Part 25

Dear Sir--

Drake came today, and is very satisfactory.

Hastily, ROBERT H. WILSON.

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BAY CITY, Mich., July 7, 1897.

MR. JAMES RANKIN:

Dear Sir--

The eggs received in good order. Had a nice hatch of ten strong ducks; one dead in shell, have not lost one of the ten; am well pleased and satisfied.

Truly yours, W. P. LATLIN.

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 27, 1897.

MR. JAMES RANKIN:

Dear Sir--

I am so pleased with the good hatch I had from the two sittings I bought of you this spring I wanted to let you know. From fifteen hen eggs I have fifteen nice, large, strong chicks, and from fifteen duck eggs hatched ten lovely ducklings. They are so large they are almost like goslings. Thanking you for your kindness and the feather, I am,

Very respectfully, Mrs. LENA CARTER.

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CASAWOOD, Station R, N. Y. City, Jan. 9, 1897.

MR. JAMES RANKIN:

Dear Sir--

The trio of handsome Pekin Ducks you sent me were promptly received. They seemed to me to be equal in size and beauty to those ducks which received prizes at the late Poultry Show in Madison Square Garden, and I regret now that I had not entered them.

Yours truly, GRACE McVAY.

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NANTUCKET, Jan. 8, 1897.

MR. JAMES RANKIN:

Dear Sir--

Ducks received in fine shape. They weighed just twenty pounds for the pair the day they arrived. A number of people thought they were geese. Please send me your catalogue and oblige,

Yours truly, H. G. WORTH.

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