The national standard squab book . kill themfor my own use, but I will exert every effortto sell them and purchase more birds of you,as I think yours are the most weighty birdsI ever saw. As soon as I am rid of whatcommon birds I have on hand now, you mayexpect my order for some more of yourbreeders.—T. W., New York. LETTERS FROM CUSTOMERS RECEIVED BY PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB COMPANY J14 1907 MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 1908 QUICK WORK BY THE NEW FLOCK OFA NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY. 1 should per-haps have written you earHer of my buyssuccess witli the Plymouth Rock Homerswhich you sent. One pair were nesting i
The national standard squab book . kill themfor my own use, but I will exert every effortto sell them and purchase more birds of you,as I think yours are the most weighty birdsI ever saw. As soon as I am rid of whatcommon birds I have on hand now, you mayexpect my order for some more of yourbreeders.—T. W., New York. LETTERS FROM CUSTOMERS RECEIVED BY PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB COMPANY J14 1907 MORE STORIES OF SUCCESS 1908 QUICK WORK BY THE NEW FLOCK OFA NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY. 1 should per-haps have written you earHer of my buyssuccess witli the Plymouth Rock Homerswhich you sent. One pair were nesting inthree days and inside of three weeks thereare, I think, ten of the thirteen pairs at work,and if my recollection serves me, inside offour weeks he had ten or a dozen squabshatched. It is now nearly five weeks since he hadthem and some of the sqviabs are nearly largeenough to market. I consider this a prettygood record.—H. C, New York. Note. The above gentleman is a well-known business New Yorker. His boy isonh nine years DIFFERENT shows two squabs, one of which is growingfaster than the other. This means that it is pushingits smaller mate out of the way at feeding time andgetting more feed from the parents. In such cases,the bigger one will grow fast and the smaller one willbe stunted. The latter should be helped by beingtaken out of the nest and put alongside a squab ofits own size in another nest, the larger squab therebeing brought back to grow up with a mate of its ownsize. The parents in both cases do not neglect thenew comer. MARYLAND CUSTOMER SATISFIEDAND ENLARGING. On November 27, 1906,I received from you 50 pairs of PlymouthRock pigeons. I put them into what Iconsidered an up-to-date house, using nappiesfor nests. I am starting another pen andexpect before fall to have 150 pairs of goodstock. I feed cracked com and wheat andI also give the Canada peas when I can getthem, a little heinp and rice once in am entirely satisfied and when I am
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