

 side up) of the pigeons you shipped to me at 

 Harpers Ferry, W. Va., which place I left 

 before the shipment arrived. My wife 

 informed me- that they were all in good shape 

 and the finest specimens she ever saw. Also 

 thoxight they had returned the baskets to you. 

 As soon as I go home, which will be in a few 

 days, will send you another order. My wife's 

 third letter tells me that 16 pairs out of the IS 

 have gone to setting. Don't think you can 

 beat that at home. We have everything good 

 ' to feed them, peas, kaffir com, wheat and 

 millet, and we intend to make a success of 

 the business. — W. S., Virginia. 



SQUABS HAVE AVERAGED ONE POUND 

 APIECE. Enclosed please find certified 

 check for $173.98 for which kindly send me 

 birds and supplies as enclosed. Kindly send 

 the shipment of birds as soon as possible as 

 I would like to receive them before Tuesday. 

 All my birds are doing nicely. My squabs, 

 under your system of feeding, have averaged 

 a pound apiece and I expect from the present 

 outlook of things to make them average a 

 good deal more. — E. H, M., Pennsylvania. 



THIS WOMAN IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 

 KNOWS WHAT A FINE HOMER IS. A 



week ago I wrote you complaining of non- 

 acknowledgment of my remittance sent in 

 with my order. As I was beginning to 

 wonder if it had miscarried, I am pleased to 

 be able to inform you that I received the best 

 possible answer to my letter in arrival of 

 the birds I ordered from you. They arrived- 



The eqmpment at our farm for mating birds cost $2000 and no expense was spared to 

 make it perfect. A thousand mating coops are in constant use. The principal mating house 

 IS heated by hot water so as to get the best and quickest results in the cold months. 



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