The national standard squab book . ws: I am greatly pleased with the birds sent me, andthey seem to be all that you have said in regardto them. We wrote him in December, 1908, to interest him in our Carneaux, andreceived the following letter: I have your letter of some days ago in regard tothe Homers you sent me. They were very fine, andI was well pleased with them. One disaster afteranother has followed these birds until now I havenone left. First, an owl got in among them andpulled heads off, which was followed by some othermisfortune. I shall never experiment here againwith them, but when I
The national standard squab book . ws: I am greatly pleased with the birds sent me, andthey seem to be all that you have said in regardto them. We wrote him in December, 1908, to interest him in our Carneaux, andreceived the following letter: I have your letter of some days ago in regard tothe Homers you sent me. They were very fine, andI was well pleased with them. One disaster afteranother has followed these birds until now I havenone left. First, an owl got in among them andpulled heads off, which was followed by some othermisfortune. I shall never experiment here againwith them, but when I retire from the field of mylabors and go back home, I certainly intend tokeep pigeons. I thank you very much for callingmy attention to your new Plymouth Rock Carneaux. We are not at liberty to print the writers name. We call attention tothis to point the moral that serious-minded men of large affairs turn tosquab raising with lively and sustained interest. (Incidentally, anothermoral is, Beware of owls !) MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS. WON THE PRIZES INTEXAS. M>-pigeons tookfirst, second and third prizes and I credit it muchtil \i>ur good stock thathelped me.—I. R., Texas. IMITATION GRITS AFAILURE. Enclosed findmtincN- order for whichplease send me 100 poundsof >our health grit and 100pounds of oyster shells,pigeon size. I have triedother health grits that aresold nearer m\- city butfind my birds will not touchthem,—H E. M., NewYork. READY MARKET IN MONTANA. I have about90 \iiung and have soldabUt 125 S(|uabs. I can)-;et a dnzen pluckedIII 1 no trouble aboutsellingthem. I ha\-e jiaid as highIS ^2 per hundredweightt >r wheat but am nowLrettmg wheat at .SI. 15per hundredweight ; c o —L. E. Y., Montana. ORDINARY Pennsyhania customer whose letter i? printed on this page is doinj well here. SEVEN PAIRS QUICKLY AT WORK. ORDERING EVERY MONTH. The seven pairs ofPlymouth Rock Homers arrived on April 24 in first-class order. Five nests are finishe
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