Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-12-19
A Model Hennery.
THAT or OUR TowNsMAN, J. d. n

THAT or orr TowNsMAN, J. d. KINGs-
LAND, ESQ.
Great attention has lately come to be paid,
not only in this city but in very many parts
of the country, to the breeding of poultry
and the discovery, perfection and propaga-
ton of the best varieties To ensure excel
ience it is necessary not only TO select the
best breeds but to make such arrangements
for their keeping as to provide the proper
| food, drink, ventilation and sanitary condi-
tons under which alone poultry can be
brought to its highest excellence. Prominent
| among those of our townsmen who have
taken an active interest in poultry IA sing is
]. d. kingsland, Esq, who, in the skiful
selection of his fowls and the excel, nee of
his arrangements for keeping them hai set
model which other poultry raiscrs void do
well to initiate On his spacious and { giant
grounds on Union street he has hSnnery
(Which we had the pleasure of insp citing
the other day which is believed to re the
model affair of the country and whi,'i all
who have seen it say is unsuri assed
anywhere. 1t is handsomely painted one
story and half wooden structure, thoiJr III
ly and well-fnlshed and an ornament to The
estate. On entering We find the first r. IN
devoted to an office, in which is also the
heating apparatus of the building and
Quantities Of grain, etc. Passing through |
this We come 10 a hall three feet wide rJn-
ming east and west the entire length OF the |
building. At the right, facing the south, are |
double windows afTording both light and
warmth At the left are five compartments
or the poultry, separated from the passage
way and from each other by partitions of
galvanized wire knotted in large loops and
IA rlOdn'cd 10y white plcbets-tln entire
DOM being thus visible at single glance
The compartments-each Of which is de-
otcd TO a particular breed of fowl-are ex-
city alike and the description of one
) that of the whole. Each compartment
entered by door governed by
pring which holds it open or closed, at plea
ure. In the left hand corner on entering is
metallic trough supplied by the city water
'orks and so arranged, by al ingenious au-
)matic continuance, that the water is con- l
antly maintained at fixed level. At the
rther corner are three boxes, one filed
18th plaster, one with broken oyster-shels !
nd the third with pressed scraps for the |
MI 4 ! g1.a rs.yIt tl,s
ests These are in a kind of box, opening
front by means of hinged lid, while the
Ems pass in and out through openings at the /
Ids, doing their laying, therefore, in dark
ess. Over the nest-box (Which is covered :
18th graveD is the roost, and at one end is a
nd bath while at the other is faucet to
hich hose is attached, by which the COM f
srtment is quickly and thoroughly cleansed, e
hen necessary. The floor is covered
it'll sand and gravel and is care
lily cleaned daily. The ground floor is c
by Al feet in size and each of the five I
apartments measures by It, thus afford
9 ample room for the fowls, while con-
cited with each is an outside yard where !
ey are kept in the Summer months. The = =
nnery is kept scrupulously neat and clean 7
d in this as in other respects is model.
In the upper story are two rooms, about v
by 20 feet, for raising chickens in the Win I
and on the south side of the main build
J are three wings, each some ten feet L
uare, for setting hens, granary, etc. Else Il
lere on the property are other memories o
d four yards, each about fifty feet square, a
r chickens. In the aggregate Mr.. Kings {
Id has some two hundred fowls, including r.
ymouth Rocks, Black Hamburgs, Hou- So
ms, Brown Leghorns and Buff Cochns-
choice birds, costing and valued at from G
to $50 each, or even more. Surely few CT
Wis are so palatially lodged as these for :,
late birds and few SO well fed. Their q
'rning repast consists of meal and scalded "
)rts and for dinner and supper they h.
iuriate on cracked wheat and corn, buck
leat, and cut cabbage and turnip. As to
,ed, the Plymouth Rock is Mr.. Kings C
IDS favorite, birds of this variety being \
cellent layers and well adapted to the g
lie. Il
soeh Is outline ur.cIiptivn OF OIL L
anged and well-kept hennery. Mr.. Kings d,
ID, as may be imagined, is something of b.
enthusiast on the subject and he may p
II be proud of his choice and unsurpassed Is
lltry and their model accommodations. =,
ose of our readers in any way interested In
the subject should look over the premises di
see for themselves what care and study "
l wealth can do. IL u
= orR has a decidedly inward tendency ! I'll