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KNOWS WHERE TO GET RELIABLE 

 BIRDS. I know where to come for reliable 

 birds, having bought my Extra Plym,outh, 

 Rock Homers from you. See enclosed order. 

 The Extra Homers I bought of you June 1 

 have made a good record. I knew absolutely 

 nothing about pigeons and had never seen a 

 first-class bird until I got yours. Have 

 depended entirely on your Manual for my 

 knowledge. — Mrs. R. O., Indiana. 



MORE THAN DOUBLED. The pigeons 

 we bought of you in September are doing 

 nicely. They have more than doubled their 

 number and our young stock have commenced 



AN ODD SQUAB HOUSE. 



This shows the small plant of the Massachusetts 

 breeder whose letter is printed above and beneath the 

 picture. 



laying.^ One pigeon suddenly became lame 

 after his arrival here, and after trying to cure 

 him we finally killed him. We have dis- 

 covered no more lameness in our flock. — 

 S. W,, Massachusetts. 



SOME WEIGH ONE POUND AT THREE 

 WEEKS. My Plymouth Rock Extras are all 

 doing nicely and are raising squabs that aver- 

 age a pound at four weeks. Some of them will 

 weigh a pound at three weeks. — P. E., 

 Pennsylvania, 



SET BACK BY POOR WHEAT. I started 

 with six pairs. - Got along fine until I got 

 hold of a lot of poor wheat which made my 

 pigeons very sickl This happened in the 

 latter part of June, '07. I hsid by this time 

 in all 25 or 30 birds, of which only five birds 

 survived. I did not buy more pigeons until 

 I had* my pens remodeled so as to hold more 

 birds. Got them fixed up all right and bought 

 17 birds of you, six pairs and five hens. 

 They mated in about two weeks, raised about 

 seven pairs in October, November nine 

 pairs, December 10 pairs, January 11 pairs, 

 February nine pairs, and I have ten eggs for 

 this month. 



I do not feed wheat as you told me not to. 

 I cannot get a good grade of wheat so I feed 

 all Kaflfir com or a little cracked com mixed 

 with it. 



I have followed your Manual in every way 

 and find it an excellent book, as I did not 

 know a thing about pigeons at all. 



They do not pay as good prices here for 

 squabs as they do in the North and East 

 but they pay well considering the fact that 

 people out in this part of the country do not 

 know much about good squabs. They have 

 been used to breeding the common pigeons' 

 squabs which weigh about one-half as much as 

 the squabs I raise. I had five out of the nest 

 the 2Sth that weighed one and three-quarter 

 pounds apiece. They are very fine birds. 

 Fort Worth is growing every year very fast. 

 We have 7500 people. I hope I will be able 

 to convince the hotel people that they- are 

 worth more than 40 cents to 60 cents a pair. 

 My flock is growing every day and I wilt order 

 more birds before long. — ^J. S. W., Texas. 



KNEW ENOUGH ABOUT PIGEONS TO 

 APPRECIATE THE BOOK. Your squab- 

 book is the best on that subject I have ever 

 read. It covers the grotmd completely 

 and makes everything plain and clear enough 

 for a child to imderstand. A number of 

 years ago I bred and flew Homers successfully 

 for about five years. This experience en- 

 abled me to imderstand and appreciate your 

 book better than if I had no knowledge of 

 pigeon raising. I will be glad to return 

 the old Manual and receive new one. I will 

 do so about January first, as I like to look 

 into the book now and then and do not wish 

 to be without one. 



I note that the Pittsburgk Dispatch is 

 quoting squabs at $4.50 to $5.00» seconds at 

 $3.70 per dozen. — A. E. C, Pennsylvania. 



WORTH ALL COMBINED. We think 

 your Manual is the best in its line. We have 

 read many books regarding squab breeding, 

 but none has given us the satisfaction your 

 Manual has. W'e would not trade your 

 Manual for the whole bunch. Your book is 

 so clear that a child can understand it.— 

 H. & F. B., Ohio. 



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