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could get around that part I would enjoy It better. That is the reason I would like to get started 

 With the Cameauz. 



The Cameanx are beyond my expectations. I have bred all kinds of pigeons, but have never 

 seen such breeders in my life. I have bred youngsters from them weighing 19% ounces at 20 

 days old. Can you beat that? Enclosed please find order for six dozen nest bowls. 



I suppose you iriay be interested to hear about the breeders you sent me last spring. The 

 two pairs of Cameaux are doing fine. They have hatched five pairs of squabs since. 



The Cameauz I bought from you are coming along finely now. I have had luck with two 

 or three sittings and now have ten young pigeons from two pairs. 



I bought tour pairs of Cameauz of you last November and now (Octbber) have 37 birds. 



I am going to order some more Cameauz sure. As far as I have seen they are the bird. My 

 neighbors here say that mine look more like turkeys than pigeons. 



Some time ago I ordered of you five pairs of Plymouth Rock Cameauz at J6 per pair and am 

 very much pleased with same. I am particularly interested in the building up in point of weight 

 in this particular bird. Hence I beg to be advised whether you would select shipment of extra- 

 ordinary size at increased price and if so, extent of increased size or weight as compared with 

 the general run of this bird, and at what cost? (Later we received an order from this customer 

 for five pairs more.) 



The Cameauz were purchased of you some time in December last, I tliink, first three pairs. 

 Then later my partner went over and purchased of you three pairs more, making six pairs of im- 

 ported birds purchased of you. The balance are the offspring of the original six pairs. I shall 

 have no hesitancy in recommending the Cameaux to any who may inquire. They have proved 

 more prolific than the Homers and much heayier birds. 



The Cameaux proved well. ■ Enclosed find $6 for another pair. We are slowly selling off our 

 Homers. (This customer has bred Homers for many years.) 



We started with six pairs of your Cameauz shipped March 26, 1908. We have divided our 

 loft into two pens, one for the breeders and one for the young. At this time, October 23, we have 

 forty birds altogether, which we consider a good increase. The young birds are beginning to 

 mate. Our flock worked right through the moulting season. We enjoy the birds and the work 

 among them very much. (Later — ^November 23.) We now have forty-five Cameauz all told 

 and eight pairs at work. 



CARNEAUX AND HOMERS NOT IN THE SAME PEN 



As a rule, each breed of pigeons should, be kept in a pen separate from other 

 breeds. If different breeds are kept in the same pen, the breeds may mix, no 

 matter how carefully the pairs are mated, and of course the young are liable 

 to mix. There is nothing about a Homer pigeon which keeps it true to its 

 own species. If Fantails or any other fancy breeds of pigeons are kept in the 

 same pen with Homers, there is nothing about the Homer which would lead 

 it to be true to its own species. He or she is just as hable to seek a different 

 breed for a mate. As to the two kinds we sell, the Homers and the Cameaiix, 

 if they were kept in the same pen, it is quite possible that an attachment for 

 a Cameau cock or hen might form with a Homer of the opposite sex. So if 

 you are breeding both the Cameaux and the Homers for the pure stock you 

 should keep them separate. 



IMPORTANCE OF PLYMOUTH ROCK HEALTH GRIT 



Since reducing the price of Plymouth Rock health grit to three dollars for two 

 htmdred pounds the sales have greatly increased. Breeders have found it 

 economy to feed it on account of the saving in grain and the increased output of 

 better squabs. Remember, we db not sell less than two hundred pounds of this 

 grit. Price for two hundred pounds, three dollars. The old price was four dol- 

 lars. Read this letter from Mr. Cameron, one of the best known breeders in 

 the District of (^lumbia, showing the test he made with our grit, one pen of his 

 pigeons getting it and the other pen getting none: 



