The national standard squab book . HEALTH GRIT. This is a photoKraph cif (lur Health Grit, for which we have an enormous sale. It will ))ay for itself many tunesover, increasing both the number and the size of the squabs and also keeping the whole flock in first-class conditi, n .The above photograph sliows clearly the small shells and the gra\el and charcoal which are in the grit. There arehalf a dozen ingredients in the grit, including medicinal substances. The formula is a trade secret. Wereceivehundreds of letters praising this grit Nearly all of our large customers, almost without a singl
The national standard squab book . HEALTH GRIT. This is a photoKraph cif (lur Health Grit, for which we have an enormous sale. It will ))ay for itself many tunesover, increasing both the number and the size of the squabs and also keeping the whole flock in first-class conditi, n .The above photograph sliows clearly the small shells and the gra\el and charcoal which are in the grit. There arehalf a dozen ingredients in the grit, including medicinal substances. The formula is a trade secret. Wereceivehundreds of letters praising this grit Nearly all of our large customers, almost without a single exception, feedit constant y to their Hocks. The value of this grit is well indicated by the following letter received from a customerin Connecticut in May, 1908: Please send enclosed order for your Health Grit as soon as possible as we havelost a few pigeons lately I think it is because I got out of the grit. They are crazy about it and were healthywhen they had it. 28() MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS. 1. RED WHEAT. rwADA pi;AS. 3. HEMPSEED. On this page and on the pages that foll!>w we print pictures reproduced from direct i>hfitoKraphs of grainused in squab raising; also grit, shells, etc. These pictures have come out very well and will give our readersscattered over this continent and in other parts of the world a clear idea of what we are talking about. In the above picture (the first of the series) No. 1 is a sample of good red wheat, showing the plumpness of theberries. No. 2, Canada peas. No, 3, hempseed. ENLARGED PLANT AND FLOCK. Seven miinths ago we bouKht one dozen pairs of yourExtra Plymouth Rock Homers. We nowhave 78 young. Ten pairs of young havemated and we find them to be larger than theirparents. Our squabs at four weeks weighfrom 12 ounces to 15 ounces apiece. Wekeep constantly before them pure fresh waterand we feed from a self-feeder made fromyour pattern, filled with two parts wholecom and one part red wheat, then at noonwe feed S(jme dainty placed on a fi
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