1907 



MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 



1908 



A GOOD-LOOKING ILLINOIS PLANT. 

 These are two of the buildings of the breeder whose letter is printed on this page. 

 Homers., 



Notice his handsome white 



LOST MONEY BY NOT KNOWING PLYMOUTH ROCK HOMERS. NOW HE IS ON THE 

 RIGHT TRACK. HE IS A TRAVELING SALESMAN AND HIS DAUGHTER DOES MOST 

 OF THE WORK ON THIb BIG PLANT. SQUABS WEIGH 11 POUNDS TO THE DOZEN. 



I have just completed my new squab unit according to your plans. Please find enclosed 

 Adams Express money order for birds to fill same. 



Other parties have been working on me for this order and I told them I would buy nothing 

 but Extra Plymouth Rocks. (A burnt child dreads the fire.) I lost enough by experimenting 

 with cheap birds when I began. Since I began buying of you I have had no trouble. The last 

 three shipments I received from you cannot be beat for si7e, beauty and breeding qualities. 

 About one-third of all the squabs I have sold in the past 12 months have averaged a little over 



II pounds to the dozen. We ha\'e quite a lot of squabs that weighed a full sixteen ounces each, 

 Now, Mr. Rice, as long as you continue to ship mc in the future as fine stock as you have in 



the past, I am with you and the Plymouth Rock Co., and " the other fellow *' might just as 

 well save his postage stamps and breath. 



I have not lost a single old bird by death or disease in 14 months. We "had three or four 

 squabs picked badly. I found by taking the squabs away at three weeks of age and placing 

 them in a small feeding pen and feeding hempseed for a week that thc-y fatten awfully fast. 

 What is your idea about that? 



I hope you will excuse this long letter. Every time I think about my experience at the start 

 with all kinds of iTiixed up birds. I have " brain storms " and you can rest assured my talk 

 over the cotmtry will be for nothing but Plymouth Rock birds. As you know I am a traveling 

 man and ought to be a good talker. Consequently in order to repay you for favors in the 

 past I often tell my experiences and how I lost money by not l<jiowing Elmer Rice. 



My oldest daughter does all our feeding and taking care of our birds and she is getting to 

 be an expert pigeon keeper and delights in the pastime. We are figuring on increasing our 

 flocks just as fast as we can tmtil we get 2000 pairs. — S. S. H,. Illinois. 



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