1906 LETTERS FROM CUSTOMERS 1906 



STORIES OF SUCCESS ON THIS PAGE ARE NEW. THEY WERE RECEIVED BY 

 THE PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB COMPANY OF BOSTON IN NINE MONTHS OF 1900. 



I now h&ve 95 mated pairs at work and as soon 

 as the moult is over I shall begin mating again. 

 By November I expect to have 50 pan-smore 

 mated and at work. 



I feed the best of grain, using cracked com, 

 kaffir corn, red wheat, buckwheat, a little 

 hemp, and during the moult sunflower in the 

 head, letting the birds pick off the seed as they 

 like. 



I use the self feeder Mr. Rice describes in his 

 Manual and I find with it the feed is always 

 clean. I never feed on floor. I use automatic 

 water fountains and scald them out every two 

 or three days. X give the birds a good clean 

 bath every day. 



I have trays to feed any dainty which I 

 have, removing trays when seeds are eaten. 



One thing that is essential with pigeons is 

 cleanhness. I clean loft every Saturday, 

 cleaning out nests that have young, putting 

 in new straw, and spraying over lofts with 

 liquid disinfectant. 



I have followed the instructions of Mr. 

 Rice's Manual and found it to be good solid 

 advice. 



In the past 18 months I have been in a good 

 many pigeon lofts and have seen exhibits at 

 New York State Fair and Rochester, N. Y., 

 Pigeon Shows, and never have seen any better 

 birds than I have raised from the Extra 

 Plymouth Rock Homers. 



I am perfectly satisfied with what my birds 

 have done and when I buy more they will 

 surely be Extra Plymouth Rocks. 



The feed bill will not exceed eighty-five 

 cents a year per breeding pair. I use tobacco 

 stems for nesting material and like them. 

 I shall always try and speak a good word for 

 the Plymouth Rock Squab Company, for I 

 have found them always ready to assist at any 

 time. — W. R. R., New York. 



THEY HAVE NOT LOST A BIRD. I wrote 

 to you some time ago in regard to the squabs 

 we got from you in the month of May, or 

 rather pigeons, 50 pairs, and have yet to lose 

 our first bird, which not only speaks well for 

 your birds but it looks as if we are giving them 

 the right attention. 



There is one thing we wrote to you about, 

 those not working — but they are doing fine 

 and, counting your birds, we have 100 pairs, 

 besides we have sold some which were 

 greatly admired. 



The hotel we tak^ them to in Washington 

 gives seventy-five cents a pair all the year 

 round dressed, the commission merchants 

 never higher than 60 cents a pair. — M. B., 

 Maryland. 



MANUAL INDISPENSABLE TO SUCCESS. 



In regard to the National Squab Book which 

 you publish, woiild ask if you ever revise it. 



The one I purchased of you in May, 1904, is 

 all right and I could never have raised the 

 number and quality of squabs I do without its 

 guidance. Or course you are learning new 

 points about your business and if you have a 

 later edition than mine please let me know. 



The Homers have started in on their annual 

 spring campaign and from all appearances 

 they are going to outdo their former produc- 

 tions. With best wishes for yo^a^ continued 

 success.— A. T., Ohio. 



HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO HIM BY 

 OTHER CUSTOMERS. Some time ago I 

 wrote your company for their free book on 

 squab raising. Later I sent for your National 

 Standard Squab Book. I have read each one 

 from start to finish and am well pleased with 

 them, I have made up my mind to give the 

 squab business a trial as I am quite sure that 

 there is money in it, if properly conducted. 



I realize that to make a success of any 

 business one must thoroughly understand it. 

 As I have had no experience in this line I wish 

 to start in with a small number and increase 

 them as I grow to understand the business. 



My plan is to buy 12 pairs of the very best 

 breeders that I can obtain and keep only the 

 best of their increase for breeders till I get my 

 flock to the desired size. Now, from reading 

 your books and having you highly recom- 

 mended to me by other parties, I have made up 

 my mind that you can g^ve me what I w ant in 

 this line. — H. B., Illinois. 



FROM FOUR PAIRS TO THIRTY PAIRS 

 m NINE MONTHS. Nine months ago I 

 bought of you four pairs of Extra Homers. 

 I had to move them twice to make room. I 

 have now 60 first-class Homers. I have had 

 several chances to sell some of the squabs 

 but I think too much of them. By studying 

 your manual carefully I have not lost a bird. 

 From a friend of your Homers. — W. M., New 

 York. 



NO DISEASE. You no doubt have my 

 name on your books as a purchaser of 10 pairs 

 Extra, which I purchased of you last winter. 

 I am still enthusiastic over the industry. I 

 have all the original 11 pairs you sent me and 

 33 young, all the offspring of your birds, 55 

 birds in all. They are every one in finest 

 condition, disease has never touched my flock. 

 — ^J. P., Virginia. 



FIVE MONTHS IN CALIFORNIA. When 

 I received those birds from you in March T 

 turned them into a pen and have been so taken 

 up with other work that they have been left 

 to themselves until now. At present I am 

 taking all the working birds out and banding, 

 and when they have yoimg squabs I have 



Beware of anybody who tries to make a sale to you by running down the Plymouth Rock 

 Squab Co. Insist that he show you letters like these in proof of his claims. 



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