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and did not mind the close confinement after 

 the first day. One of the pairs laid two eggs. 

 My flock took nrst, second, third and fourth 

 prizes, also one for the largest flock of one 

 exhibitor (which was $3), and the white birds 

 took first prize over three other pairs. The 

 judge was high in praise of the birds and their 

 markings. 1 understand you have sold some 

 birds to Mr. Marsh, who has heard about my 

 success and is to start with one hundred pairs. 

 The pigeons sold several months ago to a 

 doctor of Warren were through my recom- 

 mendation. Thanking you again for past 

 favors, I remain, etc. — Mrs. R. C., Pennsyl- 

 vania. (The pigeon exhibition to which she 

 refers was held in February, 1906.) 



OFFERED FIVE DOLLARS A PAIR FOR 

 THE BIRDS. Pigeons arrived August 29 

 in good condition and I thank you. I am 

 well pleased with the birds; they are the finest 

 flock I have ever seen. The teamster who 

 brought them out from Seattle informs me a- 

 man on the way offered him five dollars a pair 

 for the birds. Had I been with him, I surely 

 would have taken hirai up, and made nearly 

 $100 by the bargain. You may expect 

 another order from me in a month or six 

 weeks for one hundred pairs, and then I shall 

 have enough breeders to commence with. — 

 C. C, State of Washington. 



(We have had quite a number of letters 

 similar to this one, and from other informa- 

 tion which we have in regard to the Western 

 market for breeders, we know it to be a 

 remarkable one. Any one who buys oiur fine 

 birds can find a purchaser who is willing to 

 pay in many cases much more than the dif- 

 ference in express charges. We receive 

 numerous requests Irova wholesalers who wish 

 to sell our birds in their territory, but we sell 

 all the birds we wish to at retail, to the extent 

 of our capacity, at one price to all, and do not 

 supply such dealers. We are shipping at 

 least one order a day the year round to Cali- 

 fornia or the State of Washington.) 



OUR HOMERS ARE PRIZED BY FAN- 

 CIERS AS WELL AS SQUAB BREEDERS. 



Our Homers sell on their merits as squab 

 breeders, but they are first-class flyers, able 

 to win in any company. At the New York 

 and Chicago National Pigeon Shows in Janu- 

 ary, 1904, in competition with the whole 

 country, Homers sold by us and exhibited by 

 our customers were the best birds there. In 

 awarding the first prize, New York show, class 

 of Blue Homer Cocks, the judge said: ** Grand 

 one; the best bird in the ring today to my way 

 of thinking. He is a large, fine-colored Homer 

 with almost perfect head, broad shoulders and 

 wedge-shaped body, nice eye and fine dark 

 cere. This cock also won the cup for best 

 Homer shown^ and this honor was not new to 

 him^ as he did the same trick at Lawrence 

 earher in the season." 



The class of Blue Checker Cocks at the New 

 York show was the largest. "A finer class of 



Blue Checker Homers we have never seen," 

 said the judge. The first prize in this large 

 class was awarded a Homer from our coops 

 exhibited by one of our customers with the 

 following comment by the judge: "Grand- 

 bodied, up-standing bird, elegant head and eye, 

 with the most perfect checkering I ever saw on 

 a Homer, but for being a trifle light (in color) 

 on rump he would be hard to find fault with." 



In awarding the first prize in the New York 

 show, class of Blue Hens, to a hen sold by u& 

 and exhibited by one of our customers, the 

 judge said: "This class outside of the winner 

 was not bang-up. Good blue hens are scarce, 

 but the first bird is an exception, and probably 

 one of the best hens going. She is extra large 

 for a hen, almost over the limit in this respect, 

 biit she is built on the correct lines, very good 

 color and smooth type of head. She would 

 make a great mate for the first cock." 



In the fall of 1903, one of our customers, 

 with a Homer cock bought of us, won first 

 prize every time exhibited, also special prize 

 for best Homer in the show, every time ex- 

 hibited at the pigeon and poultry shows at 

 Taimton, Brockton and Hartford. 



THIS COMMISSION FIRM IN NEW YORK 

 CITY WANTS ONE THOUSAND DOZEN 

 SQUABS DAILY, PAYING FROM $4 TO $6 

 A DOZEN FOR SQUABS BRED FROM OUR 

 BIRDS. The large commission houses handle 

 squabs by hundreds of dozens daily and firms 

 which are known to furnish squabs of first- 

 class size and weight, such as our birds breed, 

 get more orders than they can fill. We re- 

 ceived the following letter in January, 1904, 

 from a well-known commission firm in New 

 York City (whose name and address we give 

 to customers who buy breeding stock of us) : 

 Plymouth Rock Squab Co., Boston, Mass.: 



Gentlemen : I am receiving quite a few 

 letters from time to time from the different 

 customers of yours that are starting in the 

 squab trade. I wish if you see or write 

 them, that you would advise them as I 

 have done, to put themselves in a position 

 to ship from 5 to 10 dozen squabs at a time, 

 and if they intend to make a business of it, 

 they might as well buy enough breeders in 

 the start, so as to be able to ship a quantity 

 at a time, as these Uttle shipments of one or 

 two dozen hardly pay one to handle, the 

 expense eating up the commission. I have 

 stated to them before, and you can also tell 

 them, that the squab trade is in its infancy, 

 and will certainly increase from time to 

 time, and we are in a position to handle 

 daily any part of 1000 dozen squabs, as we 

 have a big outlet to place them promptly at 

 top prices, with check to balance same dav 

 goods are received and sold. For the pres- 

 ent, and until ftuther notice, we quote you 

 market as follows: Squabs weighing ten 

 pounds to the dozen, $5.50 per dozen; nine 

 pounds, $5.25 per dozen; eight pounds, 

 $5 per dozen; seven pounds, $4 per dozen; 

 six and one-half pounds, $2.75 per dozen; 



