1907 



MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 



1908 



WISCONSIN HOTEL PAYING $3.50. 

 SQUABS WEIGHING TEN AND THREE- 

 FOURTHS POUNDS TO THE DOZEN. I 



thought I would write you a few lines. I 

 want to buy some more birds from you, 

 seeinR I am getting along so nicely with the 

 others you sent me. I am getting $3.50 a 

 dozen at the Plankaton House. They weigh 

 ten and three-fourths pounds to the dozen. 

 He said they were some of the best squabs 

 he had ever seen. He wants me to come 

 down some night to have a little talk with 

 me. _ I want to get a basket of birds from 

 you in about a week and about three dozen 

 of nest bowls and a couple of weeks later, 

 some more birds, if everything goes all right. 

 I have some fine young birds, some of them 

 weighing a pound apiece. I find out that 

 you are a nice man to deal with and that 

 everything you say is all right and that the 

 birds cannot be praised too much. Guess I 

 will close, hoping everything is going good. 

 — S. H., Wisconsin. 



STEADY GROWTH IN THREE YEARS. 

 ORDERS FOR SQUABS OUTRUN BIRDS, 

 SO MORE ARE BOUGHT. I am going to 



send soon, before February (1907), probably 

 in a week, for 50 pairs of Plymouth Rock 

 Homer squab breeders, and want to engage 

 them at once, before the February trade 

 begins. 



I bought of you six pairs three years ago, 

 since then 12 pairs, 18 pairs and 13 pairs 

 again. (Four orders.) 



I do not yet have enough for the orders. 

 The birds are doing better, constantly. Their 

 houses are better, and I know more how to 

 care for them, and what things are important. 

 Have almost finished a house — -all but nests 

 and a little finishing of yard. It seems as 

 if it would be a good plan to get birds now 

 before the really cold weather comes. I 

 want the Extras, best you have. — M. I., 

 Illinois. 



LIVELY WORK IN MISSOURI AND THE 

 LARGEST SQUABS EVER SEEN. I am in 

 receipt of my six pairs Extra pigeons and am 

 very thankful to you for the care you have 

 taken in sending these to me. I had them 



1"ust one week when two pairs had eggs, and 

 was so stirprised, but yesterday I was still 

 more surprised when I went into the pigeon 

 house and found four pairs setting, and two 

 of these had young squabs. Every one of 

 my neighbors is surprised to see the nice. 

 pigeons you sent me. Mr E. C. Rice, I will 

 in every respect recommend your goods 

 very highly and I am sure that you will 

 appreciate it. These squabs are the largest 

 that I have ever seen. I will have one of 

 my f^-iends take a snap shot of my pigeon 

 house and send you a picture. — E, B,, 

 Mis^uri. 



MORE ORDERS FOR SQUABS THAN 

 HE CAN FILL. HOW TO FEED SUN- 

 FLOWER SEEDS. I am thinking about 

 planting a batch of sunflower seeds. Will 

 you please let me know if this is a good feed 

 for them, and how to feed it — either fresh 

 from the stalk or pick it and let it dry. It 

 would be a great saving to feed this during 

 the winter for me. The pigeons bought 

 from you are O.K., doing their duty. I have 

 more orders for my squabs than I can fill 

 and getting 35 to 40 cents apiece. I do not 

 do any plucking. My pigeons are doing fine 

 considering being locked in all the time. — 

 W. S., New York. 



Note. Sunflower seeds are good for pigeons, 

 being used largely as a substitute for hemp- 

 seed. Cut off the heads when grown and dry 

 them. When you wish to feed a head, throw 

 it into the pen whole and the pigeons will 

 pick out the seeds. 



READY TO KILL 

 These squabs are four weeks old. See how plump 



and broad-breasted they are. 



FLORIDA FRIENDS ENTHUSIASTIC 

 OVER PLYMOUTH ROCKS. I have a friend 

 who is very enthusiastic over my pigeons. 

 He will send you an order the first of the 

 coming week for 48 pairs of your Extra 

 Plymouth Rocks such as mine Do your 

 best for him. Of course he expects to get 

 two extra pairs thrown in as a premium. My 

 birds are getting along very nicely. — W. J. D,, 

 Florida. 



HAS HEARD FROM HIS FRIENDS. 1 



have heard from several of my friends about 

 your birds, stating they were very fine. I 

 want to get some of your stock, — S. W. H.» 

 Kentucky, 



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