Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-09-28
THE BIRDS.
A Total of 1850, Representing All Va
rieties.

rieties.
The list of 40 entries in the poultry de.
partment embraced 1850 birds, comprisin Q
all the leading varieties, including water
fowl and novelties. This show was a re-
cord breaker, surprising any ever seen at
a fair in New England. j. o. Frost Il
Son of Vernon had complete poultry
show in their single exhibit, of $50 birds.
Their pigeons, water fowl-especially the
pen of wild geese--and novelties in the
way of chicks, young birds, brood of friz-
zles, silkies, little ducks, white guineas,
japanese bantams, white Holland tur-
keys, Cornish India Games imported from
England, ETC., were great attractions.
Marsh q Reed of Westport, n. H., were,
as usual, large exhibitors, their stock in
Guiding leading American varieties of
games of high standard. ID. F. Bigelow
of Petersham, Mass, showed several diff
ferent varieties, % pairs in all. r. A.
Cushman of Bernardston had good COL
lection in light Bramhas, Wyandottes, and
brown Leghorns. c. C.. Paine of South
Randolph showed preference for fancy
varieties and bantams, having in all Is to
20 pairs.
In former years Plymouth Rocks or
Leghorns have predominated, but this
:
the largest exhibitor was w. A. Bristol of
Holyoke, Mass, with handsome specimens
The bantam classes were large, and in
cluded all varieties.
The exhibitors from Greenfield Mass,
made an excellent showing, j. G. John
son having Polish and black Leghorns, E.
NJ. Fish Plymouth Rocks and black Lang
shans, B. A. Burnham Plymouth Rocks
and buff Leghorns, j. ii. Murphy black
Minorcas, David Woodlock, white faced
Black Spanish.
Brattleboro is evidently the hot bed of
poultry fanciers, judging from the fine
birds of local exhibitors. Mr.. and Mrs
o. T. Ware and Railway and Whitman
had lordly buff COchins, d. f. Tasker,
light Bramhas, n. w. Loomis and ID. L.
Herrick, Plymouth Rocks, S. f. Miner
brown leghorns and game bantams, j. S.
Clark and G. A. Brown, Leghorns, Mr..
and Mrs. II. D. Thayer Plymouth Rocks,
and white Plymouth Rocks, A. A. Smith
white Wyandottes, F. G. Helyar silver
laced Wyandottes.
S. o. Miner, who has been the leading
American breeder of silver Hamburgs for
years swept the boards in this class. The
game bantams were A /, and Goddard &
Pentland triumphed, but they had hard
competition in the pens shown by G.. W.
Choate of Orange formerly of Brattleboro,
and B. A. Streeter of Vernon.
The white Minorcas owned by A. j.
White of Vernon would hold their heads
high at any poultry show. Other exhibitors
who made good showing in different classes
were H. W. Heath of Piermont, N. H.,
j. A. Durham and A. E. Davis of Orange,
Mass, B. E. Davis of Bethel, j. E. White
of East Corinth, E. D. Wood of Hudson,
Mass, F. A. Weir of Drewsvile, n. H.,
S. A. Severance of Leyden, Mass.
j. l.. Scoboria of Westmoreland, n. H.,
well known Universalist preacher,
knows the quality of silver laced Wyan-
dottes, judging from the first premium
cards on his pens
The Pierce boys of the Brattleboro Re-
treat farm had a variety in bantams, pig
cons and cats. The Brattleboro Retreat
had large cage of fantail pigeons. Clar-
ence w. Trendall contributed a cat with a
curly tail, Eddie Heard of Vernon and
Jerome Moran, rabbits. Arthur F. Mil
ler's grey squirrels from Dummerston re-
garded the crowd complacently, but S. E.
Miners hen hawk and Edward Morse's
horned owl were evidently not fond of the
society present.