The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-12

sisted on awakening him at daylight. 1t
was truly slice of the much-vaunted yet
greatly overrated "happy days down on
the farm"
The first birds that come into view on
entering. by way of the left-hand passage,
are a coup of capons, entered by Osgood
& Son of Oakland. These fowls are, &C
cording to French cooks, the most delicious
that can be raised for table use. Large,
tender and expensive-three qualities that
make them indispensable to gourmets.
They are the first specimens entered at a
poultry-show held in this State and weigh
from ten to twelve pounds each.
Then comes the ever-popular plymouth
Rock variety, said by poultry men to be
the most valuable all-round fowl that
struts the earth. For laying, breeding and
general table use the Plymouth ROCK IS
Constantly in the lead. O. ]. Albee has a
magnificent exhibition of these birds:
James Quick's line of light Brahmas
made a pretty poultry picture, with their
usual growth of thick feathers and fat
contours. These birds are at the highest
point of cultivation and bring the farmer
good supply OF eggs in the winter when
othar varieties are lax in this duty to
their master. =,
Mr.. Quick's birds have taken at all
meetings all the honors in their class.
He has experimental with them until
they reach the enormous weight OF SIX
teen pounds.
were S. A. Wells Brown Leghorns real
devilish looking rascals with sharp ey es
and lordly bearing. His prize bird, Axtell
.Jr., was at his best and swelled around his
coop like the chairman OF Fourth of July
committee. 1t can be said of the Leghorn
that he laws the whitest egg in use and
otiy fa fhar
he is pretty good fowl to have near the
farm and his pride overtops even that of
the game cock. Mr.. Wells has quite a
display of these birds and considers Axtell
Jr the peer of them all
The Black Minorcas look like they
might be able to hold absolute sway in a
BARNARD. with their fierce expression and
bad swa gger. They are as black as night
and their combs are large and red as ire.
The Minorcas' speciality is the size of the
egg and its absence OF any tlnts. The
French Bros. of Stockton have the largest
exhibit OF these birds and the largest as
sortment
The gamecocks attracted a good deal of
attention, especially No. 1885, which. al
though but nine pounds in weight, is a
regular cyclone of distress when he is
turned loose. His general makeup indi-
Gates that he is always looking for trouble
and never finding any quite up to his de-
sire. The head and neck are lightly made,
as is also the body, but his spurs are long
enough to hang a hat on. The legs are
particularly long and seem to be elastic as
steel.
A little further up the line is game
hen, a daughter of the old fighter. She
has the same wicked eye as the old man
and acts as though it was time Tor another
domestic brawl. The hen is very nervous,
and keeps pecking at the neighbors when
ever a feather is in sight, and is constantly
dancing around in her coop seeking some
thing TO find fault with. These birds are
from the Reliance farm, Stockton.
Two Cornish Indian game pullets No.
824) are magnificent in color, somewhat
resem bling bronze. They are not fighters
in any sense of the word, but are raised for
table use.
President SchofeId's buff Brahmas have
reached that point in cultivation which 1t
Will be difficult TO pass. They are perfect
in color and breeding and have fine egg
records. Mr.. Schofield is somewhat OF an
experimenter and by crossing brown Lang
shangs and brown Leghorns he has sue
ceeded in getting fowl that is much