MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 



13. BARLEY. 



14. OATS. 



15. SUNFLOWER SEEDS. 



No. 13 is barley, which may be fed if plentiful and cheap. No. 14 is oats, which may be fed if plen-tiful and 

 cheap, but they are not generally fed here in the East because the squab raiser gets more for his money in other 

 grains. No. 15 is sunflower seeds Sunflower seeds grow freely without attention almost everywhere. The 

 heads when dried may be thrown directly into the squab pen and the birds will peck the seeds out of the heads. 

 Sunflower seeds sell at retail for from six to eiffht cents a pound, sometimes more. Nearly every drug store sells 

 them for parrot feed. The supply comes mostly from the West, although a great deal is exported from Copen- 

 hagen, Denmark. To buy sunflower seeds and feed them to pigeons is not profitable for the squab raiser, because 

 bempseed sells for less money, namely five cents a pound, and hempseed is better than sunflower seeds for the birds. 



GOT THIS BOOK FROM A LIBRARY AND 

 STUDIED IT STEADILY FOR A MONTH. 



I am just starting in the pigeon business and 

 I virould like you to give me a few starting 

 points. I went to the library to get a pigeon 

 book and I found a book which you published 

 and I read that book every day for two weeks, 

 and then I took it back and had it renewed 

 for two more weeks and I still have it. — A. K., 

 Indiana. 



PLYMOUTH ROCKS KNOWN IN UTAH. 



Some man asked a question in a daily paper 

 in Salt Lake. In answering him they 

 boomed you up to the clouds. They praised 

 your company so much that I thought I 

 would write you for a eatalogue. — H. S., 

 Utah. 



FOUR DOLLARS AND A HALF A DOZEN 

 FOR PLYMOUTH ROCKS IN NEW JERSEY. 

 My squabs all average nine to 10 pounds to 

 the dozen. Am I doing well to get 75 cents 

 a pair? — Mrs. M. C. C, New Jersey. 



PLYMOUTH ROCKS THE ONLY KIND 

 WORTH WHILE. I hope later on to do 



away with all except what I am purchasing 

 of you and get all Plymouth Rocks, as I am 

 convinced they are the only kind worth while. 

 I will leave the selection entirely with you, 

 feeling sure you will send the best you have. — 

 Mrs. D. W. A., Georgia. 



SQUABS IN ARKANSAS. The squab 

 business is a new enterprise in this section. 

 If I can work it up I will build another house 

 and order more birds from you. I have a 

 friend who is thinking of buying a lot from 

 you. When he sees mine I am sure he will 

 decide at once. Thank you for your prompt- 

 ness and square dealings. — C. W., Arkansas. 



MANUAL WORTH TEN TIMES HALF A 

 DOLLAR. I received your National Standard 

 Squab Book and find every time I pick it up 

 something new in it. It is worth ten times 

 its cost. I would not let any one have it for 

 what I paid for it. — P. J. L.. Pennsylvania. 



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