MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 
the birds are always in good health, 
clean the apartments every week. 
from vermin. 
few weeks, 
I scald the drinkin 
The. bathpans are filled daily so that they can keep free’ 
Ihave not as yet been seriously troubled with lice for ] disinfect thoroughly every 
f I have tried to follow your Manual in every way possible and the results testify to: 
its great value as the book of all books on this subject. 
fountains several times a week andi 
If a person has never engaged in this. 
pleasant pursuit he need but buy a Manual and follow its teachings and success is sure to crown. 
his efforts. 
It takes patience from the start and those who think of get-rich-quick schemes: 
had better not start in this industry. —H. F.S., Pennsylvania. 
HER BIRDS IN CALIFORNIA LIKE FINE 
TWIGS FOR NEST BUILDING BETTER 
THAN STRAW. Wehave now 28 mated pairs 
and I have another pair in the mating coop, 
also saw a pair in the squab pen making up 
to each other this morning. We are very 
much interested in the work and intend to 
continue until we have about 2000 birds if we 
can. Of course we will soon begin to sell 
some, but we wish to have enough to supply 
one certain place before we do, as we think 
by so doing we can build up a better trade 
and get a better price for our birds. Several 
have offered to buy but we have sold none yet. 
Every one says our birds are the prettiest 
and best cared for they ever have seen. 
They think we take unnecessary pains with 
them, but we think it pays to do so. We 
started in March last (1907) so none of our 
squabs is more than nine months old and they 
all mate up at about four or five months. 
The oldest ones have had several pairs of 
squabs of their own. We have followed the 
Manual and think it all right. We feed 
wheat, corn, cracked corn, Kafhr corn, mixed, 
as a daily feed and three times a week Canada 
peas and hemp seed with now and then a 
little rice. We have running water in our 
pens and we use eucalyptus and pepper twigs 
for the nest building, as they seem to like 
the fine twigs better than’straw. We keep 
oystershell and charcoal and rock salt where 
they can get it, and put fresh gravel in the 
pens every now and then. We wish to keep 
about 50 pairs in each_unit, so we have our 
first one almost full, We expect to buy more 
breeders as soon as we can and not depend 
altogether on our own, but we wanted to get 
a start and be able to handle a few pairs 
properly before we tried so many. Wishing 
you success and prosperity.—Mrs. W. Se 
California. é 
WORTHY OF ENTIRE CONFIDENCE. 
Enclosed find postal money order for which 
please send Extra Plymouth Rock Homers, 
according to your Special Offer No.3.° This 
js my third order. The National Standard 
Squab Book is as nearly perfect as it can be 
and has given me both pleasure and satis- 
faction. our improvements and additions 
are admirable. I am ordering from you be- 
cause you are I thin’ entirely reliable, gen- 
erous and worthy of my entire confidence. 
My plans are not_guite matured but they 
mean more Extra Plymouth Rock Homers.— 
Mrs. H. A. C., Georgia. 
SELLING SQUABS AT GOOD PRICES AND. 
BUYING MORE MATED PAIRS, I pur- 
chased of your company six pairs of your’ 
Extra Plymouth Rock Homers the 13th of 
June, 1907, and six pairs the 27th of the same: 
month and had no trouble in getting them to. 
work. Some of them started to nest two» 
days after I received them. I now (May,. 
1908), have 60 mated pairs and have been. 
selling squabs right along for $3 and $3.50 
adozen. I have some pairs that hatch every 
month. I have one pair that hatch three: 
birds quite often and raise them all, I have 
some squabs that weigh one pound at four 
weeks of age. They average from nine to 11 
pounds to the dozen, I have sold some pairs: 
for $1.25 a pair. I feed the best of grain, 
such as whole corn, red wheat, Kaffir corn, 
millet, hemp seed and Canada peas and 
cracked corn, and use the self-feeder for the 
wheat and corn as shown in your Manval, and 
like it. I like your Manual and would not be 
without it. I have had no sickness or lice: 
in my flock as I use plenty of lime. and keep- 
my house well whitewashed inside and out~ 
side. have been in the first stores in. 
Pittsburg and in several pigecn houses around 
here and I have seen none to compare with. 
mine. I have some young birds finer than 
the parent birds. I like the birds very much 
and the business, or I would not be sending: 
for more birds. Your birds are more than’ 
you claim them to be, for my birds have 
shownso. It will pay me better to buy mated, 
birds that will hatch right off than it would 
to wait on the vous for breeders, as I can 
be selling squabs all that time.—J. H. §., 
Pennsylvania. 
BEST IN A LIFE TIME. I have read your 
book with much interest. It is by far the 
best I have ever seen on the subject of pigeon 
nee I have kept pigeons all my life, 
or at least for 40 years, from the common to: 
the high-priced carrier, and at present have. 
a coop of some dozen different varieties, wall. 
of which I propose disposinz of and putting’ 
in the Plymouth Rock Homers. See enclosed.. 
order—W. W. B., New Jersey. 
LARGEST HOMERS EVER SEEN. The 
Plymouth Rock Homers I bought of you 
last season are doing far better than I had 
anticipated. Every one who has seen them, 
without an exception, says. they are the: 
largest Homers they have ever seen.—B. E., 
District of Columbia, 
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