SQUAB BUSINESS A SUCCESS. My 
father is in the squab business in a town in 
this State. His business is a success, but I 
would like to have him give your birds a 
trial and so have decided _to_make him a 
present of a dozen.—H. L. T., Iowa. 
GOOD WORDS FROM A COMPETITOR. 
We have associated your splendid achieve- 
ments and capacity with our dogged deter- 
mination to remain in to the death, and by 
elimination have differentiated both of our 
establishments from the pretentious and 
ephemeral plants that come and go. We are 
a long way from fel otherwise than 
modest, and yet we realize that in about 
eight months we have got a good plant, a 
good stock, a good name and a good trace, 
and do not owe a dollar. All the same, this 
has been regretfully on our sole, unaided 
inexperience, and your skill has been a 
loadstar of hope, suggesting that perhaps 
some day we might hit upon the course 
which you have taken and follow it. If 
this business shall ever be trustified, we 
shall wish to be near you, and in any event 
we have nothing but desire for your con- 
tinued brilliant success, and that we shall 
be worthy compeers.—C. F., New York. 
WONDERFUL FECUNDITY. Here is 
$3.84, for which please send me four dozen 
wood nappies by Barstow’s express. My 
pigeons bought of you a year ago are doing 
fine. I bought six pairs of you a year ago and 
have now (July 5, 1904) 175 birds. I had 100 
stolen. But for this misfortune I would now 
have 275. I have 400 or 500 hens as well as 
the pigeons.—N. J. G., Massachusetts. 
RAISED A HUNDRED. Will you send me 
your prices on grain of all kinds? My birds 
are doing fine now. Ihave about one hundred 
birds ralzed from the ones I bought of you 
(twelve pairs). As soon as I get started in 
good shape I shall buy more breeders from 
you. have not sold any yet as I have been 
raising them.—H. A. H., Massachusetts. 
-OTHER HOMERS NOT LIKE OURS. I 
enclose my check for $1.50 to pay for leg band 
outfit, and 20 cents additional for postage. 
My birds are continuing to do fine, and I am 
more pleased than ever with them. I was out 
last night calling on a man who claimed to 
have Homers. They looked more like com- 
mon street pigeons than my Homers. All 
these things tend to encourage me, when peo- 
ple can breed such birds propteD ly I know 
mine will show up much better, Please give 
me a few names of New York dealers in 
squabs.—W, M. G., New York. 
PERFECTLY SATISFIED. Pardon me 
for not writing before, but I have been away 
from home since the birds came, until within 
afew days. I am perfectly well satisfied with 
the Homers you sent me. They are as fine a 
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lot of birds as I could wish to see. Half of 
them are nesting now and I think that they 
went to work as quickly as could be expected. 
We have taken great pains to make their house 
warm, clean and convenient. J intended to 
order more birds before this time but have 
been unable owing to sickness in my family. 
However, as soon as I get straightened round 
again I intend to order more breeding stock 
and work my flock up to 150 pairs as soon as 
possible.—L. A. C., New Jersey. 
ENCOURAGED TO GO ON AFTER EIGHT 
MONTHS’ TRIAL. Kindly quote me price on 
leg band outfit. I have lost the circular which 
you sent me. The birds I got from you last 
fall (eight months ago) are doing fine, one pair 
especially, breeding regularly four weeks. 
hope to have larger quarters and will then 
oad order for more birds.—F. J. G., New 
ork. 
A PLEASURE TO DO BUSINESS WITH 
US. The two dozen pairs of Extra birds 
ordered Thursday night arrived Saturday 
morning. It certainly is a pleasure to do 
business with you. I am delighted with the 
prompt service you have rendered, for which 
I beg to thank you. The birds are a fine lot, 
and they arrived all in the best condition. I 
am convinced that you make a special thing of 
each order sent you. Will return the baskets 
tomorrow.—E. 8. F., New York. 
NEVER SEEN BETTER PIGEONS. Sev- 
eral men who have seen my birds have said 
that they have never seen a healthier or finer 
lot of pigeons anywhere. The reason they are 
in such healthy condition is simply this, that 
I have followed your method to the very 
ae and hence the result.—E. W., New 
ork. ‘ 
SEVEN MONTHS OF STEADY INCREASE. 
In May last I bought of you a dozen pairs of 
Homer pigeons which proved a great success, 
as I now have thirty or forty young birds fly- 
ing at large. What I want to know is, can I 
let out my old ones? I have a fine large flying 
pen for them, but if you think they will stay 
with me if I give them their freedom, I would 
like to do so. They have now been in their 
present quarters nearly seven months.—W. L. 
J., Maine. 
THANKS FOR EXTRA HEN. This is to 
advise you that our second order of breeders 
was received on the morning of the 24th in 
rime condition. We wish to thank you both 
‘or your promptness in filling our order, and 
also for the extra hen sent to replace the sick 
one of our first lot —W. E. M., Pennsylvania. 
NEVER SEEN LARGER, FINER OR MORE 
VIGOROUS BIRDS. The Homer pigeons 
ordered from you on Saturday last arrived 
today, Tuesday, about noon, apparently in 
excellent condition, and I believe I have never 
