Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-01-20

menclnS wednesday, the lUth, ana CLOS
ing Saturday. The American House
Hall, where the exhibition took place,
had been beautifully decorated with flags
and fancy trimmings, and of itself was
very attractive. The entries occupied
about 100 coops, which were arranged on
three lines of tables, reaching the whole
length of the hall, with two rows of
coops on each table. The collapsable
coops were procured from the Oxford
County (Me.) Society, and are the finest
exhibition coops we ever saw. Consider
ing the past season is the first in which
any attempt has been made to breed pure
blooded fowls, the society can congrat-
ulate itself upon the success of this first
show, certainly SO far as birds are con-
cerned. Poultry raising may seem small,
yet when we consider the value Of this
branch of business it is one of great i'm
portance. The value of the poultry
products in the United States is about
$200,000,000 annually, - this includes
fowls, eggs and feathers-while the total
value of sheep and hogs is about $780,
000,0 900; thus it will be seen while sheep
and hogs receive the careful attention of
farmers, they are apt to neglect the more
important branch of farming, the poultry.
Farmers in general appear to think that
anything that can be called hen will do,
and no regard is paid to breeds or breed
ing. Most every one can keep few
fowls, and should keep the best. Out of
the great variety shown we are not able
to state which are the best. One person
would admire the fine display of Plymouth
Rocks, another would praise the dark
BrahMas or the Cochins, and most likely
the person would do the best with the
birds which struck his fancy. There has
been manifest improvement in poultry
within one year, and we predict that
when the association hold their second
exhibition the hall will be filed with still
finer specimens. The society procured
the services of. A. Z. Shurtleff OF South
Paris, Me-. President of the Maine Poul-
try Association, to act as Judge. Mr.. S.
! is an extensive breeder, and well quail
flied to judge, and we are informed that
he performed his difficult task to the en-
tire satisfaction of everybody.
There was but one coop of turkeys,
and those were exhibited by J. G. Craw-
ford, the President of the society, who
procured them at great expense. This
pair were Matched the 18th of June last,
and already weigh over thirty pounds,
and were pronounced by the judge Of the
show to be the finest specimens of the
age he ever saw. There are many things
we might say that would be of interest,
but we must stop short to make room for
the following list of
ENTRIES AND AWARDS:
L. II. STEvENs-27 coops. Partridge
Cochin f, LIST and C. LIST; Plymouth Rock
f. 1st and End, c. LIST, 3rd and 4th; White
) Leghorn End; Black Bantam End; Hou.
= dams C. End.
: J. G. CRAwFoRD-13 coops. DARK
) Brahmas f. 1st Black Cochin f. End
White Cochin C. 1st; Plymouth Rock C
9Th; White Booted Bantam 1st; Dom
Leghorn End; Bronze Turkeys 1st
; JIMMY WoODwARD-3 coops. Ply
mouth Rock G. End; Silver Polish f, 2nd
Brown Leghorn C. 3rd.
Y CYRUS D. BATCHELDER - 2 coops
J. Brown Leghorn C. LIST; Part. Cochin C
e 3rd.
Y ASA AMEs-2 coops. B. B. R. Gam,
i End on f. and C.
f HENRY Haywood - coop. Part
f Cochin f. End.
t M. M. FELLows-3 coops. Brown Leg
y horn End; Guinea Fowls End.
C DAVID GooDALL, Northumberland
i 2 coops Ducks. Aylesbury Ducks 2nd
e HENRY FoRBUsH-2 coops Black Span
: ish.
v J. F. FIREMAN. coop P. Rocks
w. p. FIREMAN. coop P. Rocks;
e coops Grade.
e E. V. CoBLE1GH-.l coop Toulouse
Geese 1st
f L. PARKER coop Gold laced Sea
! bright Bantams End.
L. r. PoRTER-5 coops. White Leg
horn C. 3rd; Brown Leshorn f. 2nd.
J. w. WEEKS, Jr.-2 coops. Blacl
Spanish C; Seabright Bantams.
KATIE KILEY-1 coop FriZzels.
G. ?. HARTFORD-1 coop Pekin Ducks
LIST. These ducks are the first of that
breed ever seen here. They were placed
upon exhibition by Mr.. Shurtleff, the
judge and were sold to Mr. Hartford anC
are very fine ducklings.
PHIL EAsTMAN-1 coop Light Brahmas
This coop was exhibited by Mr. Shurtleff
and was from his breeding pens in Me
The cockerel weighed eleven pounds anc
was sold with five hens and pullets to DR.
Bugbee Of Lancaster.
c. q. ALLEN coop S. S. Hamburg
End.
w. A. SPRINGER, Whitefcld-1 cooI
Brown Cochin f.
: A. d. FoRBUsH--1 coop Black Bantams
II. FoRBUsH-2 coops Black Spanish.
]. w. SPAULDING-l coop Plymouth
Rocks.
THOMAS HUBBARD, Guildhall, VT.