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THIS MINNESOTA CUSTOMER IS A PROMINENT LAWYER WITH A FINE FARM ON 

 WHICH HE RAISES HIS OWN PIGEON FEED. The publication of my place in the St. 

 Paul Press came about not upon my solicitation. All said is true enough and I doubt if I 

 could improve it myself. Then I had the ranch and residence halftoned and stamped on 

 envelopes and letter heads as per enclosed. 



Of coiiTse, I have so much to look after that I am not able to give the pigeons much attention, 

 but find them " good to eat " and nice in appearance. We have no difficulty now in disposing 

 of all the squabs we can produce in St. Paul and at home. We get only $3 per dozen which does 

 very well here as the farms produce wheat, buckwheat, and com enough for all the birds, 

 horses, cows, hogs and chickens I have. This year I tried Canada peas with satisfactory 

 results. 



Our main house is 58 feet long, 16 feet wide, with seven-foot posts. It rests upon a stone 

 foundation with stone piers in the center supporting the sills, and is about two feet above the 

 surface. Drop siding is used for weather boarding and matched fencing for inside lining. 

 The space between the lining and drop siding is filled with cinders. The floor is of two thickness 

 of inch flooring and brake-jointed. Ten feet of this house is used as a storing room and for 

 filling the drinking fountains. The building is supplied with heat and city water. There are 

 six flying pens each eight feet wide, 10 feet high and 24 feet long, with roosts as shown in the 

 picture and are covered with one-inch mesh wire number 18. The entire framework support- 

 ing the wire rests upon concrete foundations four inches wide and let into the ground about one 

 foot. Each loft contains 140 nests, 70 nests on each side, leaving a space in the center of six 

 feet. An entry way three feet wide extends alon^ the entire north side of the building with a 

 door opening into each pen. The small building is eight feet by ten feet with shed roof eight 

 feet and five and one-half feet respectively in height. This is used as a mating pen, where an 

 equal number of males and females are placed and when mated are banded and placed in 

 larger lofts. The floor of each flying pen is covered with sand from four to eight inches deep. — 

 H. W. M., Minnesota. 



ENLARGING AFTER AN EXPERIMENT 

 WITH THREE PAIRS. I am now making 

 preparations to occupy a new building in the 

 spring, and as soon as I can scare up the 

 money, I want to order more breeders and 

 about 20 dozen nest bowls, as I expect to have 

 a two-unit house besides the one now oc- 

 cupied. I can't say enough about the breeders 

 I bought of you. My first pair of squabs 

 weighed two pounds, two ounces, the second 

 pair two pounds, and by the looks of the 

 third pair, I believe they will weigh more 

 than any of the first ones. I am going to 

 keep my young ones for breeders, also expect 

 to add more of your stock in the breeding 

 line. If I get my other house up, I can easily 

 accommodate 150 pairs of breeders, and I 

 want them just as fast as I can get them. 

 I feed a little red wheat, Kafiir com, millet 

 and hemp-seed, buckwheat and barley and 

 Canada peas. I have all told 10 kinds of 

 feed, use the self-feeder for staples and my 

 relishes I feed on a board with raised edges, 

 which I remove from the pen after the birds 

 have finished eating. — R. E. B., Pennsylvania. 



PLEASED WITH WHAT HE SAW AT 

 MELROSE FARM. I write to let you know 

 I was very much pleased with what I saw at 

 your farm in Melrose and the treatment 

 which I received from your superintendent, 

 and shall send you another order for some 

 more of your birds by spring, as they are all 

 right. If you have any new literature , would 

 you kindly send me the same, as I want to 

 keep in touch with you in regard to anything 

 that I can learn for my benefit. — C. H. H., 

 Massachusetts. 



BETTER HOMERS THAN THIS FANCIER 

 HAD IN HIS COOPS VALUED BY HIM AT 

 TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS A PAIR. Since 

 I wrote you Saturday I had a great pigeon 

 raiser call upon me to ask the privilege of 

 looking at my birds you sent. I asked him 

 to express himself in a candid way as to his 

 opinion of the quality and also if he had any 

 finer birds. He repUed, " Well, I have 

 several kinds. Some I consider are worth 

 $25 a pair, but I confess I have none that can 

 hold a candle to those birds. They are 

 extremely fine." He made strict inquiiy 

 about you and seemed wonderfully enthusi- 

 astic and, on his leaving me, remarked he 

 certainly would have to send for some of 

 those birds. I just simply mention this to 

 you for your credit. This is one of the 



Farties I mentioned to you in my first letter 

 wrote you, asking you to send me some 

 good birds, as I did not want to be laughed 

 at. I think you will receive some orders 

 from this part of the country, at least I am 

 hoping so. — T. S., Illinois. 



RICH PEOPLE SURPRISED BY QUALITY 

 OF PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUABS. Two 



years ago I bought 12 pairs of Pljntnouth 

 Rock Homer pigeons of you with the intention 

 of raising squabs for market. I have never 

 lost but one of the old birds and now have 

 a flock of 225 or 250. About 100 are just 

 beginning to mate. I sold some of the squabs 

 to a lady from New York who comes here for 

 the summer, and her colored servant, who 

 came to buy them, said they were the nicest 

 ones he ever saw. The lady lives in an 

 expensive part of the city. — W. R,, Vermont. 



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