MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 
EXPERIENCED PIGEON RAISER PAYS A HEARTY TRIBUTE TO THE DEMONSTRATED 
SUPERIORITY OF PLYMOUTH ROCK HOMERS On seeing one of your advertisements 
I was induced to send for your free squab book and other literature to the extent of purchasing 
one of your Manuals, I am always eager to learn of new methods in the pigeon business and 
to give a little time experimenting upon “‘ claimed-to-be” better stock. On receiving your 
ublications I began to carefully scan them to see what new thought or idea I might glean 
rom them. In some instances | thought you were making rather extravagant claims, as most 
advertisements generally do. They praise some of the most worthless articles to the highest 
notch, leading folks to purchase something in which they.are very often sorely disappointed. 
This is not so in your case, for of all the claims you have made for your birds, I can truthfully 
say the “ half has never been told:” In:my opinion there are no better, They are as perfect 
a piece of squab machinery as nature can create and man improve upon. ‘ 
How well I am pleased with the birds I bought of you is well attested by the fact that I 
am enclosing another order for more of your Extra Plymouth Rock Homers. : 
In July, 1907, I sent my first order, They were the largest Homers that had ever been in 
my neighborhood. as many persons who came to see them attested. Within less than three 
weeks after I had placed them in my lofts they had accustomed themselves to the place, several 
pairs had laid and set. With machine-like regularity they have given me a pair of eggs on an 
average of every five and one-half weeks. -I do not mean to say that they have given me a 
pair of squabs for every pair of eggs laid. The difference between the eggs laid and the squats 
hatched from them has-been so slight that a harsh critic cannot find fault. Some of my first 
pairs of squabs from your birds have already laid and set. : 
T have not allowed any sickness or lice to invade my lofts; I believe the vitality of your birds 
is of such strength that with little care and proper feeding one need never have any fear of them; 
Ihave been very careful as to how I have fed them. My plan of feeding is as follows: Wheat 
and corn are my main feed.. Each day I feed a relish, Sunday hemp, Monday Canada peas, 
Tuesday Kaffir corn, Wednesday niillet, Thursday hemp, Friday Kaffir corn, Saturday I feed 
a grain which I obtain from my dealer called vetches; the birds relish this very much. 
I feed whole corn at all times as most of the cracked corn we get is of an inferior sort, some- 
thing which could hardly be sold in the whole grain. My feeding plan may seem a little expen- 
sive, but I am after results and as the birds are giving me those results, I feel that they are 
amply repaying me for my trouble. One cannot expect to get out of pigeons what they do not 
put:into them, so with poor feeding one can expect but poor results. J-am more than satisfied 
with the quantity and quality of the squabs they have given me. My squabs weigh from 
12 ounces to 16 ounces apiece, as fat and juicy as they can be. I have some which were ready 
to be killed in 25 days. io : 
I have had one bad experience since I have had your birds. On one occasion I was unable 
to obtain necessary grain from my regular feed dealer, so I had to purchase of another who’ 
sent me some inferior stuff. My squabs began to show the difference in that they were not 
so plump and fat. I soon discarded this and my squabs went back to their original size. Dur- 
ing the moulting period your birds showed no visible signs of their being affected by it save- 
the loss of feathers. They appeared as though there was no strain attached to it. During 
the cold weather they have done equally as well as in the warm weather. . 
It is not my intention to lead any one into believing that all he has to do is to purchase Ply- 
mouth Rock Homers, put them into his loft regardless of care and proper feeding, and they will 
prove a success. But I do claim that with little care they will give the same if not better 
results than they have given me. I have sold some of my squabs for as high as one dollar a pair, 
and got as high as $5.50 a dozen for some. 
My opinion of the squab business is that it is yet in its swaddling clothes with every indication 
of asuccessful growth, The demand for the large, plump squab is daily increasing. Breeders 
with such stock as the Plymouth Rock are the only ones who will be able to supply this demand. 
I have the greatest of hope in the business. It is one of the greatest investments of today. 
In my opinion there are but a few honest investments which give better returns for money, 
at least I have found none better, 
I am in the squab business now as a side issue. I look for it in the near future to pay me 
larger returns than the salary I am now getting, which is $1100 a year. 4 
My present plant is composed of three lofts with a capacity of nearly 300 pairs of birds. 
I Rave ote onan Than, yout and have compared the two to see which give the better 
results, I must confess that I have A No. 1 birds, but yours excel them by far in the number 
and size of squabs. 
I shall in a little while have only your birds on hand as I have already learned that they 
are in a class by themselves and as an investment no stock can equal them. Enclosed find 
my order, wishing you much success.—H. N. B., District of Columbia. 
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