1907 MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 1908 
CONNECTICUT WOMAN’S BIRDS BREED BETTER THAN MANUAL STATES, SHE HAS 
SEEN ONLY ONE LOFT OF BIRDS AS GOOD AS HERS AND THAT MAN BOUGHT HIS- 
STOCK OF US. I will give you a statement of the birds I received from you the 23d of April, 
1907. My birds do very much better than you state in your Manual. 
They arrived in perfect condition and are very large and beautiful, have always been perfectly 
healthy. There has never been only one that was sick and that was caused from moulting and 
raising birds too fast. I took her away until she had recovered and her mate cared for the 
young birds. These birds lay when their young are from 12 to 21 days old. 
Some of them are sitting on their fifth lot of eggs. They have hatched 48 young birds in 
four months and just three weeks, and expect more will hatch this week. Some of the young 
ones are beautiful. . 
I have never had young birds remain in their nests over three weeks. 
One pair build on the floor and their birds leave their nest at 17 days old. These weigh at 
three weeks 14 ounces, others at ten days weigh one-half pound each, some at three weeks 
weigh one pound. 
I have some that are very delicate from which I shall use for flying. These birds do not 
weigh but 14 ounces at four weeks old. 
Thave seen but one loft of birds as large and handsome as these birds, and those were owned 
by a Mr. Cornwell of Milford. He bought his first birds of you and claims that they raise 11 
pais of birds a year. One of my neighbors who was watching my birds said: ‘‘ In all the birds 
have ever seen these are the largest and most lovely.” . ; 
I have followed your advice in the care of them and would like to know if mine are doing 
as well as the average youhear from, If I amsuccessful in flying the birds will let you know. 
Enclosed you will find money order for 50 pounds of health grit.—Miss'A. A. W., Connecticut. 
CHAIR SEATS USED FOR THE BOTTOMS OF NEST-BOXES, CHEAPER THAN LUMBER. 
HOW TO CHOP UP STRAW FOR NESTING MATERIAL. I note you say use long boards 
for bottoms of nests and short pieces perpendicular. I reversed this before seeing your plans 
by standing up long boards 12 inches apart, toenailed to wall. These boards have three-quarter- 
inch by three-quarter-inch cleats for bottoms. I use 12-inch three-ply perforated seats. These 
seats are varnished, are light and strong, as your excellent bowls. They are slightly concave 
in center, just fitting the nestbowl, and the 1 eo do not extend beyond margin of bowl. 
I fasten bowls to them with stove bolts. can remove nut in a moment and have bowl and 
base separate for cleaning, and they are cheaper than good lumber, which costs five to six 
cents a square foot. Seats 12 inches square can be bought for three cents each. They come 
10, 11 and 12 inches square. 4 
You suggest no easy way for chopping straw in proper length for nests. I have stumbled 
onto a cheap and easy plan for smal! fellows like me. Use a common mitrebox and saw. 
Place mitrebox on table near end and a receptacle beneath. One or two strokes will cut through 
a big handful of straws and as you move up for next cut, the short ends drop into receptacle. 
Thaoe you do not consider all this didactic (or what not) for to tell the truth I have gotten 
more pleasure and information out_of your Manual than I could have gathered with endless 
and expensive experimenting, and I want to help if I can in any small way.—P. O. L., New 
Jersey. 
HIS BATH-PANS ARE MOUNTED ON A PIPE AND HE EMPTIES ALL WITH ONE TURN 
OF ACRANK. FILLS ALL BY TURNING ONE VALVE. My self-feeder is just perfect. Two 
of the ranches about here are fitting up with it. I also have all my windows raised or lowered 
at the same time and with only one motion. One or as many as you like can be detached 
and remain closed. I can stand in my feed room and do the whole thing without taking a step. 
My bath-pans are all mounted on a one-inch pipe running through the flying pen. The 
crank is just outside the end of the pen, It locks when the pans are up for bathing. The 
water is turned on by a faucet outside the flying pens. Now to empty this, no going inside 
the pens, frightening the birds and swashing the dirty water onto your hands. You just 
unlock the crank, rock the pans to and fro two or three times, turn down your crank and 
every pan dumps its dirty water onto a drip board running outside the pen. Leave your pans 
down and no snow, ice, or droppings can get into them. : i 
My drinking fountains all work from the passageway. Not a particle of filth can get into 
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tay I have not written this in any spirit of egotism. I consider it just common sense 
economy of my own construction.—J. W., New Jersey. 
THIS FLORIDA CUSTOMER BEGAN WITH TWELVE PAIRS OF OUR EXTRAS IN 1903. 
We now (Septémber, 1907), have about 400 to 500 birds and during winter and spring have 
killed on an average of 25 squabs per week. To be accurate in this I cannot, as no account 
was kept, but must say the birds have proven very satisfactory indeed. Will give Mrs. B. your 
etter upon her return and she can answer it also.—J. C. W., Florida. 
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