Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-02
GRAND POULTRY SLOW.

Admirable Collection of the Fcathered
Tribe---List of Entries. Sc.
Whatever doubts may have been enter
tained as to the success of the poultry ex-
hibition, which opens to-day in Locher's S
caster country poultry association are
rapidly dissipated under the logic of
events. Yesterday afternoon and this
morning there has been a continuous ar
rival of the fowls entered for competition,
and these have been put in place as rapidly
as could be done by the committee having
the matter in charge. The entries, as
will be seen by the list herewith pub
lishcd, embrace almost every approved va
riety of poultry and pet stock. The liberal
premiums offered by the society, supple
mented by the liberal special donation
premiums Offered by individuals, has had
the effect of gathering together the finest
exhibit of poultry, pigeons and pet birds
ever seen in this city. The suite of rooms
selected for the exhibition are large. COM
Portable and wellsuited to the purpose.
The coops in which the birds are shown
are all new and of uniform size and shape,
and are arranged in such manner as to
show of the exhibits to the best advan-
tage and at the same tire make them of
easy access to visitors. The front room,
second floor Gormerly used as the library
room of the Y. NJ. c. A., is devoted ex-
clusively to the exhibition of Asiatic fowls,
including light and dark Brahmas, white,
black, buff and partridge Cochins. The
exhibits in this department are especially
fine, the fowls and chicks being pure
breed, very large and of fine feather.
The middle room (formerly used as the
ladies' parlor of the Y. NJ. c. A. is devot-
ed exclusively to the exhibition of BAN
tams and pigeons. OF bantams
there is very fine display,
including black-breasted reds, brown reds,
yellow and silver duckwings and red and
white piles. OF pigeons the exhibit is un-
usually fine, the entries embracing almost
every fancy variety, including carriers,
pouters, barbs, fantails, tumblers, turbits,
trumpeters, Antwerps and a dozen other
varieties. During the show there will be
one or more pigeon flies,' and the con-
testing birds will be placed on exhibition.
The exhibition of mockins birds and ca
naries was not at noon to-day very large,
but the birds exhibited are fine speci-
mems.
In the large room Qormerly used as the
y. NJ. c. A. lecture roOm) are exhibited
a great variety of fowls and chicks, in
Guiding games of all varieties, black and
gold and silver spangled Hamburgs, black
Spanish, black, white, brown and Andalu-
sian LeghOrns, Plymouth Rocks, Polish of
all varieties, HoudOns, Creve CGurs, dork-
ings Sultans, etc, etc. Then there arc
turkeys, ducks, and geese OF almost all
varieties. All the departments are repre-
sented by splendid specimens and we fear
the judges will in some cases have little
trouble to decide who shall carry away
the first premium.
"A very attractive part Of the exhibit III
the large room is the patent incubator,
which continues to hatch out chicks every
hour, without the aid of a hen. Some two
dozen chicks have been already Matched
out, and are as active and ''peart" as
though they had been Matched by a cluck.
AS soon as they are able to walk which is
within few hours after they are
Matched they are transferred from the in
cubatOr to large plate-glass show case in
which they show themselves to visitors.
Some hundreds of chicks will be thus
Matched out during the five days that the
exhibition will last. The first chicks
Matched were principally of the white
Leghorn variety, but many other varieties
will be Matched out during the show.
Among the towns most largely repre-
sented by entries, outside of Lancaster,
may be mentioned Spring Garden (Which
sends no less than 90 coops of fine fowls),
Marietta, Mount Joy, Strasburg and
Litiz and in addition to our local entries
are others from York, Dauphin and Erie
and New Jersey.
The exhibition is we'll worth visit not
only by fanciers but by citizens generally.
Apart from the the very fine display the
growing of the cocks forms a very inter-
esting feature. Here is the deep bass
voice of the heavy Brahmas and Asiat-
les there is the shrill treble of
the bantams, and these extremes
arc answered by the clear defiant tones of
the games, while the varying voices of the
Polish, Spanish, Hamburgs. Dorkings and
other varieties make up fitting chorus to
the grand concert, which almost, but not
quite, drawns the gabbling of the geese, the
Iuacking of the ducks. the cooing of the
pigeons and the warbling of the canaries.
In connection with our notice OF the
poultry show it is only justice to make
special mention of the untiring labors of
Mr.. J. B. Lichty to make the show sue
'ess. For weeks past he has given a
great part of his time to
he work, and the success
which has crowned his efforts attests
Inc skill and judgment which he brought
% the work. Mr.. Charles E. Long, VIM.
and j. c. Burrowes arc also
deserving of special mention for their
abOr of love.
The show is a good one. Go and sec it.
Here is a list Of the entries:
The Entries.
Sherman Diehl, Beverly, n. j.: pair |
silver Seabright Bantams; pair Andalu-
ians
Haydn II. Tshudy, Litiz: Plymouth
Rocks Brown Leghorn: Col. Dorkincs
White Holland Turkeys.
John Z. Diehl, Beverly, n. j.: pair
;. Red Malay.
A. S. Flowers, Mount Joy: I pair White