National Staiulard Squab J^uuk. 



L .uis A. FUher, MaiiHgcr rt-iuuiy Cliili, 

 ikveianJ. Ohio. t.FflJ- 17, iyu3) : "We buy 

 itll our t:;ciuabw in New Vurk as the prices >ii 

 three and four dollars per dozL-n prevailing 

 in this eity iu-e too higli — that is, we l.my 

 cheaper in New York than here." 



A. S. Barnott, steward Morton House, 

 Grand Rapids, Michigan. ^Feb. 11, Um): 

 ■'In reply to your inquiry in regard to 

 what we would pay for squabs such as you 

 have, we are paying ^1.\lo per dozen. Should 

 yuu consider our price an object, would be 

 pleased to learn how many you could fur- 

 nish a wcfk." 



Hotel Srlienlen. Pittsburg, Penn. (.Feb. 10, 

 l!tn:]) : "Your squabs inut^t be according to 

 the weight and you should find a ready mar- 

 ket for suiti stock. Nice white squabs are 

 bringing '^'■i. "iM today." 



Hotel Rider. Cambridge Springs, Penn. 

 (Fell. 11, 1^(13 1 : ""We can pay >'ou ^2.-23 per 

 dozen for genuine squabw (no pigeons) de- 

 livered here. Pan u.se six or eight dozen 

 at a time, but we do not want anything but 

 young birds." 



E. A. Goodrich & To., commission mer- 

 chants, 1(13 South Water street. Chicago, 

 Illinois. (F.-b. 13. 1903): "Your favor at 

 hand. If \'nu mean fat young pigeons that 

 have left the nest and can fly, they are 

 worth 7.' cents to '^1 pci- dozen, and the trade 

 ■wants them alive. (This is the way the 

 trade in Boston wants them, but they pay- 

 more). If you mean nestlings, or very young 

 pigeons which have not left the nest and are 

 unable to fly, we can get you $2 to $2.2." per 

 dozen, drpssed neatly. Either kind is good 

 sale at prices named and can handle for yon 



any quani ity from n\c dozen to one hundred 

 dozen. it nestling tic in one-half dozen 

 bunehes packed in ice and ship by express." 



A FINAL WORD.— (tur object in priming 

 the letters from marketmen and other squab 

 buyers, in this appendix, is to convince any 

 intelligent man or woman that there is a 

 market for him, provided he goey to raising 

 squabs, no matter where he lives. Wc liave 

 hundreds of similar letters on hand, but \\e 

 have not room to print all, and we think we 

 have printed enougli. If you are nui: con- 

 vinced by what we liavi- printed tliat there 

 is a paying mai^kel for squalis within live 

 hundred miles of joii. do not write to us and 

 ask us to tell you tlic names and addresses 

 of squab buyers in your town or city, nr 

 your county, for tliat we may not be able to 

 do, but sit down at \our writing desk, nr ;;o 

 out in perron, and !ind out for yourself. 



It is unn .'cessary to argue the squab mar- 

 ket within anyone of common sense who 

 lives east >>( the ^Mississippi and Missouri 

 rivers, and on the Pacific ci>ast, and within 

 shipping distance of Denver. If you live in 

 a barren territory or .i foreign country, and 

 wish to take up this subject with us, we 

 will reply to the best of our ability, but 

 remember (hat yon ace on the ground, and 

 can find out such Ta-'ts for yourself better 

 than we can tell you. 



This Manual is intf^nded to Vc a book of 

 facts, backed up by evidence. If anybody has 

 any additional facts as to squabs which will 

 improve this Manual, we will be glad to con- 

 sider same, and will pay for them if ac- 

 cepted. ** 



