MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 



NOTE HOW THIS BREEDER BUILDS HIS SELF-FEEDERS. On December 20. 1907, six 

 pairs of No. 1 Plymouth Rock Homers were shipped to me. I lost some squabs caused by the 

 old ones eating green sprouts and from cats, but as soon as I made the floor tight and mended 

 the wire on the flying pen I had no more trouble. Now (September, 1908) I have 42 old and 

 young, with those I raised mating up and starting to build their nests and lay. My birds are 

 all in rugged health and are doing well, breeding fat, plump squabs. I have compared them 

 with other breeders, but mine are far better. 



I give them plenty of fresh water for bathing and drinking and scald out the pans and drink- 

 ing fountains with hot water once a week. I save the manure, as it has a ready sale and helps 

 to pay the feed bill. I clean the nest bowls and floor once a week, sprinkle slaked lime over the 

 floor, sprinkle a little insect powder on the squabs, and vermin does not bather them. I 

 feed cracked corn and wheat, one-third wheat to two-thirds com for winter, and for 

 summer one-third com to two-thirds wheat. In addition, I feed rice, barley, millet, 

 sunflower seeds, Kaffir com and Canada peas with a little hemp seed as dainties, I put a small 

 trough below the holes of the self-feeder on each side. In this way, the grain which falls out is 

 caught by the trough and there is little waste, I also have a protected box divided in halves. 

 In one side I put health grit, in the other oyster shells. All the covers for my self-feeders are 

 three inches wider than the feeders. This prevents soiling the grain, as pigeons are very par- 

 ticular about clean grain. 



My squabs weigh eight pounds to the dozen. My birds have bred at the rate of from seven to 

 nine pau^ a year and one pair has bred ten pairs per year. The cost of feeding averages five 

 cents per pair per month. 



I think well of the squab business and expect before long to buy more as it is a profitable 

 business, considering the small capital invested. I use egg crates and orange boxes 'as I have 

 found them best and cheapest. The unit system is best as it is easier to keep track of several 

 small flocks rather than one large one. 



A person breeding pigeons must study and learn their birds to make a success of it. 

 I have read and re-read your squab book and think for clearness of description, plain explana- 

 tions, and good clear illustrations it is the best live-stock book I have ever seen. When in doubt, 

 consiilt the Manual. — J. Y. E., West Virginia. 



FLOCK INCREASED FROM SIXTY TO THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY IN EIGHT MONTHS. 



I got my flock of 30 pairs of Extras into their permanent quarters in February. I now (October 

 5, 1908) have about 360 head of the finest young birds you ever saw. I have just put my flock 

 through the moult and they have begun to work now in good shape. I have squabs now in my 

 house that were raised by my young birds (the ones which I raised myself) and their second pair 

 of squabs weighed over one pound each at four weeks of age. Is not that good work for the sec- 

 ond pair that young birds raise ? What do you think of my increase in stock from 60 head to 360 

 head in eight months; is that good work or not ? 



I can get orders for all squabs I can raise at $3 per dozen f.o.b. cars here, but I have sold 

 only one dozen and I got $4.50 for them. I do not care to sell any until I get a big flock of 

 breeders. 



I am making some arrangements now to build squab houses and I want to get about 150 or 

 200 pairs of breeders from you in the spring; as I want to get into shape to fill orders. I had 

 an order the first of this month for ten dozen per week at $3 per dozen. This would have been 

 a standing order for all winter if I could have handled it. I have one pair of young birds that 

 laid four eggs, hatched and raised all of them. Has that ever happened in your flock? Write 

 me what you think of my success and advise what price you will make me on an order for 100 

 pairs of Extras.— -G. W. T., Louisiana. 



FAMILY TRADE BRINGS HIM AS HIGH AS EIGHT DOLLARS A DOZEN FOR PLYMOUTH 

 ROCK SQUABS. Enclosed you will find check and order for pigeons and supplies for $116.29. 

 Please ship sundries by freight at once and the pigeons on July 23. The birds I got of you in 

 February, 1908, are doing finely. Have raised three and four pairs each, squabs weighing at 

 25 days from, 14 to 19 ounces alive. I have several pairs more, all raised from your Extras, so 

 I have about 155 birds altogether now. I am clearing out the chicken pens and filling them 

 with pigeons, as I am fully convinced they are a much better paying proposition than the 

 chickens. 



Several other firms have written me for orders, but as you took such pains with my little 

 drib, and the birds have done so well, you people get the rest of the orders. I have the largest 

 birds in the city, and they attract much attention from the hundreds of visitors at my poultry 

 yards. 



The Manual is a gem. It is plain enough for any one and I really think I have it memorized. 

 Have several other works on pigeons, but have laid them away. They are not in the same class. 



The market is good here, my birds bringing from $4.50 to $8.00 a dozen, all family orders. 

 I have worked them right into my chicken and egg customers. Could sell 50 pairs a day if I 

 had them. — J. A., Pennsylvania. 



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