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SQUAB BUILDING IN BRITISH COLUilBIA. 



This looks Jike a view in tropical Florida but it is not; quite the opposite It is the plant of one of our (customers 

 in Northwest Canada, British Columbia, being on the edge of a clearing the foreground showing underbrush- 

 There is an excellent market for squabs in British Columbia, same as everywhere else. 



CANADIAN MARKET GROWING. NO HOMERS IN THIS ONTARIO TOWN TO COMPARE 

 WITH HIS. SQUABS WORTH $3.50 A DOZEN. The first part of October, 1907, I ordered 

 one dozen pair of Extra Plymouth Rock Homers and was surprised at the promptness of your 

 shipment. But I had everything ready and liberated the birds in their new home. As it was 

 their moulting season when I received them, they did not lay for nearly four weeks, but when 

 they did begin they worked like Trojans. One pair has laid 12 eggs in the siix m.onths I have 

 had' them., and I had a pair of squabs that weighed over two pounds, 28 days old. The market 

 quotations give such and such a price for squabs weighing 10 pounds to the dozen, but do not 

 quote 11 and 12-pound squabs. I am confident that with care in selecting breeders from your 

 stock, one could get squabs up to 10-pound mark every time. There are no birds in town to 

 compare with mine. Everybody that sees them comments on their trim, business-like appearance. 



I have gained a little experience now, and intend building pigeon houses to accommodate 

 about 400 breeding pairs. If things continue as they are now, I may go into the business for a 

 living. _Your Manual has helped me a great deal. Before I read it I knew practically nothing 

 about pigeons, but now I pride myself as being a fairly good amateur. I am offered $3.50 per 

 dozen tor killed squabs, but am keeping mine for breeding purposes. Our Canadian market is 

 not so good as the American market, but Canadians are fast learning what good eating squabs 

 are, and in a few years the market will be much better I have had some experience with hens, 

 and know how hard it is to raise a flock successfully, but hens are not to be compared with your 

 pigeons for money-making and simplicity of raising, 



_ I have had no sickness in my flock and haven't seen a sign of Hce. I spray the pen with 

 diluted carbolic acid and clean it out every two weeks. I think no one would have lice in his 

 flock if he kept his pens clean. I do not use the self-feeder at present, but will when my fl.ock 

 increases. I think it is a first-cliss affair. Your Manual incKides and explains everything from 

 the gravel on the ground of the flying pen to the roof on the pigeon loft. I can honestly recom- 

 mend your stock to any one going into the squab industry and wish you every success. — G. L., 

 Ontario, Canada. 



SHOWING A PROFIT. Pigeons are doing 

 well. They are more than paying for them- 

 selves. — E. W., Missouri 



A GOOD WORD. I will always speak a 

 good word for your kind treatment and your 

 fine birds. — J. M. H., South Carolina. 



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