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APPENDIX G 



FIRST-CLASS HOMERS, SILVER AND SPLASH. 



Plyinouth Rock Homer stock produces squabs which sell for S^.o*) to ?(' 

 lozen in Utah, unplucked. 



SQUAB PIE, by James Y. Egbert. Dress, 



draw and singe four squabs. Stuff them with 

 the chopped livers, hearts and gizzards and 

 fine bread crumbs, mixed with chopped pars- 

 ley, a large lump of butter, pepper and salt. 

 Run a small skewer through the body of each, 

 fastening the wings to the sides. Cover the 

 bottom of >'our bake-dish with thin strips of 

 ham. Season with chopped parsley, pepper 

 and salt. Over these lay the squalss. Be- 

 tween every two squabs put the yolk of a 

 hard-boiled egg, and three or four in the 

 center. Cover the squabs with a thick 

 brown gravy. Cover this pie with puff-paste 

 and bake in a moderate oven for an hour and 

 a half. 



BRAISED SQUAB. Clean, wash carefully. 

 Put a large olive in the body of each. Bind 

 legs and wings neatly to the sides of the 

 birds. Fry six or eight slices of fat salt pork 

 in the frying-pan until crisp. Strain the 

 fat back, lay in the squabs and roll them over 

 and over in the boiling grease until seared 

 on all sides. Take them up and keep hot. 

 Add a tablespoonful of butter to the hot fat, 

 and fry an onion, sliced, in it. Lay the 

 squabs on the grating of the roaster. Pour 

 the boiling fat and onion over them. Add 

 a cupful of stock. Cover and cook steadily 

 for three -qtiarters of an hour. When the 

 squabs are done wash ^\'ilh btitter, dredge and 

 brown. Remove to a hot dish and make the 

 gravy. Serve with cunant jelly. 



STARTED SMALL, 

 GREW UP BIG IN UTAH, 



by Walter Bramwell. Two 

 years ago I purchased 

 twenty pairs of the best 

 Homers, Being cashier of 

 a small bank in a country 

 town, miich of my time in 

 the morning and afternoon 

 was unoccupied. I sent for 

 the birds out of curiosity 

 and for recreation and 

 study. They immediately 

 impressed me as being very 

 interesting. M\' little flock 

 commencecj^operation S 

 shortly after arrival and as 

 they rapidh' increased in 

 number my interest in- 

 creased in proportion. 



It required little time for 

 me to discover that my 

 Homers, properly handled, 

 were mone^'' makers, and to 

 that end I have built i:p a 

 fairly large business, hav- 

 ing now more than twenty- 

 five hundred breeders. 



At first my plant was in 

 a small town but in the 

 meantime I have moved to 

 the largest and best city in 

 the State. 



The market conditions 

 at that time were verymuch 

 undeveloped and when I would mention squabs 

 there would be a round of laughter from my 

 friends. However, to-day. through persistent 

 effort and the production ot first-class squabs. 

 the demand is greater than I can sxipply. 



During the present winter I will enlarge my 

 plant to four or five thousand breeders, and 

 later on will be prepared to furnish all squabs 

 desired by m\' jiatrons. My customers con- 

 sist of cafe, club, hotel and railroad officials, 

 who bui' the best, and whose patronage is very 

 satisfactory to me, because I am not compelled 

 to sell to commission men and can thus de- 

 mand a larger price for my product. 



The price in this State is from S3. 50 to $6 per 

 dozen, undressed. 



The future for the business here appeals to 

 me as being a very bright one and I feel con- 

 fident that my business stunt of squabs will 

 reward me handsomely. 



The business is attractive and profitable be- 

 yond expectation, provided the proper atten- 

 tion and skill are exercised that would be de- 

 manded in other lines where success is at- 

 tained. I am delighted with my birds and 

 business and trust all who are or may be in- 

 terested in the same line will have their efforts 

 crowned with success. 



PECULIAR COLOR RESULT, by C. C. 



O'Neal. About the ^■oung birds from the cross 

 of two Carneaux males with two white Homer 

 females, generally they are of solid black plu- 

 mage, sometimes dark-shaded checkers. 



