STORIES OF SUCCESS WITH PLYMOUTH ROCK HOMERS 



THIS WOMAN IS POSTMASTER IN HER 

 TOWN— SHE STARTED IN 1903 WITH OUR 

 BIRDS AND THIS IS WHAT SHE HAS 

 DONE. In July, 1903, I purchased a few 

 birds from you. I have bought no others but 

 have now got over a hundred and would like 

 some advice relative to shipping squabs. 

 Will it pay to ship one or two dozen at a time 

 to Boston, and will you tell me who would be 

 reliable parties to ship to? As I told you in 

 my first letter, this is a somewhat isolated 

 place; however, there are quite a number 

 watching my experiment, as I have the only 

 store here and have recently been appointed 

 postmaster. Every one notices the birds and 

 my success will probably bring you orders. _I 

 have lost only one bird and that one by acci- 

 dent; no sickness or lice in my flock at any 

 time. — Miss L. K., New Hampshire. 



PLEASED WITH FIRST LOT, WILL OR- 

 DER ANOTHER. I am so well pleased with 

 the coop of birds shipped me that as soon as I 

 get my house built and nappies in, will order 

 another coop of your highest-priced birds, — 

 R. H. N., Georgia. 



AN IMPORTANT STORY TOLD IN FEW 

 WORDS— THIS CUSTOMER IN PENNSYL- 

 VANIA FOUND A LARGE FLOCK OF 

 PLYMOUTH ROCK HOMERS BY HIS 

 EXPERIENCE BEYOND REPROACH. 

 Please ship balance of my order of Extra 

 Homers (one hundred pairs due me) at earliest 

 moment. Kindly telegraph night of ship- 

 ment. The first lot (two hundred pairs) are 

 beyond reproach. — C. K., Pennsylvania. 



REACHED TEXAS IN GOOD SHAPE- 

 CUSTOMER SATISFIED. I beg to advise 

 you that the pigeons reached here yesterday 

 all in good shape. So far I am very much 

 pleased with them and with your prompt 

 shipment and good treatment. I hope to send 

 you another order soon for a dozen pairs. — 

 A. G. M., Texas. 



ALL AND MORE THAN EXPECTED. On 



Saturday I went out to my country place and 

 found the pigeons. They are all and more 

 than I expected and are in every way satis- 

 factory. I presume my man will return the 

 empty pigeon crates this week. — H. A. K., 

 Illinois, 



SQUABS FROM OUR EXTRA PLYMOUTH 

 ROCk HOMERS WEIGHING lOK, 10^ 

 AND lli^ POUNDS TO THE DOZEN. My 



first shipment of squabs will be made April 

 11. So far my squabs have averaged ten 

 and one-quarter, ten and one-half and eleven 

 and one-half pounds to the dozen. If you can 



give me any data necessary for spring and 

 summer it will be appreciated.— C. M., 

 Michigan. (This customer started with four 

 himdred pairs of our Extra Homers.) 



INCREASED FROM A DOZEN PAIRS TO 

 250. I bought a dozen pairs of birds from 

 you two years ago, and now have two hundred 

 and fifty. Is that doing well? Will you 

 kindly inform me by return mail how you 

 separate the pigeon dung from the other 

 matter it gets mixed with, and I will be greatly 

 obliged. — F. M. P., Iowa. 



INSIDE TWO MONTHS HAS YOUNG 

 BIRDS BEING RAISED IN A SEPARATE 

 PEN, I bought a dozen pairs of Homers of 

 you and received them March 1, two months 

 ago. They have mated and produced quite a 

 number of squabs. I have the squabs in a 

 separate house, as I intend to raise them for a 

 year or so until I increase my flock. 1 have 

 been advised to pull out the tail feathers of the 

 squabs when they are old enough to put into a 

 house by themselves, as it would decrease the 

 death rate among them, as all their vitality 

 can go to the bird and not into the tail feath- 

 ers. Is there anything in this advice ? — J. W. 

 W.. Rhode Island. 



Answer: We believe it is best not to pull the 

 tail feathers out of the young. We have never 

 done it ourselves. Certainly the Creator does 

 not pull out the tail feathers from these young 

 birds when they are weaned. 



RECREATION FOR AN IOWA MINISTER. 



The twenty-six birds came in good shape, 

 apparently no worse for the journey. Most 

 of them are active. I am well pleased with 

 the birds. We are making friends rapidly, 

 some of them eating almost at once out of my 

 hand. I wish them to do well, and as soon as 

 I get accustomed to their ways it is my inten- 

 tion to put in enough stock to make their care 

 worth while. I wish to show my appreciation 

 of the way in which the order was filled. — Rev. 

 N. F. D.,Iowa. 



IOWA LADY GREATLY PLEASED. I 



am greatly pleased with my flock and expect 

 to send another order sometime later. — Miss 

 A. A., Iowa. 



PLYMOUTH ROCK HOMERS THE BEST 

 IN COMPARISON WITH ALL OTHERS. I 



received the birds in good shape and the grain 

 and gravel. The birds are doing well. 1 

 have got two sets of squabs and five more 

 pairs on eggs. The reason I did not write you 

 before is, I went around to different people 

 that have had pigeons from other places and 

 the same people have seen your stock; and 

 they all say yours is the best. I shall give you 

 more orders when my pocketbook will permit 

 me. I think you do your best and I thank 

 you again for the nice big birds you sent me. — 

 J. H. H., Michigan. 



MADE THEMSELVES AT HOME IN KEN- 

 TUCKY. I received from you in March two 

 dozen birds. They have been laying for over 

 a month and I have now (May) four pairs of 



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