The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-07

points of excellence are the barred ana
white Plymouth Rocks, the Wyandottes
silver golden and white the Indian games
and the Jerseys of the poultry Yards. the
brown Leghorns. Each of these have rep
resentatlves of the bluest blood, the Rocks
being barred to the skin
Other features of the display presented
bronze turkey tom weighing thirty-eight
pounds; mammoth wild turkey. whose
efforts to regain freedom resulted in a
wrecked coop, and handsome specimens
of Toulouse geese Peekin ducks were on
the list for entry. but the flock from
which they We're to have been taken on
one of the upper farms were scattered
| by dogs just prior to departure for Raj
eigh, and the pair of brakes secured were
taken along, but were not entered.
A quartette of Mongolian pheasants, In
| their gorgeous garb of cardinal and royal
purple, scored with the firsts
Superintendent James p. Kerr, to whose
attentive management of the Biltmore
poultry yards the credit of the phenorne-
nal winning Is largely due, is native of
Alamance county, in this state, and was
as he expresses 1t, raised on poultry"
For number of years he was proprietor
of the Riverside stock and dairy farm.
Later he was in charge of the poultry
yards at Oeoneechee, Col Julian Cars
! famous estate and he came to the, Bit
| more farms about a year ago. ~,.r.f
| The following varieties of Mr.. Wander
bits birds won prizes:
Light brahmas, buff cochins, barred
| plymouth rocks, white plymouth rocks,
silver wyandottes, white wyandottes,
black minocras, brown leghorns, white MI
norcas, white leghorns, Indian games, Tou-
| louise geese, bronze turkeys, wild turkeys,
| Monaghan pheasants
The completion of the buildings design
ed for the purpose of the poultry interests
/ a q mr. fba lsr,1. -
formerly Antler Hall, and the scope of the
! improvements in the ideal surroundings of
/ the beautifully bred birds is practically
without limit A modern residence occu-
pied by the superintendent and his family.
| Is IN an admirable location on a knoll in
convenient proximity to the yards. The
main poultry house is well within the range
of the sunny slopes closer in the forest; 1t
is divided into an Office room, feed room,
| incubator room, and brooder and breeding
/ pen wings, each compartment beng free
ly lighted and fitted throughout with
systems of ventilation and hot water heat
ings. The floors are of cement and there
is a dead air space between the walls the
inside walls for distance above the floors
are built of white enamelled brick. q
There is capacity in the incubator room
for 10000 eggs. The brooder house is 10
feet long, with runs on both sides of a CEN
trail walk, that have go feet of clear
space. The pens that divide this area
are each allotted feet. and are partition
ed with closely meshed wire netting. Slid
ing doors are fitted to permit the chicks
having access to outside runs during fine
/ weather.
Nine breeding pens occupy the interior
of the north wing of the building, in
/ dimensions similar to the broodng apart.
ment, and here are already quartered
| special members Of the Raleigh visitors,
| TUpntV-giX bnnGaG ia
have been erected at the sites where full
est advantages could be taken of the
| proper exposures. The buildings are of
Farm Supt. G. F. Westons design, and
all are of similar appearance and size.
Each house is 12x24 feet, equally divided
In its interior for the focks Of two yards.
/ The outside woodwork Is of patent Ger
man siding, the inside being lathed and
/ plastered and having the finish white with
1 water paint.
The floors are four feet above the slope
| of the yards, and are covered six inches
deep in clear river sand. Movable roosts,
| of the simplest construction, and saturated
with coal tar are set but few. inches
] from the floor to prevent the bruising of
I the feet of the fowls A row of detacha bic
nests. arranged with slipping cover, is fit-
| ted in the corner Of the room sufficiently
! near the wall to prevent the hens from
pulling out the straw and breaking eggs
rangement is furnished the hens in the
yards. Beneath each house there is ample
open space for the gathering Of the birds
In Indictment weather when not sufficient
ly stormy for indoor confinement.
Large yards are fenced with wire. from
the houses into the woods. The open por-
ton Of these runs are seeded with grass
and the woods are utilized for the scat
tering Of grain where the fowls are com
! PEELED to exercise themselves in a scratch
| ing search for the food hidden by the
leaves. Cooked food is also believed in,
and a ration Of mash is given for break
fast the year round.
| The breeds raised in Biltmore are the
twelve standard varieties, named In the
list above, only the genuine utility birds
none of the novelties or freaks having VET
gained a place in the wishes of the
| proprietor
Below the memories the geese and ducks
are suitably provided for, with commodt
Gus dwellings, meadow runs and the
aquatic delights of numerous ponds en-
sconced In the banks of clear running
| stream.
The general water supply Is plpea
| throughout the chicken village from a
mountain spring and forced to the outlets
| by hydraulic ram.
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