MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 
TEXAS WOMAN DELIGHTED WITH HER 
PROJECT. I am enclosing an order for 
some Homers intended for a Christmas pres- 
ent to my young nephew, and wish you to 
ship the birds so as to arrive about the 24th, 
In March last I bought of you six pairs of 
Plymouth Rock Homers. My flock now 
(December) numbers 25 pairs, the first birds 
hatching the 16th of April, and I have seven 
hens due to hatch on the 17th of this month. 
I think my success has been creditable and to 
me very satisfactory. I have lost less than 
half a dozen young ones, and believe the loss 
of these was due to a lack of rock salt in the 
fly. My aim is to increase the flock to 100 
before beginning to market the squabs. 
Squabs sell in our market for 25 cents each 
and are scarce and in demand. My pen 
consists of a house 8x8 feet in which the birds 
roost, lay and hatch. Connected with the 
house I have a fly eight feet wide, 20 feet long 
and eight feet high; with which accommoda- 
tion the birds seem perfectly contented. 
Many of them seem to know me and are not 
afraid when I go among them. I feed twice 
a day, about 8 a.m and 3 p.m., giving them 
what they will eat of whole and cracked corn, 
wheat, millet and Kaffir corn, when pro- 
curable. Occasionally I throw in bits of 
cabbage leaves which they seem to relish 
very much. I have your Manual and have 
followed instructions as nearly as circum- 
stances would permit, and with it as a guide 
and reasonable attention, do not see how 
any one could fail to succeed in a pleasant 
and_ pleasing pursuit. believe it .also 
profitable, even in my small way. I bought 
your fibre nest bowls and have them screwed 
to pieces that slip into the egg crates that you 
mentioned in your Manual. This makes 
cleaning the bowls and boxes a very easy 
matter. I intend in the near future to build 
another pen, divide my flock and test the 
uestion of ‘‘ pigeons for profit.’ 
am delighted with the project, but love for 
my birds may interfere with selling squabs 
for slaughter. My squabs weigh on an 
average of three-quarters of a pound, live 
weight, at about three weeks of age. have 
Thus far. 
had neither sickness nor lice, and on the whole . 
am most highly pleased with my birds.— 
Mrs, R. E. B., Texas. 
USES A WATER FOUNTAIN WHICH HE 
MADE FROMA BOTTLE. In February (1908) 
I became interested in Homers and thinking 
they would give better results than common 
pigeons, I sold my flock of common birds 
and sent you an order for three pairs of 
Plymouth Rock Extra Homers. Three days 
later I received them, Some friends of mine 
had Homer pigeons which they considered 
excellent birds, but they could not beat mine. 
My friends have been anxious to get some 
of my Homers, but I intend to keep all I 
raise until I have quite a flock. 
Up to date (October) one pair has raised 
six pairs of squabs since I received them. 
The other two pairs have done nearly as well. 
The common pigeons I had generally stopped 
- breeding during the moulting season, but your 
Homers kept right on. ‘ 
I feed what is called here ‘‘ scratch feed,” 
composed of buckwheat, peas, Kaffir corn, 
sunflower. seed, cracked corn, wheat and 
several other grains. I also give a tonic every 
Sunday with a little hemp seed. I use a 
feeder which I made, as shown in your 
Manual, and a water fountain which I made 
from a bottle. I have followed your Manual 
HOME MADE. 
For this little plant the breeder has utilized what 
he had; expending hardly a dollar. He has done very 
well in these rough and ready quarters, however, as his 
letter here printed shows. (See letter of M. J. H., 
New York.) 
in caring for my birds-and think it is an excel- 
lent book. Sometime in the future I intend 
to give you another order, 
send by this mail a picture of my place 
and birds. The small pen is where I keep my 
young stock until they mate, The one with 
the Homer in the window is where my working 
birds are kept.—M. J. H., New York. 
LETTERS FROM CUSTOMERS RECEIVED BY PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB COMPANY 
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