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. 
the above and return to me. Yours well 
satisfied with your treatment.—O. J., Illinois. 
SUCCESS IN TEXAS. In October 1905 
I purchased from you 25 pairs of birds and 
since that time I have had fair success in 
raising squabs. have about 175 youn: 
birds on hand at present. They are all 
strong and healthy, having had the best of 
care, and a great many of them are mating 
now.—W. B., Texas. 
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER. I 
seceived the birds all O.K. The last ones 
were every one all right, as were the first. 
A thousand thanks for your kind, courteous, 
and prompt treatment in all our business 
dealings and you will be sure to hear from us 
again. If our letter will help you any, you 
are perfectly welcome to use it. you 
again —J. C. H., Michigan. 
SELLING MANURE. Some time ago I 
bought 24 pairs Homer Pigeons from you. 
I have had fairly good luck with them, havin, 
increased my flock to about 200 pairs, 
want to write you in regard the manure. 
You state in your National Standard Squab 
Book, that the Leather Trust used it for 
tanning purposes. Now I have considerable 
on hand and I wrote them. They said in 
reply, that they did not use it at all, which 
‘was a surprise to me as I have been careful 
in saving it.—W. H. H., Pennsylvania. 
Auswer. The trust does use pigeon manure 
or did, the Jast we knew. ‘We shipped to one 
of the Lowell plants of the American Hide 
and Leather Co. for three years. Perhaps 
your letter was directed to one of the plants 
of the trust which does not use pigeon manure, 
We have printed so long the fact that pigeon 
manure is salable to tanneries of the trust 
that the New York office of the trust has been 
bombarded with pigeon manure letters for 
the last five years to such an extent that they 
are sick of the topic there and give an in- 
quirer poor satisfaction. For some time we 
have been selling our pigeon manure to 
leather men whose factories are within ten 
miles of our Melrose plant. Their teams call 
for it and take it away with very little trouble 
to us. We get sixty cents a bushel for it, 
same as usual. If any customer of ours 
wishes to ship manure to New Jersey or New 
York, we will help him to find a buyer there, 
as we have letters from tanneries in both 
States on file asking us to sell them “pigeon 
pure.” 
HIS FLOCK GROWING. About a year 
I bought some birds from you, some 
$2.00 pen Gain and some $2.50. My flock is 
growing and seems to be getting along pretty 
good, having now 180 birds—will soon have 
200 birds. thought I would try and sell 
some now. They are all good birds. I want 
to try and sell what I raise now and if possible 
make a business of the squabs if there is 
enough in it to warrant putting up more 
buildings and getting more stock. 
It costs me about $1.90 per week for feed 
for this amount. Am I feeding enough?— 
M. N., Massachusetts. 
BUILT NEW HOUSE. I have built a 
new house for my pigeons. Have increased 
my. flock from the original six pairs to 50, 
besides selling 30 pairs of squabs. Could t 
have done any better than that? 
Have been having some trouble bya few 
going lizit and have followed your advice 
and think have got the better of the difficulty. 
I lay the trouble to the poor quality of wheat 
they have been furnishing me. It seems to 
be all shrunk up and they don't eat half of it. 
—A. D. V., Pennsylvania. 
Answer. More pigeon troubles are caused 
by wheat, or too much of it, than almost any- 
thing else. Squabs which are thin and dark 
are caused by too much wheat in the ration. 
Pigeons fed on too much wheat get thin, with 
sharp breastbones, and will not lay as they 
ought to. A good ration of Canada peas and 
hempseed is necessary to bring eggs and keep 
the flock in condition. A pigeon will not 
thrive if not kept in condition by nourishing 
food. The results of too much wheat are 
loose droppings, stupid and non-productive 
birds.. Pigeons should be active and eager. 
IN FINE CONDITION. My birds I bought 
a little over a year azo (12 pairs) are still 
doing fine; have sold several small lots of 
squabs. Ihave been following your manual’s 
instructions as close as possible. Ihave about 
sixty pairs. They are in fine condition atid 
have lots of eggs and youngsters.—C. W.'H., 
North Carolina. 
SQUABS WEIGHING NEARLY A POUND 
APIECE WHEN ONLY THREE WEEKS 
OLD. Please send me your price list on birds 
and supplies as I intend to get about ten 
more pairs of Extra Homers and want to get 
them of you., Tne birds I have now, which 
I got from you, are doing fine and I have 
doubled my flock. I could sell all the squabs 
Ihave but want them for breeders. 
Would you kindly advise me if oats are 
good for breeding pigeons if fed moderately. 
Also do you think it, wise to sell my squabs 
when they are from two and one half to three 
weeks old, as some of them will weigh about 
fourteen ounces at that age.—A. P., Ohio. 
the standing aud character of the concern with’ which you contemplate dealing. 
Your tank will find out the facts for you. Avoid advertisers whom you find out by inVestiga- 
tion are worthless. 
Have their ratings looked up for you. 
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