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 
- moved them also, putting them in a corres- 
ponding section in the other pen, the arrange- 
ment oF the pens being the same. I find that 
the old birds find their young and go right on 
keeping house just the same as before they 
were moved, At present I have 100 young 
birds, the oldest being less than five months 
and already at work. The squabs are fully 
developed and out of the nest at three weeks. 
I expect to have about 80 or 90 pair of birds 
at work about the first of November. Then 
I shall begin to ship.—E. R. C., California. 
GETTING ALONG IN VIRGINIA. Please 
ship by freight to us six drinking fountains 
and six bath pans. We got some birds of you 
last year. They have done very well. 
fhank you for the advice—P. N., Virginia. 
GENEROUS TREATMENT OF CUSTOM- 
ERS. Your letter of May 21 was most satis- 
factory and certainly very generous. I hope I 
made it very plain to you that you were not at 
all to blame for the loss of one of my pigeons. 
Your offer to replace it free of charge was 
quite in keeping with my impression as to 
your very generous treatment of your cus- 
tomers. I have at last found that the lost 
pigeon was a female and if you think a white 
pigeon would be well received by my colony 
of three checkered, I would like to have a 
white female Extra Homer pigeon. My 
pigeons are in fine order and doing well.— 
rs. H. C., Georgia. 
LOST ONLY. ONE SQUAB IN FIVE 
MONTHS. Five months since, come the 12th, 
I received of you, by express, 13 pairs of your 
Plymouth Rock Homers. Up to date I have 
lost but one squab (and I think he was killed 
by a dislocation of the neck), possibly 10 eggs, 
several by frost. I have 54 squabs, most of 
them able to take care of themselves, and 
seven pairs of oS Three pairs of young 
ones have hatched and begun to build their 
nests. Now I wish to ask you if you think 
they are doing well. I do, and Iam proud of 
my intelligent birds. I am now preparing 
to remove all young ones from the pen except: 
those that are mated and then as fast as the 
others mate, to do as you say, put them into 
the breeding pen. I shall also build on 
another unit to my breeding pen in a short 
time, as I figure on 110 birds in my present 
house. 
I wish I was financially able to put in a good 
plant as these birds have demonstrated their 
fecundity. I notice you say that there is 
little liability of nest-makers mating. I have 
not discovered any with the few I have. I 
have just gone through the nest boxes with 
whitewash containing a good per cent of 
carbolic acid and vitriol solution. I clean 
out houses often and so far have not had a 
sick bird. Occasionally I put ginger in the 
drinking fount and I firmly believe it is by 
following your plain and definite instruction 
that they keep as well. 
hope I am not trespassing on your valu- 
able time but cannot resist telling you how I 
am getting on with your stock AW. G. Py 
Wisconsin, 
CONVINCED AFTER TRIAL, I have de- 
layed in writing you as I wanted to see how 
the birds were going to turn out. Can say 
now, I am more than pleased with the birds. 
I have now 18 squabs and five pairs of eggs. 
Three squabs died and six eggs went to waste. 
That is all over with now. Don’t expect that 
to happen again. As far as I can see squab 
raising looks to be very simple and profitable. 
I have a nice clean house and running water 
so the time spent is nothing. Enclosed you 
will find my check for 12 pair Extra more.— 
J. S., Washington, 
GETTING FOUR DOLLARS A DOZEN 
FOR SQUABS. Please send me_as speedily 
as possible 25 pairs of Extra Blue Homer 
Pigeons. I have now about 125 pairs of birds 
bred from the original 20 pairs I bought from 
you about 18 months ago and am selling 
squabs at $4.00 a dozen. I am building a 
coop 48 feet by 14 feet which will accom- 
modate about 600 birds and if successful will 
enlarge my plant shortly. . 
ill you kindly supply me with the name 
of the large Commission house in New York 
mentioned in your circular? The_ original 
birds were bought from you in. November 
1904 and shipped to my partner in the busi- 
ness.—H. B., New Jersey. 
QUICK TIME. I have read a large num- 
ber of your testimonials, none like this how- 
ever. Now I will make an affidavit that I 
received the 38 pairs Saturday morning, put 
them in the pen by tena.m. I gave them a 
few tobacco stems from a crock on the floor 
in the corner, At! five p.m. a hen laid an 
egg. She laid her second egg to-day, Monday, 
and is now ‘setting, Can any of your cus- 
tomers beat this?—S. H., Illinois. 
THINKS WE ARE TRUE BLUE. I am 
giving my pigeons occasionally lettuce or 
some raw cabbage, which they most heartily 
enjoy. Is this conduct prudent? The last 
batch of birds you sent me ‘‘Extra selected” 
were magnificent. You people (The Ply- 
mouth Rock Squab Company) seem to be 
“true blue.’ I like to deal with your kind; 
don’t find them all the time. Please answe: 
Is there anybody in your town who has failed at squab raising? Some play at pigeons 
as they would with a new toy, then they give them up. If they bought of us, the trouble is 
with them and not with the pigeons. 
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