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NINETEEN PRIZES WOW ON 21 ENTRIES AT THIS LARGE WORCESTER COUNTY 
EXHIBITION. I have been breeding your Plymouth Rock Homer stock for several years. I 
have been a breeder of pizeons for a long time and enjoy the work very much and I want to 
tell you that I have never seen better Homers anywhere, nor do I believe that better stock 
exists than the strain you sell. - . 
At the Worcester poultry show held in December, 1907, in Mechanics Hall, I entered 21 birds, 
nearly all your Homers, or bred from Homers sold by you. I had a few pigeons of another 
fancy variety in the show along with your Homer stock, but the Homers did nearly all of the 
prize winning. On the 21 birds I won 19 prizes, made up of 10 first prizes, five second prizes, 
three third prizes and one fourth prize. ; E 
The birds were very much admired by the people in attendance at the exhibition. On one 
white Homer which came from you and on which | won first prize I was offered'$5, but declined 
the offer. For another beautiful red checker Plymouth Rock female Homer which won me a 
first prize I was offered $5 by another exhibitor, but I declined the offer. The judge of the 
pigeons told me I ought to send these two birds to the Boston show in January. as they were 
“‘ world beaters.’”” Sometime I am going to enter my birds at the Boston show when I get 
around to it and can spare the time from my regular business. I am confident that I will make 
them “' sit up and take notice.” ; 
Your Homer stock is distinzuished not only by the large size (which I have never seen equalled 
an:where) but by their prolific breeding qualities. 
A good proportion of my birds are the red checkers, and I value them highly. None of the 
Worcester pizeon men has birds approaching mine. In fact, there are two Englishmen in this 
city who have been breeders of birds all their lives and they told me that they never saw any that 
could equal my stock. A professional man of this city is a breeder of fancy pigeons well known 
over the United States. He entered some white Homers in competition at the Worcester poultry 
show mentioned above but my white Homers went way over anything which he had. 
These larze Plymouth Rock Homers of which you have sold so many during the past ten years 
have completely driven the small native American Homer out of the market. The old breeders 
of these small native Homers have hated to admit that your Belgium stock was better than 
theirs, but anybody with half an eye can see that a Homer which is almost half as large again 
as were the best American Homers is to be preferred, not only for squab raising but for fancy 
breeding, for anybodv who wants the best. The enormous popularity of your business in hand- 
ling this magnificent strain is well accounted for.—H. M. W., Massachusetts. 
FIRST AND SECOND PRIZES AT THIS WISCONSIN COUNTY FAIR. It was February 1, 
1907, when I got. my first lot of Homers. They were the Extras. The pigeons are the largest 
and the best of their kind lever saw. I would advise every new beginner to study the Manual 
before starting.. I feed my birds two-thirds cracked corn to one-third red wheat in winter, 
two-thirds red wheat to one-third cracked corn in summer; dainties such as hemp seed, rice, 
peas, Kaffir corn and vetches. I have invented a little mill to crack corn. I bought some 
cracked corn but it was not half cracked. I can adjust my mill to crack any size corn I want it 
to. Ihave chickens in the same yard with the pizeons and they get along good. Your Manual 
is the best it could be. I don't think it could be improved much. I haven't had any trouble 
with lice or sickness. I think we will send another order as soon as we can get a place ready for 
them. The squab business is O. K., as well as a paying business. My pigeons took first and 
second prizes at:Ocotno-Gounty Fair, September.3, 4,.5.—E.-G., Wisconsin, ... ... : 
WON FOUR FIRST AND SECOND PRIZES AT TOPEKA, KANSAS, EXHIBITION. My 
birds that I got from you are doing very nicely At the Topeka show I was awarded four first 
and second prizes out of 16 birds shown. I would have gotten another first, but I classed the 
bird wrong. The judge gave her-first, but they looked.on the judge’s card.and she was not unde1 
that class, At the show, two of my Homers got out of the caze and also out of the hall. They 
were fine-lookinz birds and built for flying: - They started east and that is the last I have heard 
of them.- F. L. K., Kansas. 
FIRST AND SECOND PRIZES WON BY PLYMOUTH ROCKS IN FLYING COMPETITION. 
I bought several pairs of your Homer stock about a year ago and am raising, and also flyin; 
those which I raised. I have also Belgiums which I fly, but the young of your stock are equal. 
I can recommend your birds to anybody, and the flying club which I am in also know what 
they are. The last fly I made was 300 miles, at which I took first and second prizes on your 
stock. Ithank you for sending me such quality of birds, W.J.K., Michigan. 
AGAIN A SWEEP OF PRIZES AT ANOTHER NEW YORK COUNTY FAIR BY PLYMOUTH 
ROCK HOMERS. We had a county fair here and there was quite a large exhibition of fancy 
piveons and a few Homers, but not any as nice as the.ones that I had on exhibition. I took 
six nairs of old ones and five pairs of young about eight weeks old to match the old ones. I 
grt first and second premiums on all.—F.S.S., New York. 
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