APPENDIX G 



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I SELL SQUABS AT RE- 

 TAIL IN MY TOWN, by 

 Charles H. Marston. In No- 

 vember, 1907, I bought twenty- 

 five pairs of Homer pigeons 

 and like many others I thought 

 that I had a bargain because 

 I got them cheap, but there is 

 where I learned something. 

 They had not been well kept 

 and did not do a thing all that 

 ■vrinter but eat, and how they 

 did thati It took some time 

 to get them filled up, but 

 about February 1, 1908, they 

 began work and did finely all 

 the year, so that at the end of 

 that year I found they had paid 

 their way and a little more. 



Having weeded out some of 

 the drones, I began the year 

 1910 with sixty pairs of mated 

 birds and at the present time 

 of writing (February 26) I 

 have fifty-three pairs either 

 with young or setting on eggs, 

 making me think that the out- 

 look for 1910 is pretty good. 



From the very first I have 

 been a believer that in every 

 community there are some that 

 will buy dressed squabs, and 

 I have built up quite a trade 

 in my town and the adjoining 

 towns in this part of Massa- 

 chusetts. I am very enthusi- 

 astic on squab raising, and am 

 satisfied that there is money 

 in it. 



The Homers I received from 

 you are doing splendidly. I 

 have no trouble in getting 

 squabs a month old to weigh a 

 pound. I have a pair sixteen 

 days old weighing fifteen 

 ounces. I had a man offer me 

 about ninety Homers for $25, 

 iDut I would hardly take them 

 as a gift. The best his squabs 

 weigh when four weeks old is between nine 

 and ten ounces. Thank you for the good birds 

 you sent me. — ^H. J. Read, Ontario. 



Thought you might be interested to know 

 how I made out with my Cameaux entries at 

 the Suffolk County Fair for 1911: Solid red, 

 first premium; red and white, first, second and 

 third premiums; yellow and white, first, second 

 and third premiums. All birds raised from 

 Plymouth Rock stock. I won as many prizes 

 as were allowed on my entries, so I have no 

 kick coming. — Cadet H. Hand, New York. 



The eleven pairs of Carneaux I received 

 from you last October are doing well. I have 

 one hundred and eighty or more birds now 

 (September 15, 1911).— Dr. J. W. Cutler, 

 California. 



MR. MARSTON AND TRAINED HOMER. 



We stocked up with twenty-five pairs of 

 your Extras in 1909. We stocked up with 

 Carneaux in 1910. In Carneaux and Homers 

 we showed thirteen birds, six pairs and one 

 odd bird. We won thirteen ribbons, $12.50 in 

 cash at the Virginia State Fair, 1910. — Frank 

 W. Danner, Virginia. 



I have been in the squab business raising 

 your Extra Plymouth Rock Homers and 

 Carneaux, but sold out and now I want to 

 start in again. I have handled a great many of 

 your birds and I have found that they prove 

 satisfactory in every respect . — Arthur New- 

 comer, Pennsylvania. 



Single men who do not make squabs pay 

 should get married and let their wives show 

 them how. 



