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EXPERIENCED PIGEON RAISER PAYS A HEARTY TRIBUTE TO THE DEMONSTRATED 

 SUPERIORITY OF PLYMOUTH ROCK HOMERS On seeing one of your advertisements 

 I was induced to send for your free squab book and other literature to the extent of purchasing 

 one of your Manuals. I am always eager to learn of new methods in the pigeon business and 

 to give a little time experimenting upon " claimed-to-be" better stock. On receiving your 

 publications I began to carefully scan them to see what new thought or idea I might glean 

 from them. In some instances I thought you were making rather extravagant claims, as most 

 advertisements generally do. They praise some of the most worthless articles to the highest 

 notch, leading folks to purchase something in which they are very often sorely disappointed. 



This is not so in your case, for of all the claims you have made for your birds, I can truthfully 

 say the *' half has never been told." In my opinion there are no better. They are as perfect 

 a piece of squab machinery as nature can create and man improve upon. 



How well I am pleased with the birds I bought of you is well attested by the fact that I 

 am enclosing another order for more of your Extra Plymouth Rock Homers. 



In July, 1907, I sent my first order. They were the largest Homers that had ever been in 

 my neighborhood, as many persons who came to see them attested. Within less than three 

 weeks after I had placed them in my lofts they had accus+omed themselves to the place, several 

 pairs had laid and set. With machine-like regularity they have given me a pair of eggs on an 

 average of every five and one-half weeks. I do not mean to say that they have given me a 

 pair of squabs for every pair of eggs laid. The difference between the eggs laid and the squabs 

 hatched from them has been so slight that a harsh critic cannot find fault. Some of my first 

 pairs of squabs from your birds have already laid and set. 



I have not allowed any sickness or lice to invade my lofts; I believe the vitality of your birds 

 is of such strength that with little care and proper feeding one need never have any fear of them. 



I have been very careful as to how I have fed them. My plan of feeding is as follows : Wheat 

 and com are my main feed. Each day I feed a relish, Sunday hemp, Monday Canada peas, 

 Tuesday Kaffir com, Wednesday millet, Thursday hemp, Friday Kaffir com, Saturday I feed 

 a grain which I obtain from my dealer called vetches; the birds relish this very much. 



I feed whole com at all times as most of the cracked com we get is of an inferior sort, some- 

 thing which could hardly be sold in the whole grain. My feeding plan may seem a little expen-' 

 sive, but I am after results and as the birds are giving me those results, I feel that they are 

 amply repaying me for my trouble. One cannot expect to get out of pigeons what they do not 

 put into them, so with poor feeding one can expect but poor results. I am more than satisfied 

 with the quantity and quality of the squabs they have given me. My squabs weigh from 

 12 ounces to 16 ounces apiece, as fat and juicy as they can be. I have some which were ready 

 to be killed in 25 days. 



I have had one bad experience since I have had your birds. On one occasion I was unable 

 to obtain necessary grain from my regular feed dealer, so I had to purchase of another who 

 sent me some inferior stuff. My squabs began to show the difference in that they were not 

 so plump and fat. I soon discarded this and my squabs went back to their original size. Dur- 

 ing the moulting period your birds showed no visible signs of their being affected _by it save 

 the loss of feathers. They appeared as though there was no strain attached to it. During 

 the cold weather they have done equally as well as in the warm weather. 



It is not my intention to lead any one into believing that all he has to do is to purchase Ply- 

 mouth Rock Homers, put them into his loft regardless of care and proper feeding, and they will 

 prove a success. But I do claim that with little care they will give the same if not better 

 results than they have given me. I have sold some of my squabs for as high as one dollar a pair, 

 and got as high as $5.50 a dozen for some. 



My opinion of the squab business is that it is yet in its swaddling clothes with every indication 

 of a successful growth. The demand for the large, plump squab is daily increasing. Breeders 

 with such stock as the Plymouth Rock are the only ones who will be able to supply this demand. 

 I have the greatest of hope in the business. It is one of the greatest investments of today. 

 In my opinion there are but a few honest investments which give better returns for money, 

 at least I have found none better. 



I am in the squab business now as a side issue. I look for it in the near future to pay me 

 larger returns than the salary I am now getting, which is SHOO a year. 



My present plant is composed of three lofts with a capacity of nearly 300 pairs of birds. 

 I have other Homers than yours and have compared the two to see which give the better 

 results. I must confess that I have A No. 1 birds, but yours excel them by far in the number 

 and size of squabs. 



I shall in a little while have only your birds on hand as I have already learned that they 

 are in a class by themselves and as an investment no stock can equal them. Enclosed find 

 my order, wishing you much success. — H. N. B . , District of Columbia. 



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