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KALE FOR MY BIRDS; FERN BRAKE 

 FOR NESTS, by Mrs. W. R. Lycan. I bought 

 three pairs of Plymouth Rock Extra Homers 

 one year ago and have raised over seventy, 

 lost very few. One pair has raised nine pairs 

 and is sitting again. This, notwithstanding 

 the fact that we have moved during this time 

 and had them in a coop for several days and 

 have ne\'er had a flying pen, just have them 

 in an open-front chicken house about ten by 

 fourteen feet. How's that? I have not 

 arranged my plant as I want it yet. We 

 bought us a small place (in Oregon) entirely 

 unimproved, and it takes time and money to 

 get things going right. 



I feed kaffir corn, cracked corn, wheat, peas, 

 stale bread and occasionally sunflower seed. I 

 also find they are very fond of nice tender kale. 

 Now and then I give them rice. I gi\'e my 

 birds what is called "brake" out here (it is 

 a kind of fern and very soft) for nesting material. 

 They seem to like it better than straw. 



I have just finished reading your SI. 00 

 Manual and find it absolutely the best work 

 on the care and rearing of squabs that was 

 ever written. Mr. Rice deserves much credit 

 for the writing of this book. I have a few 

 pairs of your Extra Plymouth Rock Homers 

 and find them far superior in size, weight and 

 vigor to any Homers I have ever seen. — R. L. 

 Chipman, Washington. 



A good man has good pigeons, and con- 

 versely, a tumble-down man with a rickety 

 home has pigeons to match. 



HOME-MADE FOUNTAIN, 

 by Heyward R. Barret. I am 



sending you a drawing and 

 the description of a swinging 

 drinking fountain for pigeons 

 which I have found to be very 

 satisfactory. It can be made 

 of a " Buffalo " lithia water 

 bottle as well as a whiskey 

 jug. As the top of the jug is 

 larger than the pan the drop- 

 pings can not fallinto the water 

 from a bird perched on top. 

 The one illustrated is made of 

 a glass whiskey jug which can 

 be obtained most anywhere and 

 holds from a gallon up. Cut 

 two pieces of wire the same 

 length and twist tightly around 

 the jug, leaving the ends ex- 

 actly opposite one another for 

 axles. The pan should be 

 about one and one-half inches 

 deep, and the jug should be 

 suspended one inch above the 

 bottom of the pan. By making 

 it out of a glass jug you can 

 easily see when it is empty. 

 Simply turn the jug up and 

 fill it andlet it drop in position, 

 and it will supply water only as 

 it is diminished from the drink- 

 ing pan. Cost about ten cents. 



Three friends of mine visited me Sunday, 

 especially to see your Plymouth Rock Homers, 

 and they were surprised to find such large, 

 handsome and well marked Homers. My 

 Philadelphia Homers are not in the same class 

 ■uith yours in any shape, manner or form and 

 you can duplicate my order. I like to deal 

 \\ith honest, reliable people whom I am con- 

 fidently sure are treating their customers 

 right. I am going to build another unit to 

 n-y plant this week and so I will be ready to 

 put nothing but Plymouth Rock Homers in 

 same. It will cost me SiO for the unit. My 

 Philadelphia birds are certainly picking up 

 after feeding and watering according to your 

 Manual, as I have not lost another squab in 

 the shell. One pair brought out three squabs 

 and are feeding them in fine shape. This 

 same pair of birds lost five pairs of squabs 

 in the shell until after I had worked according 

 to your Manual. I thank you kindly for the 

 fine birds sent me. — Frank J. Lyons, Ohio. 



I have bought health grit of other houses 

 nearer home but find my pigeons do not take 

 to it like yours. I bought from you twelve 

 pairs of Plomers and now have nearly one 

 hundred and fifty. — William M. Wilson, 

 North Carolina. 



I have some of your PhTnouth Rock Extra 

 Homers, and will say that there is no other 

 stock known to me that can even compare 

 with them. — John Overbrook, Illinois. 



