1907 



MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 



1908 



SHIPSHAPE FLYING PEN. 

 This is the flying pen of the place illustrated on preceding page. By the use of inch boards the owner has finished 

 off the timbers so that the effect is permanent and beautiful. 



THIS NEW JERSEY BREEDER RECEIVES $4.50 A DOZEN FOR HIS SQUABS AND THE 

 DEMAND IS SO GREAT THAT HE CANNOT FILL HIS ORDERS, SO BUYS MORE BIRDS 



In sending my second order (January, 1907) for youT Extra mated birds, I would like to put in 

 a few words in regard to the birds I received from you in 1904. My birds have done finely. 

 I sent to Boston $30 for 12 pairs. The birds arrived in the finest shape that was ever seen in 

 this part of New Jersey. I received the birds in Ma/, 1004, and had eight pair.-^ cf squaby in 

 July. I then went to work and kept all the squabs for a short time until they got six to seven 

 months old, then I went to mating them the way you show in your Manual. I now in January, 

 1907, have 200 birds which is only one-fotuth of the birds I raised, but the demand for squabs 

 was so great that I could not get the chance to save any for breeding. That is the reason why 

 I send an order for 50 pairs of your best birds. 



My house is 12 feet wide and 26 feet long with a hall three feet wide, one window^ on the 

 north, side and three windows on the south side, with 200 nests. My first house was 12 feet 

 by 12 feet, but I found out that when handling Plymouth Rock Homers it does not take long 

 for them to make money for a larger house, and to get a start in a business of our own. 



I would like to tell you that I put one advertisement in a paper of our town some time ago, 

 not to sell my squabs for I had more orders than I could fill, but to let my friends know that 

 I meant that thure was money in handling your birds. The advertisement brought me so 

 many orders that I didn't know what to do. 



The demand for squabs is so great that I get $4.50 per dozen. My squabs average nine to 

 12 pounds to the dozen. 



I am going to build house No. 3 this spring and then I will need more of your fine birds, 



I would like to tell you a few words in regard to the Manual. It is the finest I have ever read 

 for the reason you show how to run a successful squab business. 



I use the self-feeder which you show in your Manual. I always find the feed clean and dry, 

 which is the main part of the feeding part. I feed cracked com, red wheat, Canada peas and 

 hempseed. The feed bill will not exceed 85 cents a year per breeding pair. I can figure on 

 nine pairs of squabs per year at 75 cents per pair, which leaves me a net profit of $5.20 per 

 year for each pair of breeders. 



I am perfectly satisfied with the results obtained from your birds and wish you continued 

 success. — A. N., New Jersey. 



VALUES HIS BIRDS AT FIVE DOLLARS USUAL STORY FROM IOWA. The birds 



A PAIR. I woxild not sell my birds for five received from you last winter a^e doing 

 dollars a pair now. — C. E., New Jersey. finely. — E. R. W., Iowa. 



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