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APPENDIX G 



MR. LLOYD PAID S50 FOR THIS HOMER, 

 It is an investment because he sells for good prices the racing stock 

 bred from her. 



Question: I send you a newspaper clipping 

 showing today's San Francisco quotations : 



figeons $1.50 a dozen, squabs $2.50 a dozen, 

 spoke to a Chinaman the other day and 

 asked him what he asked for squabs and he 

 said fifty cents each. He showed me some 

 and they were common pigeons. The China- 

 men are big squab eaters. Would it pay me 

 to ship to Eastern markets in large lots or 

 would you seek a home market? Answer: 

 Sell squabs right where you are. Your present 

 doubt is caused by assuming that those figures 

 you saw in the newspaper are correct, just 

 because they were in print. As I explain 

 periodically, those figures are what the commis^ 

 sion men would like to pay to get the sguabSt 

 not what they are obliged to pay a breeder of 

 intelligence. The Chinaman gave you the 

 straight tip. He said $6 a dozen, therefore 

 sell at wholesale at $3 and $4 a dozen. 



For scouring out the drinking fountains and 

 bathpans, I use baking soda and scalding hot 

 water. This cleans and purifies the vessels 

 and leaves them fresh and sweet. — James Y, 

 Egbert, West Virginia. 



My birds are coming on so fast that I have 

 to build larger quarters for them. The demand 

 for squabs here continues very good, prices, 

 too. — ^Walter I. Hayes, Colorado. 



$50.00 PAID FOR A MILE- 

 A-MINUTE FLYER, by Alfred 

 Lloyd. I have bought for $50 

 the Atlantic combine winner 

 (see photograph) which won 

 the tfoee-hundred-mile race in 

 the Maiden district. This Ho- 

 mer is the best hen in the United 

 States flown in 1909. She was 

 competing against thirty dis- 

 tricts, two hundred lofts, 1274 

 birds in the contest. The race 

 was from Midland, Ontario, to 

 Everett, Massachusetts. This 

 bird made a speed of 1753.22 

 yards, or very nearly a mile a 

 minute. One of my customers 

 flew a bird that he hred off of 

 birds which he bought from me 

 in the greater Boston concourse 

 race. He won first diploma 

 in Maiden district and won 

 third diploma and third cup 

 with 1864 yards a minute. This 

 Homer is a straight bird im- 

 ported by the Plymouth Rock 

 Squab Company. The man who 

 flew the bird is Joseph McKane, 

 of Maiden district. The race 

 was flown October 17, 1909. 



I stopped at the Kirkwood 

 Hotel, one of the leading hotels 

 of Des Moines, and asked what 

 they were paying for Homer 

 squabs, and I found they were 

 paying $4.25 a dozen for those 

 weighing seven pounds or over 

 to the dozen. I asked if they could use any, 

 and they said they could not at present, as 

 they are getting a regular supply from some 

 one out of town; but they told me of two other 

 hotels that can use quite a number at the same 

 price, so I consider our home market pretty 

 good. — Charles Starkey, Iowa. 



I could have sold the last order of pigeons a 

 dozen times over, but none of my pigeons are 

 for sale. I was quite proud of the comments 

 ajid attention they received at the depot. You 

 selected a fine bunch of birds, and I sincerely 

 thank you. If 1 have occasion to order more 

 soon, you will get my order. — Dr. I, B. Thomp- 

 son, California. 



If you will look at your books, you will find 

 I bouight three pairs of Plymouth Rock Homers 

 of you about two years ago. I have sold about 

 $100 worth of squabs outside of what we have 

 used ourselves. At the present time I have 

 about nine dozen mated pairs. — John Freel, 

 Illinois. 



I have the beginnings of a really good pigeon 



Slant of the Extra Plymouth Rock Homers, 

 'rom the original eight birds which I bought 

 in April, 1910, I have now, January 26, 1911, 

 seventy fine birds. — ^Ethel M. Watson, Cali- 

 fornia. 



