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TEXAS WOMAK DELIGHTED WITH HER 

 PROJECT. I am enclosing an order for 

 some Homers intended for a Christmas pres- 

 ent to my young nephew, and wish you to 

 ship the birds so as to arrive about the 24th. 

 In March last I bought of you six pairs of 

 Plymouth Rock Homers. My flock now 

 (December) numbers 25 pairs, the first birds 

 hatching the 16th of April, and I have seven 

 hens due to hatch on the 17th of this month. 

 I think my success has been creditable and to 

 me very satisfactory. I have lost less than 

 half a dozen young ones, and believe the loss 

 of these was due to a lack of rock salt in the 

 fly. My aim is to increase the flock to 100 

 before beginning to market the squabs . 

 Squabs sell in our market for 25 cents each 

 and are scarce and in demand. My pen 

 consists of a house 8x8 feet in which the birds 

 roost, lay and hatch. Connected with the 

 house I have a fly eight feet wide, 20 feet long 

 and eight feet high; with which accommoda- 

 tion the birds seem perfectly contented. 

 Many of them seem to know me and are not 

 afraid when I go among them. 1 feed twice 

 a day, about 8 a.m and 3 p.m., giving them 

 what theywill eat of whole and cracked com. 

 wheat, millet and Kaffir com, when pro- 

 curable. Occasionally I throw in bits cf 

 cabbage leaves which they seem to relish 

 very much. I have yoiu" Manual and have 

 followed instructions as nearly as circum- 

 stances would permit, and with it as a guide 

 and reasonable attention, do not see how 

 any one could fail to succeed in a pleasant 

 and pleasing pursuit. I believe it also 

 profitable, even in my small way. I bought 

 your fibre nest bowls and have them screwea 

 to pieces that slip into the egg crates that you 

 mentioned in your Manual. This' makes 

 cleaning the bowls and boxes a very easy 

 matter. I intend in the near future to build 

 another pen, divide my flock and test the 

 question of " pigeons for profit." Thus far 

 I am delighted with the project, but love for 

 my birds may interfere with selling squabs 

 for slaughter. My squabs weigh on an 

 average of three-quarters of a pound, live 

 weight, at about three weeks of age. I have 

 had neither sickness nor lice, and on the' whole 

 am most highly pleased with my birds. — ■ 

 Mrs. R. E.B., Texas, 



USES A WATER FOUNTAIN WHICH HE 

 MADE FROM A BOTTLE. In February ( 1 908) 

 I became interested in Homers and thinking 

 they would give better results than common 

 pigeons, I sold my flock of common birds 

 and sent you an order for three pairs of 

 Plymouth Rock Extra Homers. Three days 

 later I received them. Some friends of mine 

 had Homer pigeons which they considered 

 excellent birds, but they could not beat mine. 

 My friends have been anxious to get some 

 of my Homers, but I intend to keep all I 

 raise until I have quite a flock. 



Up to date (October) one pair has raised 

 six pairs of squabs since I received them. 

 The other two pairs have done nearly as well. 

 The common pigeons I had generally stopped 

 breeding during the moulting season, but your 

 Homers kept right on. 



I feed what is called here " scratch feed," 

 composed of buckwheat, peas, Kaffir corn, 

 sunflower seed, cracked com, wheat and 

 several other grains. I also give a tonic every 

 Sunday with a little hemp seed. I use a 

 feeder which I made, as shown in your 

 Manual, and a water fountain which I made 

 from a bottle. I have followed your Manual 



HOME M.VDE. 

 For this little plant the breeder has utilized what 

 he had; expending hardly a dollar. He has done very 

 well in these rough and ready quarters, however, as his 

 letter here printed shows. (See letter of M. J. H., 

 New York.) 



in caring for my birds and think it is anexcel- 

 lent book. Sometime in the future I intend 

 to give you another order. 



I send by this mail a picture of my place 

 and birds. The small pen is where I keep my 

 young stock until they mate. The one with 

 the Homer in the %vindow is where my working 

 birds are kept. — M. J. H., New York. 



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