1907 
MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 
1908 
ON A POLE AT TOP OF FLYING PEN. 
INDIANA WOMAN WON FIRST PRIZE AT HER FAIR. QUICK INCREASE IN SMALL 
FLOCK. HOW SHE FEEDS THEM AND CARES FOR THEM. 
In March they started to build their nests. At 
15 pairs of your Plymouth Rock Homers. 
present (October) I have 82 young squabs with eight pairs on eggs. 
e e ; They are very rich eating. One pair of birds 
raised me from six to seven pairs of young squahs (in less than eight months). 
weeks old they weigh 14 to 16 ounces apiece. 
In the spring of 1907 I bought 
When the squabs are four 
When the 
squabs are two weeks old I clean their nestbowls out twice a week. Twice a week I sprinkle 
slaked lime around. I use tobacco stems. 
I have no kind of lice. 
visitors. They say, how can you keep it so clean? 
ht they were fine. 
Some of the young birds have raised some young squabs 
were here to look at my birds. They tho 
larger than some of the old birds. 
for the second time, of which the first eggs were no good. 
buckwheat and barley, all mixed together and feed 
Also their morning bath, i 
give cracked corn, wheat, 
fresh water, plenty of it. 
corn, 
) Also every day I give my coop a good cleaning. 
I sprinkle a little slaked lime on the floor. 
' have a good many 
Mr. Kline, Mr. Martin and several others 
Some of my young birds are 
I feed my birds in the morning. I 
This is their morning feed. At noon 
they get lettuce or cabbage leaves or Swiss chard. They are very fond of dry bread or cake: 
In the evening I feed the same as the morning feed except I scald a little oats; when cold, I mix 
it with the other feed. I 
month, 
I pull their tail feathers out. 
feathers quicker. 
ut a teaspoonf: 
of carbolic acid in their drinking water once a 
I am feeding sunflower seed once a week. When my young birds are six weeks old 
I find out they do better. 
I band my birds when four weeks old and 
It seems to help them to shed their 
lace them in another coop. My 
coop is 16 feet long, 12 feet high, 10 feet wide, with a double floor with tar paper between, also 
it is lined with tar paper and has three large windows in it. 
I build them like you have them in your squab book. 
are 12 inches square. 
I have 132 nest boxes. They 
I would like to 
send you a picture of the.squab house, but_I planted lima beans and spun them up the wire. 
I will send you a picture later on. 
I got first prize at the fair. 
I have seen several kinds of 
pigeons but they don’t compare with mine in size and weight. 
We eat squabs about every Sunday. 
I make pot pie, also I have soup. 
I make what you 
might call noodle soup. _ They are the best stuffed with dressing made with one egg, one onion 
cut fine, little parsley, pinch of salt and pepper, a little grated nutmeg, the hearts and gizzards 
of the birds and bread broken in small pieces, water enough to moisten. 
three birds to dress.—Mrs. S. B., Indiana, 
MOVED HIS FLOCK, BUYING MORE. 
About a year ago, I purchased 12 pairs of 
Homer pigeons from you. At that time I 
was located at Lowder, Ill. About February 
15 this year (1907) I moved them from 
Lowder to Waverly,- which is about eight 
‘miles. I now have 34 pairs. Will be in the 
market for more birds at once. Also quote 
‘me prices on supplies.—G. C. H., Illinois. 
ONE-POUND SQUABS. NEVER LESS 
‘THAN $3 AND AS HIGH AS $4.50 A DOZEN 
OBTAINED IN SOUTH DAKOTA. In Sep- 
tember, 1905, I bought some Homer pigeons 
from you. Most all squabs that I have 
raised from your Extra Homers weigh one 
pound at five weeks old and I have got as high 
as $4.50 per dozen for them, never less than 
$3 per dozen. You may use this information 
as it is correct.—J. H. K., South Dakota. 
This is enough for 
NO AILING PIGEONS. Well, it has been 
some time since I received the 13 pairs 
pigeons from you and I will say I am quite 
well satisfied with them. They are all work- 
ing but two pair and I have quite a bunch of 
good healthy young ones in my rearing pen 
and think I would have had more if t tad 
given them more time and care, but I have 
too much other work. 
I keep the house clean and have it white- 
washed, and don’t believe I have an ailing 
pigeon in the loft. I think I have some lice 
but they are not bad, I spray my lofts once 
or twice a week, being careful to choose a 
bright, warm day.—C. R., Illinois. 
VERY FINE FLOCK. I purchased some 
of your Plymouth Rock Homers a few years 
ago. I have a very fine flock of birds now.— 
J. M. W., Pennsylvania. - 
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