The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-20
1T WAS A SUCCESS
Large Crowds at the New York POul-
try Show.
FINE TURKEYS AND PIGEONS
Birds Were In Good Condition and
sales Reported to Be SatIsfac-
tory-Sherman Hartweil Gives
Anew Pointers on Turkeys.

New York special: The story of the
poultry and pigeon exhibition at Mad
ison square garden yesterday was one
of increased attendance over the two
preceding days, notwithstanding the
violence of the storm. The 5000 and
odd birds are all in good condition, and
the judges have completed their work.
with the exception of the special prizes
and the ribbons, which will be awarded
by the clubs.
The sales of fowls are reported to be
satisfactory in number and prices. Ply
mouth Rocks, Cochins, Brahmas and
Langshans have been the favorites in
the selling. There have been no con-
tests regarding the disposition of prizes
other than upon the merits of the birds
and no protests are reported. The pig
con exhibitors are particularly well
pleased, for the classification of the
birds and their arrangement in the
show have been more generally COM
mended than al any other exhibition of
the association.
There was one chair on the main floor
of the garden. 1t stood down near the
Fourth avenue end, and seemed to be
pre-empted by one man. All the poul-
try men near by let IL severely alone.
The chair faces the cages where the
turkeys are shown, and when occupied
at all Ii was occupied by little man
with a gray -whislSer. smooth
shaver as to upper lip and side face.
and who looks as If he had hidden
good-by to his fiftieth birthday some
years ago. Sherman Hartwell of Wash
ington is the name of the occupant of
the gardens single chair and he comes
from Washington, Conn.
Mr.. Hartwell is a perfect type of the
Connecticut Yankee. He is as full of
the odor Of the green fields and the
barnyards as are the broad acres about
the town up on the Litchheld hills,
where he makes his home Hartwell Is
looked upon with a deal of respect by
all the men who breed poultry Though
NJ talks with a most pronounced nasal
drawl in the genuine Cousin Jonathan
style. that has never yet been repro
duced in type, his every word is fairly
drunk in by every man who breeds a
turkey. They are chunks of wisdom i'm
this particular line, and are based on
actual experience instead of theories
For 30 years Sherman Hartwall las
been breeding turkeys and for 25 years
of that time he has been winning first
prizes with them wherever he has
shown his fowls. He has won more
prizes, IL is said. than any other man
who ever bred a single line of poultry, |
and cannot tell how many there are, |
for he says he stopped keeping count of |
them many years ago. He breeds for |
exhibition only. and never for the mar
ket, the only fowls that he raises that
go to the table being those that he eats
himself
Whenever he eats one Of his own tur-
keys he has a dinner that is really
more costly than one he might buy at
Delmorico's, for he can sell many more
fowl than he can breed or than he Will
raise and for prices that are the envy
of breeders the world over II is a
common thing for him to sell n fowl for
S25; nothing uncommon to sell ono for
$50; while 500 has on several occasions
been paid for the prize-winning COB |
bier that he has shown at the New En- |
gland poultry shows of a dozen years
ago or so. when he was known the |
world over as the developer of the most !
perfect bronze turkeys ever bred. He
breeds but about 80 a year. never over
10, and thinks that the latter number is |
too many for careful breeding. The
highest price he ever received for a |
fowl is said to be $3.50 for a gobblar to |
go TO England, but he will talk little |
about his success, as, like most sue |
cessful men. he is modest When he |
wants to eat turkey he generally Luys |
them. II is cheaper
when there was nothing else to do nj |
the Garden yesterday, he INDUCED in |
some talk about the mystery Of sue |
cessful turkey-breeding. - have heard |
of turkeys that weighed As pounds |
when they were dressed" he said when |
the weight of turkeys was being dis |
cussed. Il never saw one, and 1 would |
go long ways just to look at such a |
bird. People say they have bred them |
i cannot dispute them. but / guess the /
steelyards they are weighed on did not |
nave the government stamp, or that the