STORIES OF SUCCESS WITH PLYMOUTH ROCK HOMERS 



my card, that they would think it over and let 

 me know. One fellow wanted to give me 

 $2.10 per dozen: what do you think of that? 

 He did not get them, I assure you. I have no 

 other birds except those I recei^^ed from you, 

 and I have not had a sick one among them in 

 the year and a half, with the exception of one 

 that had a large lump on its wing. I painted 

 this with iodine. It moped around for six 

 weeks or more but now it and its faithful mate 

 are building a nest. Here is a strange freak 

 of natiu-e which puzzles me, I have a pair of 

 young birds that always lay four eggs. The 

 first four did not hatch. Out of the next four 

 they hatched one bird. The third, also four 

 eggs and one bird. I have separated them as 

 I found them to be nest mates. My object in 

 Avriting this letter to you, besides informing 

 you of my success thus far, is to ask for the 

 address of some one, not too far from me, to 

 whom I can sell my squabs at this time of the 

 year. One man wrote to me and said he 

 would buy all I raised "if I bought the breed- 

 ers from him." But my first thoughts were, 

 of course, to see you first. — F. B., Ohio. 

 (We told this customer where to ship in New 

 York City, and he shipped accordingly and 

 received satisfactory prices) . 



STARTED WITH 24 OF OUR BIRDS IN 

 1902, AND NOW HAS 700 OF THE FINEST 

 EVER SEEN. In July of 1902 I bought 

 twenty-four birds, Homer pigeons for breed- 

 ers, from you, I now have seven hundred of 

 as fine-looking birds as any one ever saw and 

 all full blooded for which I thank you for the 

 good stock sent me. — C. E. L., Michigan. 



FIRST ORDER FOLLOWED BY A SECOND. 



The six pairs of pigeons were received O. K. 

 Enclosed please find New York draft for 

 f 2 1.92, for which please send me twelve pairs 

 Homers and two dozen nest-bowls. — D. C. S., 

 Minnesota. (A third order followed inside of 

 a month from this customer.) 



SQUABS SURPASSING ALL EXPECTA- 

 TIONS AND BRINGING $5.50 PER DOZEN. 



Could you furnish me with a price-list of breed- 

 ing stock and supplies as I have misplaced the 

 one you sent me last spring with rny National 

 Standard Squab Book. I desire to state that 

 the Homers are surpassing all expectations 

 along the line of squabs and I have been 

 getting as high as S5.50 for them in New York. 

 Wishing you continued success in your honest 

 dealings.— A. H. T., Ohio. 



FIRST ORDER QUICKLY FOLLOWED 

 BY ANOTHER. The twenty-four pairs of 

 Extra Homers were received in good form as 

 you know^ and are so satisfactory that I de- 

 sire to duplicate the order and enclose here- 

 with an Adams Express money order. Please 

 send us twenty-four pairs as good as the 

 others as soon as possible. — G-. P. W., Con- 

 necticut. 



FLOCK DOUBLED IN THREE WINTER 

 MONTHS. I bought some pigeons from you 

 about Christmas. I am pleased more than 

 I expected to be with them. They are doing 

 nicely. I have doubled my lot with squabs 

 from them. I want to ask you if it would 

 be safe to let them out into the flying pen 

 now. You see I have had them about three 

 months now. — A. S., Virginia. 



THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IS CER- 

 TAINLY ALL RIGHT FOR SQUAB BREED- 

 ING—WE ARE SHIPPING THERE STEAD- 

 ILY. Enclosed you will find a Great North- 

 em Express money order for $80, for which I 

 want you to ship me forty-eight pairs of your 

 thoroughbred Homers as soon as possible for 

 you to do so. I sent some time ago to you 

 for a free book on squab raising and since 

 then have read up your National Standard 

 Squab Book on squabs and looked up the 

 markets in Seattle and Everett. I find that 

 there is a better market for squabs than any- 

 thing else I know of at present, and I am going 

 to devote all my time to raising them. I have 

 a building almost completed for the first 

 forty-eight pairs. Just as soon as I get them 

 settled to business I will send for forty-eight 

 pairs more. I have seen two or three flocks 

 of your birds near Seattle and must say they 

 look like business if given half a chance. The 

 owners seemed well satisfied with them, but 

 I think they would be more so if the birds 

 were given the right attention, which they 

 did not look to have. — G. T., State of Wash- 

 ington. 



BEST LOOKING BIRDS THE EXPRESS- 

 MAN HAD EVER SEEN. The birds arrived 

 here yesterday in good order. They are 

 beauties. The expressman said that they 

 had lots of birds pass through here, but these 

 were the best he had ever seen. Thank you 

 for the extra two pairs which you sent, and 

 for such fine birds. I shall build a fifteen or 

 twenty unit house jusW as soon as it gets a 

 little warmer, and I shall want a lot of your 

 best Extras to fill it; none but the best for 

 me. — H. A. D., Massachusetts. 



WANTS THE PURE STOCK. You will 

 soon get another order from me, because I 

 want the pure stock and the Plymouth Rock 

 Squab Company is the only place to get them 

 —A. C. F., Oregon. 



MANUAL GOOD, SANE AND PRACTICAL 

 —MODEL OF GOOD ENGLISH— GOOD 

 WCRK APPRECIATED. I have your favor 

 of the 19th inst., also the Manual, and beg to 

 thank' you for both. I have read your book 

 very carefully. It is not one of my habits 

 to go out of the ordinary course in matters 

 of business; but I think I know good, sane, 

 practical work of almost any kind when I 

 see it. If you will ailow me to say so, your 



LETTERS FROM CUSTOMERS RECEIVED BY PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB COMPANY 



159 



