MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 
A PAIR OF BIG SQUABS. 
These were bred by the Pennsylvania man whose letter is printed on this page. Note the enormous breasts 
and their plumpness. They are world-beaters. 
STARTED IN TWO HORSE-STALLS. RAPID PROGRESS IN ELEVEN MONTHS. I sent 
you my first order for six pairs of Extras, the birds arriving November 23, 1907, all in good 
condition with the exception of one, which you replaced later on. I selected the two horse- 
stalls in the barn as a fit place for keeping pigeons and put in the floor, windows, nests, etc., 
according to your Manual. I succeeded in getting the first pair to hatch within a month's time. 
It was very cold, which somewhat hindered them in their breeding. The remaining birds were 
all at work soon after the first and I became greatly interested in them. 1 had great confidence 
in this new venture and after they were all at work, I first conceived how fast they bred. 
In the month of January, 1908, I sent my second order for eight pairs of Extras, these birds 
arriving January 25, 1908, in good condition with the exception of one, which you so generously 
replaced later on, This second lot of-birds were all at work within two weeks after liberation. 
They commenced to hatch.so rapidly that J find I have at this date, October 11, 1908, about 
200 birds in all. These birds include the original 14 pairs and their offsprings. My birds are all 
banded and I keep a careful account of each pair. I have seen quite a few birds in town classed 
as Homers which do not near compare with the birds I bought of you. My pigeons can be seen 
any time and people are surprised to find such a fine lot of birds. The birds which I bought of 
you and their offsprines wi!l easily average from seven to nine pairs a year, and some have 
hatched for the tenth time in less than a year. Some of the nests had three eggs in them on 
two or three occasions. These eegs were all hatched out and I took the third young ore and put 
it in the nest of good feeding birds who raised it to a good size. i 
Lhave weizhed some of my squabs and find them one pound and over, some occasionally being 
under one pound. 
After having read your Manual thorouchlv I determined to make the feed question one of the 
Principal considerations. I use the self-feeder which you deseribe and recommend. | I mix corn 
which includes cracked corn) and wheat in the proportions which you state in your Manual and 
keep the self-feeder ‘always plentifully supplied with it, so that the crops of their young are well 
supplied. I also feed the dainties such as millet, buckwheat, peas, hemp seed and sunflower 
seeds, throwing lettuce, cabbage or parsley into the pen twice a week. The birds always have 
rock-salt, codfish and oystershell before them. The pens are re-graveled every six weeks and 
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