Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-10-02

Pierce Brothers of Winchester, n. H., who
won many prizes at the big shows last sea-
son, made a choice display of game and
ornamental bantams, and also had Buff
Cochins. A. A. Hubbard of Chesterfield
had Barred Plymouth Rocks, Brown Leg
horns and Light Brahmas. Mr.. Fetch
showed his opinion of Mr.. HUI ards Ply
mouth Rocks by offering hin, no for a
single bird. A. j. White of Vernon was a
winner as in past seasons with his White
Minorcas. b. A. Streeter of Vernon, who
has followed the poultry business more
consecutive years than any man in this
section, showed Light Brahmas, Phoenix,
Sumatras, Creepers and Brown Red games.
W. N. Dunklee of South Vernon had
Brown Leghorns, Muscovy and Pekn
ducks. Merrill T. Moore of Mortified
was a large exhibitor, with Hamburgs,
Leghorns, Seabright Bantams, Guineas,
geese and Rouen ducks. The Seminary
farm at Mortified had Brown Leghorns
and Plymouth Rocks. X. H. Cushman of
BerDardston, Silver Wyandottes and Brown
Leghorns; S. @. Severance of Leyden,
Black Leghorns; F. II. Fuller of Hins-
dale, Wyandottes and Leghorns; F. L.
Hosley of Gill, Silver Wyandottes, and A.
E. Davis of Warwick, Plymouth Rocks.
Another town that was well represented
was Greenfield, Mass, j. G. johnson hav-
ing Golden Polish and Black Leghorns;
E. M. Fish, White Plymouth Rocks and
Langshangs; Charles Fish, game bantams;
Frank E. Marsh, Barred Plymouth Rocks
and single combed Wyandottes.
S. o. Miner, who is one of the oldest
and best known breeders of Silver Span
gled Hamburgs in the country, captured
the bulk of the premiums for that class.
Goddard 81 Pentland had some exception
ally fine game bantams and also an exhi-
bit of fancy pigeons. Z. B. Barrows and
lizard Il Welcome also had prize winning
game bantams. Other local exhibitors
were n. w. LOOMS, Plymouth Rocks; j.
S. Clark, White Leghorns that brought
down the blue cards; Christie Crowell, o.
T. Ware and Railway 81 Whitman, Buff
Cochins; G. A. Brown, Silver Wyandottes
and Brown Leghorns; Sylvester E. Miner,
Brewn Leghorns, and Milton Pierce, Po-
fish bantams and fancy pigeons. George
Adams showed registered Homing pigeons.
Some of the well known exhibitors from
distance were II. w. Heath, Piermont,
NJ H., Leghorns, Polish and BrahmSs;
F. A Weir, Drewsville, N. II, Wyandottes (;
F. c. Brown, Queeche, Brahmas, Ply
mouth ROCKS, Leghorns, Minorcas and
game bantams; D. F. Bigelow, Petersham,
Mass, Silver Spanged Hamburgs, Black
Spanish and water fowls.
Northampton is a city which evidently
choose the high grade in poultry, judging
from A. L. Kingsbury's Golden Wyan-
dottes and Buff Leghorns; c. C. Lewis's
White Leghorns; G. Henry Clark's Dark
Brahams and games, and S. D. Drury's
Golden Seabright bantams, all of which
were prize winners. Turner's Falls had
two excellent exhibits, c. NJ. Pratt's White
Wyandottes and A. A. Rocks Plymouth
Rocks.
The three legged chicken from the
Mortified seminary farm, Roy Park Mon
roe's Angora cats, Clara Whitman's tiger
cats, and the Brattleboro Retreats large
pens of Muscovy ducks attracted much at
/ tention. In one Len the Retreat had 80
old ducks, in another $50 young ones, and
in third tender ducklings four weeks old.