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seen larger, finer or more vigorous-looking 

 birds. Please accept thanks for your careful 

 consideration and quick shi pment. For 

 promptness you are certainly a wonder. — J. 

 H. B,, Delaware. 



SHIPPED IN EXTRA FINE SHAPE. I 



received from you last evening at 7 o'clock 208 

 birds, all alive and so far as I can see in good 

 condition. This morning one is choked and 

 stupid, but I think wUl come out all right 

 later. I am very grateful for the extra fine 

 shape in which you crated, labelled and fitted 

 them for their journey. I will send back your 

 baskets this date all in fine shape. I have 

 received everything else ordered, all in fine 

 condition. — J. C, Long Island, New York. 



SENT HIS FRIEND TO US. Please send 

 me a pass to visit your plant at Melrose 

 February 27, and one for Mr. Burrows. Mr. 

 Burrows intends buying birds soon. Mine 

 purchased last April are doing nicely. — E. L, 

 S.. Boston. 



HE IS RECOMMENDING OUR BIRDS. 



Enclosed you will find a money order for 

 which please send me wooden nappies. I 

 would like to have them as soon as possible 

 for my birds are beginning to lay. I was over 

 to your pigeon plant in Melrose and bought 

 a few pairs and I think that they are the real 

 stuff. They are doing fine. Please send me a 

 pass for two, as I would like to visit your plant 

 again, and I am recommending your birds. — 

 A. L. R., Massachusetts. 



STARTED SMALL AND IS NOW CON- 

 VINCED. Please give me your best price on 

 100 pairs, giving an estimate of the_ weight 

 and express charges on same. My birds are 

 doing &iely. All young birds are larger than 

 the parent birds and workers. — G. C. D., 

 Michigan. 



THE CHILDREN ARE BETTER THAN 

 THEIR PARENTS. I have forty-eight birds 

 raised from three pairs I bought of you, far 

 ahead in looks and activity of those you 

 sent me. — Mss. C. L. P., Connecticut. 



HAS RAISED SQUABS TEN YEARS, I 



have received your Manual and it is beyond 

 my expectations. I have raised squabs for 

 about ten years from common pigenns. — J. H. 

 M., Pennsylvania. 



^ EXPERIMENT A SUCCESS. My husband 

 is going into the business. He^ bought some 

 Homers of you last summer and intends buying 

 more. — Mrs. G. W. P., Massachusetts. 



THEY GROW UP IN INDIANA ALL RIGHT 



I now (December 1, 1903) have over eighty 

 Homers from the eight pairs I purchased from 

 you last spring. They are all in the very best 

 of condition. — R. T. M., Indiana. 



IN FINE SHAPE ALL THE WAY TO 

 OREGON. I write you to acknowledge the 

 receipt of the birds. They arrived on the 

 morning of November 18 and were turned into 

 their new quarters on the 19th, and I guess 

 they were very glad to get out of the baskets 

 and stretch their wings which they did in great 

 shape and a num.ber of them took a bath as 

 soon as it was presented to them. They all 

 seem to be in fine condition after their long 

 journey. — H. J. T., Oregon. 



GOOD RESULTS IN SIX WEEKS. By 



actual count I find we have the following 

 results today, six weeks after the arrival of the 

 pigeons: Forty-two pairs of squabs and sixty- 

 seven pairs of eggs in the process of being 

 hatched. — I. B., New Jersey. 



VERIFIED STATEMENTS AS TO COST 

 OF FEED. My little experience justifies 

 the statement of your book as to cost of 

 feed. If you will answer my query as to 

 capacity of my house I shall greatly appre- 

 ciate the courtesy. — F. B, S,, Oregon. 



COMMON PIGEONS DO NOT PAY FOR 

 KEEP. I have studied squabs for two years 

 and have had good luck with them. I have 

 read your book and think it is good. If I 

 had a price list I would get some Homers. 

 I have always had good luck, but common 

 pigeons do not pay for the keeping. — H. K., 

 Michigan. 



AN ALABAMA BOY PLEASED. The 



birds arrived safely on the 24th and in good 

 condition. We think they are a very nice 

 lot of birds. As I am a boy of only fifteen 

 years, I expect to follow your advice given 

 in yotir magazines, and would appreciate 

 any ftu-ther advice you could offer me. As 

 I have a little more money on hand, I may 

 order some more birds soon. Thank you 

 for your prompt delivery. — W. L., Alabama. 



THREE HUNDRED BIRDS RAISED IN 

 LESS THAN ONE YEAR FROM THIRTY- 

 SEX PAIRS. Our birds shipped by you 

 February 12, 1903 (thirty-six pairs), have 

 done very well. We have now (January 12, 

 1904), over three hundred and they are lay- 

 ing and hatching all the time. We are going 

 to buy some more before very long and 

 nnove our plant out onto our thirty-acre 

 farm. I think we will do some more busi- 

 ness with you. Please give us the name 

 and address of the people who buy pigeon 

 manure. We have some to sell. — S. M. M., 

 Indiana. 



FIVE DOLLARS A DOZEN FOR THE 

 SQUABS PROVE THE QUALITY OF OUR 

 HOMERS. I wrote you the first of the 

 week for price of fifty pairs of Homers ready 

 for hatching. Not receiving any answer, 

 I think you did not get the letter. Please 

 give me figures by rettum mail, and if you 



