1907 
MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 
1908 
UICK WORK BY THE NEW FLOCK OF 
A NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY. I should _per- 
haps have written you earlier of my boy’s 
success with the Plymouth Rock Homers 
which you sent. One pair were nesting in 
three days and inside of three weeks there 
are, I think, ten of the thirteen pairs at work, 
and if my recollection serves me, inside of 
four weeks he had ten or a dozen squabs 
hatched. 
It is now nearly five weeks since he had 
them and some of the scuabs are nearly large 
enough to market. I consider this a pretty 
good record.—H. C., New York. 
Note. The above gentleman is a well- 
known business New Yorker. His boy is 
only nine years old. 
DIFFERENT SIZES. . 
This shows two squabs, one of which is growing 
faster than the other. This means that it is pushin; 
its smaller mate out of the way at feeding time an 
getting more feed from the parents. In such cases, 
the bigger one will grow fast and the smaller one will 
-be stunted. The. latter should be helped by bein; 
taken out of the nest and put alongside a squab o 
its own size in another nest, the larger squab there 
being brought back to a up with a mate of its own 
size. The parents in both cases do not neglect the 
new comer. 
MARYLAND CUSTOMER SATISFIED 
AND ENLARGING. On November 27, 1906, 
I received from you 50 pairs of Plymouth 
Rock pigeons. I put them into what I 
considered an up-to-date house, using nappies 
for nests. I am starting another pen and 
expect before fall to have 150 pairs of good 
stock. I feed cracked corn and wheat and 
I also give the Canada peas when I can get 
them, a little hemp and rice once in awhile. 
1 am entirely satisfied and when I am in the 
market for more birds, Elmer Rice’s birds will 
do for me. Thank you for your many 
kindnesses.—W. B. C., Maryland. 
UICK BEGINNING BY MATED PAIRS, 
ALL _ AT WORK WITHIN TWO WEEKS 
AFTER DELIVERY AND A PAIR OF 
SQUABS ON HIS TABLE WITHIN SEVEN 
EEKS. MORE ORDERS FOLLOW. 
Within seven weeks from the date of receipt 
of the birds I ordered from you, I have had a 
pair of broiled squabs on my table, and such 
squabs I never saw before. few days before 
they were four weeks old, they weighed a. 
pound each. 
Some of my pairs went to work within 
five days. and all of them within two weeks 
after their receipt. It has been less than 
three months since I received the seven 
pairs, and I have killed two pairs squabs, 
and my flock has more than doubled. I 
think this is a good record. I can readily sell 
my young pigeons here for breeding purposes 
at good prices, but as I ordered them to raise 
squabs for my own table, have, so far, declined 
to sell any. 
Two of my neighbors have duplicated my 
order since they have seen mine, and I am 
sure other orders will follow. A 
I am delighted with the business and take 
a great interest in my birds, which have 
learned my voice, and when I go out to the 
fly, come fluttering at my call. I prefer 
squabs to chickens, and they are much less 
trouble, and so much easier to raise.—J. M., 
Mississippi, 
BEST THESIS HE EVER READ ON ANY 
SUBJECT. I have the pleasure of acknowl- 
edging receipt of your National Standard 
Squab Book and having read it once through 
and made notations of details (not indexed) 
at the sides of the pages, I can get the meat 
of any subject promptly. I want to say 
(which, of course, must. have been said a 
great many times to you) that “it is bully,’ 
it is the best thesis I ever read on any subject. 
I have tried to think of questions that sug- 
gested themselves to me I would like an- 
swered, but in vain. You have answered 
everything. I want to state to any one. 
interested in squabs, surely your Manual is 
worth its weight in gold.—W. C., Wisconsin. 
NEVER WAS TREATED MORE FAIRLY. 
My birds arrived October 1 in first-class 
condition, earlier than I expected. Never 
spent money for anything better. They are’ 
regular beauties. I thank you for the extra 
pair; I never was treated more fairly. Hope 
to give you a larger order next time.—P. M., 
New Orleans. 
MAN OF FORTY YEARS’ EXPERIENCE 
HAS NEVER SEEN BETTER HOMERS 
THAN OURS. The birds came safe last 
night. I told you before, I had some of that 
sort (a few pairs) continuously, for over forty 
years. I never had any better and many 
inferior in fancy points. Accept my thanks.— 
L. O., New York. 
LETTERS FROM CUSTOMERS RECEIVED BY PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB COMPANY 
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