APPENDIX G 



369 



FROM AFLAT TO SQUABS 

 IN THE COUNTRY, by Laura 

 A. Pierson. A year ago I be- 

 came interested in the subject 

 of squab raising through a mag- 

 azine article, and determined to 

 inform myself with a view to 

 engaging in the business. I 

 accordingly sent for the ' ' Na- 

 tional Standard Squab Book" 

 and read it through. At that 

 time we were living in a sub- 

 urban flat, but contemplated 

 moving to our present location, 

 which we did in the spring of 

 1909. 



There is a bam on the lot, 

 the loft of which we fixed for 

 pigeons, the lower floor for 

 chickens. We built flies to the 

 south and have a nice chicken- 

 run to the east. The chickens 

 are simply to supply our own 

 table, although we have a sur- 

 plus of eggs, and have enjoyed 

 the sale of some at the extremely 

 high prices the past winter. The 

 ^ock of pigeons we intend to 

 increase as rapidly as possible 

 and concentrate on as a busi- 

 ness. 



Last August we received thir- 

 teen pairs of Plymouth Rock 

 Extra Homers. The birds set- 

 tled down very promptly and 

 have worked well. We now feel 

 that we are sufficiently experi- 

 enced to handle a larger flock 

 and are fixing our quarters for 

 more birds. We have ordered 

 one hundred pairs more. 



WHAT I AM DOING WITH 

 A SMALL FLOCK, by Walter 

 Sieverling. Six months ago I 

 ordered three pairs of Plymouth 

 Rock Extra Homers. They ar- 

 rived in good condition and in 

 a week they had eggs. I fed 

 them the best that could be 

 bought and they repaid me with 

 fine, big, fat squabs. It was 

 very funny to see them claim 

 their nests. I had other Homers 

 in the house at the time but in 

 the end the new Homers ware 

 the winners. They were larger 

 and could handle my birds like babies. I 

 have nine pairs working now and in May I 

 had nine pairs of eggs in the nests. The day 

 the &"st pair hatched out the last pair laid 

 their eggs. They all hatched and I had eigh- 

 teen squabs all of good size. The largest I 

 had was a pair of red checks which weighed, 

 one twenty ounces, and the other twenty-two. 



In order to raise good-sized birds, cull your 

 squabs when they leave the nest and after they 

 develop. 



NOTE SIZE OF THESE EXTRA PLYMOUTH ROCK HOMERS. 



One of the Chicago houses has contracts 

 with a squab raiser paying %2.bQ for six-pound 

 squabs, $3.00 for seven-pound squalas, $3.50 

 for eight-pound squabs and $4.00 for nine- 

 pound squabs. One man in Iowa has six 

 thousand old birds and has a yearly contract 

 with this house. — H. Huecker, Illinois. 



Don't ship to a wholesaler unless you are 

 wholesaling. If you want retail prices, go and 

 get them according to the directions given in 

 the Squab Magazine. 



