MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 
READ THIS STORY BY A BREEDER OF FIFTEEN YEARS’ EXPERIENCE. 
1908, I received 24 pairs of your Extra Homers. The birds arrived in fine shape, every one of 
them in perfect condition. On my way to the express office I met several friends that had seen 
the birds taken off the train, and they told me they had never seen such a fine lot of pigeons 
as they were (and they are people who know what a pigeon is when they see one) and to say 
that I was surprised when I saw them is putting it mild, although I have had about 15 years’ 
experience in breeding, training and trapping pigeons for shooting matches, where two oppon- 
ents hire trappers, one against the other. (I yee you won’t think I am boasting, but I am 
considered one of the best trappers in this part of the country.) I must admit that I never saw 
any finer looking pigeons than they are. 
have had several people visit my coops that have bought birds from different squab com- 
panies, and they told me they were ashamed to own their birds after seeing mine. Their breed- 
ing qualities cannot be beat. I received the birds on May 7, and by June 7, only one month in 
a strange coop, I had 10 pairs of squabs and as many pairs of eggs, and am proud to state that 
several pairs have kept up a pair of squabs a month. This is the second of October and one 
pair has her fifth pair of eggs. Others have a nest built for their fifth pair. Of course, they 
he not all doing as good for on account of the moulting season some of them have been a little 
slow. 
I weighed the first pair of squabs I got when they were four weeks old. They weighed two 
pounds all but one ounce. To date (October 2) I have 155 young ones banded and there are 
three pairs of young ones mated. I tell you there will be something doing now that the young 
ones have started. 
believe the secret of my success has been in following the instructions given in your Manual. 
I keep plenty of good feed before them at all times. I give them fresh water in their fountains 
once a day and their bathpans three or four times a day. I consider it a pleasure to attend 
to their every want because I love them. When I have a moment to spare I am with them. 
If there is any part of this letter you would like to use for the benefit of your business, help 
yourself. Believe me, yours and the pigeons’ friend.—J. D., Pennsylvania. 
On May 7, 
GOOD FOUNDATION STOCK AND GOOD CARE. NEVERLOST A BIRD. Believing your 
interest to be still with your birds even after they_are sold, will give my experience with a 
dozen pairs of Extra Homers. I received the birds June 26, 1907, and two days after the first 
pair went to work. At the end of the second week they had all got busy. The first batch came 
out very successfully, losing but one egg. I selected what I thought to be the best squabs and 
sold the rest, a practice I have since followed. . 
My grain bill fur the last’six months averages seventy cents a pair. 
averaged three dollars a dozen for squabs. . 
I have had quite a demand for the breeders and all have remarked on the unusual size and 
appearance of my birds. I have always kept your grit, oyster shell and fine cracked charcoal 
before the birds at alltimes. I have used your self-feeder from the start and find it a great help. 
I use automatic fountains, which I scald and scrub with sand once a week. I feed cracked 
corn, Kaffir corn, red wheat, buckwheat, peas and a little hemp and rice. I have never lost a 
bird and at the present time (January, 1908) have raised 119 squabs. This good fortune is due 
entirely to good, healthy foundation stock and absolute cleanliness in the lofts—H. A. H., 
Massachusetts. 
ON THE SQUARE. 
frankness in doing business. 3 
force as well, Live up to and maintain as highastandard as possible and y 
to succeed. It is as true now as ever it was that ‘“‘Honesty is the best policy.” 
you all the success you deserve, and this is a good deal.—J. D., Connecticut. 
LOUISIANA CUSTOMER CONVINCED BY BEST AUTHORITY. 
Manure not sold. I have 
I am certainly very favorably impressed with your methods and 
You are not only a good business manager, but a moral 
ouare bound 
I wish 
I think your Manual 
EXPERIENCE. I was somewhat skeptical 
at first, but my own experience has taught 
me that success awaits all who will buy 
breeders of you and you can refer anybody you 
wish to me as a satisfied customer, and 1 will 
tell them all that your Plymouth Rock Extras 
will come up to the standard. For breeding 
qualities and size of squabs they cannot be 
beat. I will advise you later on as to the 
January shipment. I want to increase 
my flock as rapidly as my financial circum- 
stances will admit until I get 2000 pairs.— 
T. H., Louisiana. 
is the best authority on pigeons that can be 
gotten up. I kept pigeons for 15 years, but 
must admit that I never knew how to care 
for them until I got your book. I bought 
24 pairs of your Extras on May 7, 1908, and 
am pleased to state that they are doing fine. 
Up to the present date (September, 1908) 
I have 126 young ones banded and they are 
allin fine shape. Some of the young ones are 
beginning to mate. I am not able to make 
room fast enough for them.—J. H., Pennsyl- 
vania. 
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