1908 
INTERIOR OF MASSACHUSETTS CUSTOMER'S HOUSE. 
Wire netting is used always to separate the units, not board partitions. This breeder has not set nest boxes 
up against the wire netting, but this is done in almost every case. 
NEVER HAD A SICK-BIRD AMONG OURS, BUT BIRDS FROM ANOTHER SOURCE ARE 
WEAK AND POOR BREEDERS, HANDLED UNDER THE SAME CONDIT: 
NS. You will 
probably remember me as having bougiat two dozen pairs of Plymouth Rock pigeons from you 
last November. 
one got away and one cock bird I killed. 
what they would do, so I bought two dozen pairs from 
put your birds in, and have given them the same treatment, but they 
They do not seem strong and vigorous like yout 
exactly the same as I 
are not doing as well as your birds. 
Out of the 25 pairs you sent me, I have 20 pairs working. Onc bird died, 
I thought I would try some one else’s birds to see 
I built a new house 
birds. 
I would like you to send me 24 pairs of your very best Extra Plymouth Rock Homers. I 
am not particular as to color so long as the quality is there. 
I have kept the birds I got from the other man in a pen by themselves as I want to give 
them ‘a fair chance. 
young’ as they should do. 
they do not seem as vigorous as your birds. 
NEWS OF OUR SUCCESS CARRIED TO 
INDIA. Having heard something of your 
wonderful success in this business from a 
gentleman from America, I should very much 
ike to hear full particulars. I have some 
young nephews in California whom] should 
like to help make a start in some way.— 
M. C. H., Bombay, India. 
LOST ONLY TWO YOUNG SQUABS. Will 
you be so kind as to tell me where I can get 
a good cut of a pair of Homer pigeons? My 
birds which I bought of you are doing well. 
I have not lost any but two young squabs 
before they were grown. ‘They are certainly 
nice.—L. L. D., Georgia. 
They may be young birds, as they do not seem to care for their eggs and 
I give them exactly the same treatment as I give the others, but 
I have never had a sick bird among yours, since 
I got them, only the one that died soon after I received them.—J. W.., i 
West Virginia. 
GOOD MATINGS. FOUR NESTS SIX 
DAYS AFTER REACHING KENTUCKY. 
Homers received in splendid ‘conditicn *on 
March 8. They are surely a beautiful lot of 
birds. Am very much pleased with them 
and hope to duplicate order in a short time. 
They have built four nests already. (March 14.) 
—I.P. Y., Kentucky. 
ONE HUNDRED SQUABS A MONTH 
WEIGHING ELEVEN TO FOURTEEN 
OUNCES. I have nothing but your Extra 
stock exclusively and am now turning out 100 
or more fine squabs weighing 11 to 14 ounces 
and fer every four weeks.—E. M., South 
varolina. 
LETTERS FROM CUSTOMERS RECEIVED BY PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB COMPANY 
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