APPENDIX G 



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HOMERS MORE PROFIT 



THAN LARGER BIRDS, by 



Martin L. J. Steele. Two 



years ago I became interested 



in squabs but as I knew noth- 

 ing of the care of pigeons I 



began raising them in mind 



only. I spent nearly a year 



stud3dng the question from all 



sides, and last February put in 



my first lot of breeders, fifty 



pairs straight Homers. March 



first I bought fifty pairs more. 



This lot consists of Homers, 



Dragoons, Mondaines and two 



pairs Maltese. 



After a careful comparison 



of loft No. 1, Homers, and 



loft No. 2, crosses, I find the 



Homers are the more profit- 

 able. 



One item in favor of the 



Homers is feed. For example, 



my fifty pairs Homers are 



doing well on five quarts of 



grain daily, while the fifty 



pairs of crosses take from 



eight to nine quarts. 



The price of squabs in the 



Washington, D. C, market did 



not appeal to me. Three dol- 

 lars a dozen for rtine to ten- 



potmd squabs in December did 



not sound right. So I began 



advertising by using a card 



headed with a picture of a pair 



of squabs in the nest, and 



reading as follows, the date and prices being 



written in ink: 

 We are pleased to quote you the following 



prices on SQUABS for the month of July, 1910: 



Fresh dressed, per pair $0.76 



Feathers on, per pair 65 



Live, ;per pair 60 



I mail these cards about the first of each 



month to ^ regular list, and to all who have 



not ordered by the middle of the month I send 



another card. I find it much better to vary 



the cut at the head of the card. 



The three pairs which I bought of you in 

 March, 1909, have done splendidly. I now 

 have forty-five pairs worldng and a few yoimg- 

 sters. Have sold a good many, and we have 

 eaten a great many, I have worked up a 

 fine trade and now sell to the swell clubs in 

 Portland at thirty-five cents each. They will 

 take all I have. Enclosed find an order for 

 thirteen pairs more of your Extra Homers. 

 If these only do as well as the ones I got 

 before, we will be satisfied. We simply can- 

 not get along without the magazine. It is 

 fine. — Mrs. W. R. Lycan, Oregon. 



If grand opera were fifty cents a ticket 

 the 400 would not attend. The higher squabs 

 are priced, the more the rich want them, 

 always provided the quality is there. 



PLYMOUTH ROCK HOMERS IN MONTANA, 



My pigeons are straight Homers raised from some I bought in Bos- 

 ton in 1904. I have a pair which raise squalas from eighteen to 

 twenty-one ounces at four weeks. They are both 1909 birds. I have 

 a rooster six months old from this pair that weighs 24^ ounces, crop 

 Gmpty.— James T, Fisher^ Montana, 



In January, 1910, I bought a few breeders 

 of you, six pairs of Cameaux. I have a nice 

 flodc of one hundred mated pairs now (October, 

 1911), besides having sold all their produce 

 since last May, I have been getting from 

 $4.50 to $6.00 per dozen for them during the 

 summer, the town I live near being quite a 

 summer resort, and I had not breetUng stock 

 enough to supply the demand. Now the 

 market is over for this season, and I must 

 look further afield for an outlet. I notice in 

 one of your books that you have requests 

 from comiflission men asking you to send 

 them the names of your customers so they 

 can keep them posted on the price of squabs. 

 Would esteem it a favor if you would advise 

 some reliable commission houses to furnish 

 me with quotations for the different grades 

 of squabs. I am nearer Rochester said Toronto 

 than other large cities, but I suppose distance 

 is not much of an obstacle if reach the best 

 market. My squabs will average about nine 

 potmds to the dozen. — ^R. L. RallSt Ontario, 



I would like to buy ten Cameaux hens, as 

 I have a surplus of cocks on hand and I would 

 like to mate them up and have them working. 

 The bfrds I have came from your place and I 

 find they are very good. I do not want to 

 buy the hens from any other, for I do not 

 think there are any to be gotten as good as 

 yours. — ^H. D. Maisden, Pennsylvania. 



