Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-19

POulUy Snow
The third annual show of the State Poul-
try Society was held at Woodstock on
Wednesday and Thursday, the 18th and
18th instants. There were entries Of
about one hundred and fifty coops of fowls,
representing about sixty exhibitors.
OF fowls the Asia'ics made by FIR the
largest show, and of these the Light Brah
mas were largely in excess, the number
on exhibition being three times that OF
any other breed.
Next in point of numbers came the
Plymouth Rocks, Dominiques and Ham
burgs while the Leghorns showed quite
falling off from last years exhibit.
There was quite an increase in games,
of which there were some coops which
appeared to us to be perfect specimens.
To make sure of having the matter of
Judging done up in ship-shape, the society
secured the services of an expert, or "pro-
fessiona" poultry man, Mr., A. f. Ste
vens of Natck, Mass, who acted as judge
on all pure-bred fowls; and he was strict
and exact enough, we judge, to satisfy the
most scrupulous of the members, for he
threw out coop after coop rs disqualified
or not up to the standard.
On Light Brahmns Mr.. Geo. Davis of
East Montpelier took first and second pre-
miums, though coops of good fowls OF
this breed were shown also by j. E. Mon
tague, A B. Jaquith and w. d. Foster of
Woodstock.
II. A. Titus of Bellows Falls took the
first premium on Plymouth Rocks, and ID.
G. Spaulding, Taftsville. second. E. G.
Emmons, Taftsville, and II. A. Wood of
Barnard had also good fowls of this breed.
On Partridge Cochins, we believe, Her
bert Keton of East Montpelier took the
first and George Davis the second premi
UNI, and coops were also shown by D. G..
Spaulding and E. G. Emmons, Taftsvillc.
Buff Cochins made good show, the
largest of which was by John S. Eaton,
though j. C. Mower of Woodstock took
the first premium over him, leaving Eaton
the second.
E. C. Emmons showed coop Of White
Cochins, the only ones in the county, and
believed to be in the state.
White Leghorns had a flir show, and
in this class Norman Montague took first
premium.
j. D. lowell showed some good birds,
and jacob Anderson and Z P. TewEsbury
of Woodstock showed Brown Leghorns
but of this class we did not get the
awards.
DR.. G. A. Sperry of West Hartford
showed several coops of black-breasted
red games, so perfectly alike in form an(
feather as to be impossible to identify :
particular bird except to weigh it. DIR
Sperry took the first and second premiums
in this class.
C. NJ. Hazen of West Hartford took th,
second premium on yellow ducklini
games.
w. u Foster, Woodstock showed Hou
dams.
D. G.. Splulling, Taltsvie, exhibited
Royal Javas, big, black and glossy, an
there were white Polish and black Polis
and white faced, black Polish fowls; ant
in Short about every variety we ever hear
of except the new variety, the "Lang
shans."
Of Pekin ducks there was good show
and us large birds as we have ever seer
la this class Walter Marble of Woodsloc
took the first. and II. Kelton, East Mon
peier, the second premium. D. G. Spau
ding also showed some fine birds.
Fred Lockwood, Woodstock showed
fine coop of pea-fowls, taking first prem
UNI.
w. F. Washburn, Woodstock, Shove
the best bronze turkeys,
Charles X. White, Esq, taxidermis
Woodstock, showed Il case of stuffed fow
and birds, of some two hundred specimen
which were good specimens of the art, b.
ing of good form and natural position
His collection was much noticed and IL,
mired.
In dressed poultry there was quite :
exhibition, G. Chapman, Woodstock, tai
ing the first premium for best six chick
seven months old, weighing forty Gig
pounds; George Davis showing six whit
weighed fifty-two and one-fourh pound
larger but not quite as plump-and too
second,
D. G. Spaulding showed some nj
dressed turkeys and ducks.
o. G. Kimball, Esq, Woodstock, occ
pied one of the ante-rooms with his pei
consisting of about twenty cages of can
ries, and other singing and rare bir(
Among the latter was the Paradise VIII
dial, which is quite rare, there being b
one other in the country, and that in CT
cago. 1t is small bird. not 50 large us
golden robin, and with two black bron
tail feathers, eight or ten inches long.
had also the Brazilian cardinal bird, Al
tralian paroquettes, gold inchos, etc, /
he said the best singer of all, and the o
he would most regret to lose, was
common robin reb-breast. Mr.. Kimbi
had also cage with white woodchuc
and another with white rat-which We
great curiosities.
The weather for the show was good,
was the attendance, and was, on the who
we believe, a success.
The Jumping Frog.