Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-09-18
Extensive Poultry Enterprlse.

some two thousand hens and chickens of
various bloods and from almost all |
climes. As Col. Waite is known to be
very thorough business man, he is Of
course thorough in this enterprise. Sew
eral buildings are occupied by these
fowls, besides greater number of large
yards and smaller ones, inc uding the
range of the whole island of many acres
for portion of them. Some of the soil
is fine and sandy and of course excellent
for poultry rustiing purposes. These
fowls are curiosity as they are rallied,
from the various kinds, sizes, colors, &c.
You will see the prim Plymouth Rocks,
the gay Spangled Hamburgs, the spruce
little white Leghorns, the fat and lazy
Bramahs, Buff Cochins, Bolton Grays,
Games, Spanish-but we cannot remem-
Der them all. Of the Partridge Cochins
there is one imported rooster which
weighs some fifteen pounds. He stands
up with very commanding attitude, with
ostrich height. In contrast with him
and amid this multitude of fowls, is one
solitary little Bantam, about the size of
small pigeon and of rather light CO.
chin or silver red color. He is very
gentlemanly little fellow and the entire
feathered crowd around appear to espe-
cially tolerate his vanity and courteous
demeanor. Peace very generally pre-
walls amid this sea of poultry, unless per
chance, one of the game cocks escapes
from his yard, and then a bloody and
annihilating war is sure to commence.
One or two ROSTERS who thought they
were heavy artillery, have had fatal en-
counters with the spry escaped game
birds the past season.
The largest building Eve guess it to be
} larger than forty foot barn, the attach
ments would more than make 1t SO at
, least,) is to be heated by furnace DUR
ing the winter. This will doubtless give
them such comfortable quarters as to
cause a yield of eggs and chickens at a
season when prices are sure to be high
They are now daily fed on corn, meat
, bran, scraps, burnt bone, &c, and in ar
adjoining field is some 5000 cabbages fol
use next winter. In some of their food
t a quantity of black pepper is used fol-
} sanitary purposes. The present flock
, consume about three bushels of corn per
day besides other kinds Of food. A
small building is used exclusively fol-
cooking and preparing their food ant
includes an iron furnace. Mr.. William
Butler has the immediate charge of thi
establishment and seems to we'll under
stand his business, as indeed we nigh
expect of one who had proved good
soldier. He keeps the premises scrupu
lousy neat, using disinfectants for th,
purpose and up TO this time no disease Of
any kind has appeared among his vasi
4 feathered army. The enterprise was be
Il gun last spring and has grown to its pres
, ent proportions in few months.
! An increasing interest has been grow
ing in relation to poultry, in variou
: parts of the country during the past few
o years, and many breeds have been i'm
ported and improved for specialities, a
: for the table, eggs, &C., and also wit
reference to fitness for keeping in villag
: or country, as tor instance the non-setter
are usually considered preferable wher
Is eggs are mainly wanted, while the larg
9 er Cochins or some other breeds are pre-
IS ferable in raising poultry, and still othe
u smaller breeds which grow or matur
more rapidly for early table use. Co
y Waite has of course put these varior
: breeds into his poultry establishment, s
- his conveniences are so ample that he ca
, raise one kind as well as another. Goo
% managers in poultry raising on smalle
: scale, have made handsome profits, cor
, sidering the amount invested, and q
fowls mature early the returns ar
~ prompt, and it is therefore no wonde
: that such an enterprise is regarded wit
q favor.
le PICKPoCKETs.-T thieves and picl
er pockets did tolerably smart business &
Or the State fair Among the victims ws
!; Gov. Converse who had his pocket picl
4 ed of some $50, during crush " at th
a depot.
as Mr.. M. o. Blinn of Whitehall, ha
as his pocket picked of gold watch an