1906 
LETTERS FROM CUSTOMERS 
1906 
STORIES OF SUCCESS ON THIS PAGE ARE NEW. THEY WERE RECEIVED BY 
THE PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB COMPANY OF BOSTON IN NINE MONTHS OF 1906 
However, study of your squab book, close and 
constant observation of the birds, their habits, 
etc., with the resultant experience, enable me 
to get along pretty well. a ; 
My pigeon house was not originally in- 
tended or constructed for that particular pur- 
pose, but had, hitherto, been used for a hen 
house. It is about 40 feet by 12 feet, with 
five windows. Along the whole of the west 
front and extending across the south end I 
built a fly 10 feet wide, 12 feet high and about 
70 feet long. My flock has hatched, up to th 
time of writing this, six hundred and thirty- 
six squabs (636), without those consumed at 
my own table, but I contemplate marketing 
the squabs this fall as the overcrowding stage 
is rapidly approaching. 
If you can find time I shall be glad to hear 
whether or no, in your expert opinion and in 
the above circumstances, you think that I 
have been fairly successful. Although I feel 
reasonably satisfied: with. my progress, were I 
to start again, ab initio, I think that I should 
do so with a complete flock of fully matured 
birds rather than waste the time consumed 
raising stock, by breeding, to a business 
basis. Wishing you continued success.—W. 
C., Massachusetts. 
DOING GREAT WORK. The Homers 
which you sold me two years ago are doing 
great work. I am perfectly satisfied with 
them.—F. S., New York. 
TOOK FRIEND’S ADVICE. Enclosed find 
an order for birds and supplies with remit- 
tance. A friend here was much pleased with 
our birds from your lofts and decided to go 
into the business. We prevailed on him to 
order from you because we felt your birds were 
the best. He could have bought here in 
Illinois at a much cheaper rate but he took 
our advice. So we trust you will do well by 
him and trust you will send us another order 
blank like the one enclosed.—Mrs. K.., Illinois. 
MULTIPLIED SIX-FOLD. About two 
years ago next June, I bought of you 60 pairs 
of your Extra selected Homers and they were 
a very fine lot of birds, and I have raised a 
very fine lotofbirdsfrom them. I haveabout 
10 birds now, and they are straight bai 
wing and mottle with the exception of about 
eight chocolate —A. C., New Jersey. 
GETTING THREE DOLLARS A DOZEN. 
Please send me your new literature on squabs. 
I Paeigh 18 pairs of you in 1903 and now have 
a flock of 190 birds and am getting $3.00 for 
my squabs in St. Louis. If any one in this 
section writes to sae for squabs you'may refer. 
them to me.—F. L., Missouri. 
NEIGHBOR PLEASED. Your favor of the 
21st to hand, also price list of $1.7U for Extra 
Homers in 300-pair lots. Mr. j. A. Westen- 
dorf, of tnis city, purcnased of you on a trial 
order five pairs of Extra. Why cannot you 
make me the $1.70 rate for 50, 100 or 200-pair 
lots? In going over my buildings I find that 
I cannot accommodate 300 pairs so would not 
like to order that number for fear of being too 
crowded. 
Mr. Westendorf is pleased with his birds 
and if the birds you should send would be the 
equal of those I would be more than satisfied. 
—A. S., Missouri. 
ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY. Please send 
me the feeding slip that you have published 
as your daily feeding ration. The birds we 
got from you are entirely satisfactory.—J. D., 
Pennsylvania. 
RECOMMENDED BY ANOTHER. Will 
you kindly let me know how I can expect to 
receive birds ordered from you to be sent to 
the above address? I have been recom- 
mended to try your birds by Mr. R. Warner, 
of 9 DuBois Avenue; and if you can guarantee 
safe shipment I will place an order with you 
as soon as I hear to this effect. And if they 
are as you represent them, I shall be a regular 
customer of yours. If you will give me the 
desired information, you will greatly oblige. — 
G. §., New York. : 
THIS SHOWS WHAT A CUSTOMER DID 
WITH TWELVE PAIRS OF OUR BIRDS. 
My Extra Plymouth Rock Homers have done 
finely. I sent to Boston $30 for’ 12 pairs. 
The birds arrived before I expected them, and 
they all looked fine. I got my first egg March 
21,1905, I raised all of my young to increase 
the flock for one year and found at the end of 
the year that I had 271 young birds, all seam- 
less banded, and as fine a lot as I ever have 
seen. This year I am selling squabs and 
mated pairs, raising my best young, and have 
already sold squabs and mated pairs which 
have to date netted me $60. I have sold my 
squabs for $3 a dozén, and mated pairs for 
$2.50 a pair. : es 
I now (September 10, 1906), have 400 birds 
that I have raised. A good lot of them are 
worthy to be put in the show pen, and if they 
were they would be among the winners. 
hen I went into the pigeon business I 
bought what I thought was the best stock to 
be obtained, namely, Extra Plymouth Rock 
Homers, and my flock shows that I did not go 
wrong, for every one that has seen my birds 
pronounces them the best lot ‘they have ever 
seen together. : 
My birds now are in the midst of moult, 
but most of them are breeding right along. 
These are strong letters. 
Read them over. 
You want some assurance, when you buy 
pigeons, that you will be treated right, as these customers were. 
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