APPENDIX G 



369 



KIOM AFLAT TO SQUABS 

 IN THE COUNTRY, by Lama 

 A. Pierson. A jrear ago I be- 

 came interested in the subject 

 of squab raising through a mag- 

 azine article. and determined to 

 inform myself wiUi a view to 

 engaging in Uie business. I' 

 accordingly sent for the *' Na- 

 tional Standard Squab Book" 

 and read it through, ^ At that 

 time we were living in a sub- 

 urban flat» but contemplated 

 moving to our present location, 

 which we did in the spring of 

 1909. 



There is a bam on the lot, 

 tiie loft of which we fixed for 

 pigeons, the lower floor for 

 chickens. We built flies to the 

 south and have a nice chicken- 

 run to the east. The chickens 

 are simply to supply our own 

 table, although we have a sur- 

 plus of eggs, and have enjoyed 

 the sale of some at the extremely 

 high prices the past winter. The 

 flock of pigeons we intend to 

 increase as rapidly as possible 

 and concentrate on as a busi- 

 ness. 



Last August we received thir- 

 teen pairs of Plymouth Rock 

 Extra Homers. The birds set- 

 tled down very promptly and 

 have worked well. We now feel 

 that we are sufficiently experi- 

 enced to handle a larger nock 

 and are fixing our quarters for 

 more birds. We have ordered 

 one htmdred pairs more. 



WHAT I AM DOING WITH 

 A SMALL FLOCK, by Walter 

 Sieverling. Six months ago I 

 ordered three pairs of Plymouth 

 Rock Extra Homers. They ar- 

 rived in good condition and in 

 a week "fiaey had eggs. I fed 

 them the best that could be 

 bought and they repaid me with 

 fine, big. fat squabs. It was 

 very funny to see them claim 

 thdr nests. I had other Homers 

 in the house at the time but in 

 the end the new Homers were 

 the winners. They were larger 

 and could handle my birds like babies. I 

 have nine pairs workmg now and in May I 

 ha4 nine pairs of eggs in the nests. The day 

 the first pair hatched out the last pair laid 

 their eggs. They all hatched and I had eigh- 

 teeit squabs all of good size. The largest I 

 had was a pair of red checks which weighed, 

 one twenty ounces, and the other twenty-two. 



In order to raise good-sized birds, cull your 

 squabs when they leave the nest and after they 

 devdop. 



NOTE SIZE OF THESE EXTflA PLYMOUTH ROCK HOMERS. 



One of the Chicago houses has contracts 

 with a squab raiser paying $2.50 for six-pound 

 squabs, $3.00 for seven-pound squabs, $3.50 

 for eigiit-pound squabs and $4.00 for nine- 

 pound squabs. One man in Iowa has six 

 ■ thousand old birds and has a yearly contract 

 with this house. — H. Huecker, Illinois. 



Don't ship to a wholesaler unless you are 

 wholesaling. If you want retail prices, go and 

 get them according to the directions given in 

 the Squab Magazine. 



