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APPENDIX G 



PLYMOUTH ROCK EXTRA HOMER OF BELGIAN ORIGIN. 



Other breeds come and go, but our large, first-clasa Homers have 

 no equal as money-makers in the squab business. ^ The original photo- 

 graph from which the enlargement was made is seen in the lower 

 kft^hand corner. 



INDIANA WOMAN GETS 

 $3.65-$4.60 A DOZEN, by Mrs. 

 M, Bunyard. My Extra Ply- 

 mouth Rock Homers are doing 

 splendidly. I do not see how 

 they could do much better. 

 They are fine healthy birds 

 and splendid workers. 



I have sold since April 27* 

 1910, sixty-one dozen squabs, 

 besides giving some away. I 

 have got a good price for alll 

 have sold this summer. I have 

 been getting from $3.65 to$4.60 

 a dozen for the last month. 

 Our banker says there must be 

 a lot of money in pigeons from 

 the amount of checks we bring 

 in. I hardly ever lose a squab. 

 I haven't given a dose of medi- 

 cine this winter. I kill, pick 

 and pack aU my squabs my- 

 self. I have five squabhouses, 

 one built in the left of the bam 

 and three in the bam with the 

 flying pens outside biiilt up to 

 the bam. I have one squab- 

 house in the coal shed. -I 

 find my birds like clover hay 

 (that has been threshed out for 

 the seed) to build nests. They 

 never know when to quit 

 building with it. 



Some time ago I wrote to you 

 in regard to purchasing twenty- 

 five pairs of- Plymouth Rock 

 Homers. I was finally per- 

 suaded by the proprietor of a 

 local plant to invest the money 

 in a larger breed, Runt- Duchess- 

 Homers. He represented them 

 to be faster breeders than the 

 Homer and said that they bred 

 larger squabs. The former is 

 anything but true, and he barely 

 gets by on the latter statement. 

 I am sorry that I did not then 

 know of the breeding qualities 

 of the straight Cameaux. I 

 have recently taken in a partner 

 and we have decided to rid our- 

 selves of this mixed breed if 

 possible, and fill this unit with 

 straight Cameaux from your 

 company.— T, R. Frank, Rhode 

 Island. 



I have been steadily building up my flock 

 of Plymouth Rock Homers, selling only enough 

 squabs to pay for their feed, and have found 

 my birds aU you represented, often having 

 squabs weighing eighteen ounces. Both of 

 us have gotten a great deal of pleasure out of 

 handling them. We sell their output to the 

 steamers sailing from Galveston, having felt 

 out the market and knowing it to be good.-^ 

 W. S. Faires, Texas. 



Our stock was originally purchased from 

 the Plymouth Rock Squab Co. , both Cameaux 

 and Homers and we can assure you our stock 

 is good. We have several letters from Messrs. 

 Silz of New York, to whom we ship most of 

 our birds. We also supply the Hotel Royal 

 Poinciana, Palm Beach, Florida, during their 

 season, and we can assure you that nothing 

 but the best holds their trade. — Seminole 

 Squab Farm, Florida. 



