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you,--'W. "W. D., Minnesota. (Correct. We 

 have shipped to California within the past few 

 years thousands of pairs of Homers and at all 

 places in California where squabs are sold and 

 eaten, the product of our Homers is wanted 

 because they are the best in the market there.) 



USES THE HEALTH GRIT. Please send 

 me by American express two hundred pounds 

 Health Grit, for which find $2 enclosed. My 

 pigeons are doing finely and I now have 75 in 

 addition to my original lot, and the young 

 ones are hatching out squabs, — W. L. J., 

 Maine. 



HE IS PLEASED WITH US AKD OUR 

 BIRDS. I am so much pleased with the birds 

 I got from you and the bright prospects of the 

 squab industry, that I feel interested in getting 

 some of my friends started in squab raising. 

 The last shipment of scjuab breeders reached 

 me in splendid condition and are very fine 

 birds. I am very much pleased with the selec- 

 tion and your good judgment. All your stock, 

 birds, supplies and dealings with me in th«f past 

 have been so satisfactory that you may expect 

 more orders from me and my friends in the 

 future. I have raised and sold pigeons and 

 pet stock for years, so of course am capable of 

 judging good stock when I see it, and I con- 

 sider your squab-breeding Homers the best that 

 can be bred for successful market squab breed- 

 ing. Trusting that you may continue to have 

 much success in this worthy business. — L. E. 

 Virginia. 



THEY EAT OUT OF HER HAKD. I en- 

 close money order for more nappies. I like 

 my pigeons better every day. They are so 

 tame now they will eat out of my hand. — Miss 

 L,V.P.,NewYork. 



THREE MONTHS' WORK. We are going 

 to _ move this week to California. The six 

 pairs I bought of you in March, three months 

 ago, have all nested and done fine, and I have 

 raised 24 young birds from them. — Mrs. H. B. 

 S., Massachusetts. 



ALL THE WAY TO VANCOUVER. I 



received my birds on June 8, and all of them 

 were in fine condition except one hen, which 

 seems to be a little stupid. My express 

 charges were all right. Thank you for the 

 free birds. Hoping that I will be able to send 

 for a few more soon. — G, A. L., Vancouver. 



HAS SEEN HOW OUR BIRDS WORK IN 

 HIS TOWN. I am sending you herewith 

 money order for $31.50, for which please send 

 me 12 pairs of your Extra Plymouth Rock 

 Homers, and two of your drinkers, same as you 

 Bent me before, I have seen two different lots 

 of your Homers in this city, and althou^ I 

 have some good ones that are rapid breeders 

 and raise large squabs, I am so much im- 

 pressed with the work that Mr. Barrett's Homers 

 (purchased of you) are doingi that I have gone 



to work and fitted up two more breeding pens 

 to accommodate some of yoiir stock. — W . H. 

 M., Massachusetts. 



ALL AT WORK IN SIX WEEKS. Who- 



ever took the pair of pigeons from the basket 

 must have been an expert in determining the 

 sex and mates, as every one of them, that is, 

 twelve females, have eggs and are setting. 

 Don't you think this is strong eiHldence that 

 two pigeons never were taken from the basket 

 during transit ? I will make no claim against 

 the express company. I feel very positive 

 they are not at fault. The shipment reached 

 me six weeks ago. — C, S., Ohio. 



mCREASING HIS FLOCK. The twelve 



pairs of breeders that I bought from you last 

 fall are beginning to lay very nicely and I am 

 very much pleased with them. Please send 

 i1..a six more pairs, in payment for which you 

 will find money order enclosed. — H. W., New 

 York. 



A LARGE SHIPMENT TO CALIFORNIA. 



I received all the birds (312 pairs) without one 

 being dead, and the lot seems to be in splendid 

 condition, on the whole, after such a long 

 j oumey. It seems wonderful to me that none 

 were dead with all the rough handling they 

 must have received on such a long journey. 

 The birds are beauties and attract a~great deal 

 of attention. — P. W.. California. 



QUICK WORK HATCHING. The Homers 

 I got of you are doing finely; received May 1, 

 five weeks ago, and I have a dozen or more 

 squabs from the dozeri pairs. — ^J. F., New 

 Jersey. 



FINEST HE EVER SAW. The Extra 

 Homers arrived today in first-class shape, and 

 are the finest I ever saw. — L. C. Y., Maryland. 



UNABLE TO FILL ORDERS FOR HOM- 

 ERS. The writer has been engaged in selling 

 Homer pigeons for squab breeders for the past 

 several months, but my stock is now almost 

 completely exhausted and I am unable to fill 

 my orders. Have, just received an order from 

 Hot Springs, Arkansas, but as I make it a rule 

 not to attempt to fill orders for birds which I 

 do not have in my own lofts, have declined 

 the order and referred the customer to your 

 company. He wants fifty pairs, and would 

 suggest that you get into correspondence with 

 him. Trusting that you may be able to get 

 the business.— G. C. S., Ohio. 



.^PJi?- PIGEONS AT THIS LARGE SHOW 

 iJJ.vU!2^ MADE A CLEAN SWEEP OF THE 

 PRIZES. Plymouth Rock Squab Co., Boston, 

 Mass. Gentlemen: Pardon the delay in not 

 answering about the safe arrival of the birds. 

 Ihe show was a big success and over nine 

 hundred entries were registered. I had a 

 nice coop fixed up and brought the entire 

 flock of foiuteen birds. They behaved fine 



