1907 MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 1908 



NEW JERSEY WOMAN RECEIVES $4.00 TO $7.00 A DOZEN FOR SOUABS FROM 

 PLYMOUTH ROCK EXTRAS. From the six pairs of birds I bought from you in 1905 

 and the extra pair you kindly gave me I have raised 215 birds. My squabs average 11 pounds 

 to the dozen, sometimes more. The birds work all the time. They breed on the average of 

 nine pairs every year. 



I have never had to give them a drop of medicine since I have had them as they keep in 

 perfect health. 



I have lost about five pairs of squabs from the rats getting them, but never any from sickness. 



I have bmlt my coops after your suggestions in your book, The National Standard Squab 

 Book, and am not troubled any more from rats. I have never seen any birds to compare with 

 mine in size. I have seen hundreds of pigeons but every one praises mine up and remarks how 

 large, full and broad they are across the breast. 



So far I have been selHng my squabs here in town. They bring from $4.00 to $7.00 per 

 dozen, according to the time of year. This price I get for them right out of the nest without 

 killing or picking. 



I feed kaffir com, cracked com and wheat every morning, and every Monday, Wednesday 

 and Saturday I give them hemp seed and Canada peas (on trays) as much as they will eat. 

 They have fresh water twice a day in summer and once in winter and once every week I scaM 

 out their drinking fountains with hot water to keep them sweet and clean. 



I have one box of grit and one of oyster shells in the coop all the time and instead of putting 

 it on the yard floor I put it in boxes. I also have a lump of rock salt and a salt-cat in each 

 coop made as directed in your Manual. Once a week I clean their coops and take the white- 

 wash pail in with me and whitewash the boxes out and sprinkle slaked lime on the floors of the 

 coops and the yards. 



Your book has been a great help to me. and I have read it over many times and try to follow 

 its directions in every particular. 



I am thoroughly satisfied with my birds and feel I have had great success with them and 

 would not have any other breed or kind were they to be given to me free. I am now ordering 

 30 pairs of Extra Plymouth Rock Homers, same as I got before in 1905, making $75.00 worth, at 

 the rate of S2. 50 per pair. I enclose check for same, $75.00. — Mrs. S. V. F., New Jersey. 



QUICK START BY A 700-PAIR FLOCK. In January and February. 1907, a customer in the 

 Mississippi valley bought 700 pairs of Extra Plymouth Rock Homers. On arrival of the birds he 

 wrote: " They are as fine a lot of thoroughbreds as I ever saw. You deserve the success you 

 enjoy for your business methods," 



The last consignment left us February 4 and reached him February 8. Nineteen days later he 

 wrote us: "Our birds are doing very well. Have 400 pairs of eggs and squabs in the house, and 

 probably 50 pairs driving. If the market will take all of our supply next month, we will put up 

 another house at once and buy the birds of you, for you have always been fair and just with me." 



On March 5 he wrote: ** Our squab house is a mass of squabs and eggs. The birds were at 

 work within three days after placing them in their rooms, which shows that the wood fibre bowls 

 and surroundings suited them, and that they were properly mated. The special lot of 50 pairs is 

 the most remarkable pen we have ever seen. In 30 days after their arrival, there were 40 pairs on 

 eggs. We feel it our duty to compliment you on your fair, honorable and just dealings with us." 



SIX DOLLARS A DOZEN IN CANADA FOR SQUABS WEIGHING NEARLY ONE POUND 

 EACH. About two years ago I purchased [from you 15 pairs of your Extra Plymouth Rock 

 Homers. They have given excellent satisfaction in every way. All the squabs raised in two 

 summers weighed 10-12 pounds to the dozen and at all times I was able to get $6.00 per dozen 

 for them, indeed, I could not nearly supply the demand. I had offers to supply one of the 

 largest hotels in Canada if I had enough stock. 



I think I am as enthusiastic a squab raiser as can be found. I have always kept fancy 

 pigeons for pleasure, but never until I raised these from you have I raised squabs to sell. — A. M., 

 Canada. 



INCREASE TWENTY-ONE FOLD IN TWO YEARS IN OKLAHOMA. Would you please 

 inform me where to ship the pigeon manure to a tannery? We have 200 pairs and we have 

 burned 15 bushels this year. As I heard that you shipped the manure, I thought that I would 

 write to you for my information. We are thinking of getting some more pigeons from you. 

 Two years ago the 15th of February we got 11 pairs from your Company and now we have 231 

 pairs from those 11 pairs. — C. O. L., Oklahoma. 



BIG FLOCK IN KANSAS BRED FROM SMALL BEGINNING. Some two years ago I pur- 

 chased from you 38 Homer pigeons. I now have a pen of 500 of the nicest birds in this locality. 

 X am expecting to build larger pens and divide the bunch, and I wish to get all the printed 

 matter I can on the subject of squab breeding, also all the information you can give me by 

 letter regarding the mating of birds, even if I have to pay a reasonable fee. Please let me hear 

 from you by return mail and oblige. — G. G., Kansas. 



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