STORIES OF SUCCESS WITH PLYMOUTH ROCK HOMERS 
my card, that they would think it over and let 
me know. One fellow wanted to give me 
$2.10 per dozen: what do you think of that? 
He did not get them, Iassure you. Ihave no 
other birds except those I received from you, 
and I have not had a sick one among them in 
the year and a half, with the exception of one 
that had a large lump on its wing. ainted 
this with iodine. It moped around for six 
weeks or more but now it and its faithful mate 
afe building a nest. Here is a strange freak 
of nature which puzzles me. I have a pair of 
young birds that always lay four eggs. The 
first four did not hatch. Out of the next four 
they hatched one bird. The third, also four 
eggs and one bird. I have separated them as 
I found them to be nest mates. My object in 
writ: this letter to you, besides informing 
you of my success thus far, is to ask for the 
address of some one, not too far from me, to 
whom I can sell my squabs at ihis time of the 
year. One man wrote to me and said he 
would buy all I raised ‘if I bought the breed- 
ers from him.” But may first thoughts were, 
of course, to see you first.—F. B., Ohio. 
(We told this customer where to ship in New 
York City, and he shipped accordingly and 
received satisfactory prices). 
STARTED WITH 24 OF OUR BIRDS IN 
1902, AND NOW HAS 700 OF THE FINEST 
EVER SEEN. In July of 1902-1 bought 
twenty-four birds, Homer pigeons for breed- 
ers, from you. I now have seven hundred of 
as fine-looking birds as any one ever saw and 
all full blooded for which I thank you for the 
good stock sent me.—C. E. L., Michigan. 
FIRST ORDER FOLLOWED BY A SECOND. 
The six pairs of pigeons were received O. K. 
Enclosed please find New York draft for 
$21.92, for which please send me twelve pairs 
Homers and two dozen nest-bowls.—D. C. S., 
Minnesota. (A third order followed inside of 
a month from this customer.) 
SQUABS SURPASSING ALL EXPECTA- 
TIONS AND BRINGING $5.50 PER DOZEN. 
Could you furnish me with a price-list of breed- 
ing stock and supplies as I have misplaced the 
one you sent me last spring with my National 
Standard Squab Book. I desire to state that 
the Homers are surpassing all expectations 
along the line of squabs and I have been 
getting as high as $5.5¢ for them in New York. 
Wishing you continued success in your honest 
dealings.—A. H. T., Ohio. 
FIRST ORDER QUICKLY FOLLOWED 
BY ANOTHER. The twenty-four pairs of 
Extra Homers were received in good form as 
you know, and are so satisfactory that I de- 
sire to duplicate the order and_enclose_here- 
with an Adams Express money order, Please 
send us twenty-four pairs as goed as the 
others as soon as possible—G. P. W., Con- 
necticut. 
FLOCK DOUBLED IN THREE WINTER 
MONTHS. I bought some pigeons from you 
about Christmas. I am pleased more than 
I expected to be with them. They are doing 
nicely, I have doubled my lot with squabs. 
from them. I want to ask you if it would 
be safe to let them out into the flying pen 
now. You see I have had them about three 
months now,—A. S., Virginia. 
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IS CER- 
TAINLY ALL RIGHT FOR SQUAB BREED-. 
ING—WE ARE SHIPPING THERE STEAD- 
ILY. Enclosed you will find a Great North- 
ern Express money order for $80, for which I 
want you to ship me forty-eight pairs of your 
thoroughbred Homers as soon as possible for 
you to do so. I sent some time ago to you 
for a free book on squab raising and since 
then have read up your National Standard 
Squab Book on squabs and looked up the 
markets in Seattle and Everett. I find that 
there is a better market for squabs than any- 
thing else I know of at present, and I am going 
to devote all my time to raising them. I have 
a building almost completed for the first. 
forty-eight pairs. Just as soon as I get them 
settled to business I will send for forty-eight 
pairs more. I have seen two or three flocks 
of your birds near Seattle and must say they 
look like business if given half a chance. The 
owners seemed weft satisfied with them, but 
I think they would be more so if the birds 
were given the right attention, which they 
did not look to have.—G. T., State of Wash- 
ington. 
BEST LOOKING BIRDS THE EXPRESS- 
MAN HAD EVER SEEN. The birds arrived 
here yesterday in good order. They are 
beauties. The expressman said that they 
had lots of birds pass through here, but these 
were the best he had ever seen. Thank you 
for the extra two pairs which you sent, and 
for such fine birds. I shall build a fifteen or 
twenty unit house jus# as soon as it gets a 
little warmer, and I shall want a lot of your 
best Extras to fill it; none but the best for 
me.—H. A. D., Massachusetts. 
.- WANTS THE PURE STOCK. Yow will 
soon get another order from_me, because I 
want the pure stock and the Plymouth Rock 
Squab Company is the only place to get them. 
—A, C. F., Oregon. 
MANUAL GOOD, SANE AND PRACTICAL 
—MODEL OF GOOD ENGLISH—GOOD 
WORK APPRECIATED. I have your favor 
of the 19th inst., also the Manual, and beg to 
thank you for both. I have read your book 
very carefully. It is not one of my habits 
to go out of the ordinary course in matters 
of business; but I think I know good, sane, 
practical work of almost any kind when 
see it. If you will allow me to say so, your 
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