The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-07
THE CITIzEN'S ACCOUNT.

THE CITIZENS ACCOUNT.
The following account Of the opening
day is taken from the Asheville Citizen:
The big arc lights in the poultry
show auditorium shed radiance over
a happy scene last evening, when the
formal opening of the great show oe-
Cured, and the crowds filed along fine
aisles, upstairs and downstairs and in
to the annex, where they found fowls
everywhere that we're fit subjects for
delighted EXPLANATIONS. The pleasure
was enhanced by the music furnished
by strong band.
Zeb. Weaver, Esq, ON behalf of the
city, made the speech of welcome, Locke
Craig, Esq, being detained by aNos-er
engagement. Mr.. A,eay~r's speech was
brief, but was a happy expression of
welcome to the entire show. The re-
Spouse was delivered by Col. Julian 8.
Carr, proprietor of the famed Occonee-
ehee Farm. It was an eloquent address.
One feature dwelt upon the great value
of the poultry products OF America,
pointing out that when our farmers
utilize our advantages to the extent that
we export poultry, we will not be such
slaves to Scent cotton"
Attorney General VIM. A. Barber, Of
South CaroAna, was called upon for a
speech, and responded in short talk
that kept up the good hnmor of the
gathering. The formal exercises COM
eluded, the crowd scattered over the
building and saw more of chickens and
ducks and geese than they ever dream
ed of before.
Making an auaress at a chicken show
is a vivid illustration of talking under
dlnlculties. The speaker addresses him
self to the ladies and gentlemen, and
hears the salutation acknowledged by
basso profundo ''ceck-a-doodle-doe"
from an eIephantine Plymouth Rock on
his left. The speaker, il he be not dis
concerted by tle interruption, goes on
with his sentences, turning them round
~ and prettily only to hear one of his
happiest apostrophes interrupted by a
sepulehral 'Honk, honk, honk" of q
goose almost at his feet. The audience
tries to refrain from smiling, but finds
great difficulty, for ia moment Of in
spiration the speaker dwells upon some
theme with spell-binding eloquence only
to find himself almost taken off his feet
by an unearthly "S-q-u-a-w-k'' from an
African goose that weuld do justice to
the widest animal in an African jun
gle. ne speaker RECEIVERS himself and
moves on, only to hear what may be
one of his prettiest sentences greeted
by a sibilant Hiss" long drawn out
from goose that cares not who is
speaking. The speaker takes courage
and plunges into dissertation upon the
relative qualities and values of the
fowls only to hear the echo "Quack,
duack," and it is soothing to know that
the words are only those Of a duck.
4nHp 90. Ehn hos f,,1
pets in the show, when he hears his
words commended by the loving "Coe''
Of the pigeons in a fair corner. Then,
as the speaker concludes with his pref
test language and the crowd breaks
into applause the whole shew takes up
the chorus and there is a mixture of
sounds such as was never heard out
side of poultry show. But it is ''all
in the play
COL. CARES ADDRESS.
Ike Asheville Gazette publishes Col.
Julian S. Cars opening address in full
from which we make the following ex-
tract:
Gentlemen, you have but to view the
splendid exhibit OF the feathered tribe,
the gallinacious aggregation set for your
entertainment ana instruction to be a.
ware that the ;day of the one chop sys-
tenn is rapidly vanishing and that diver
sity of farm employment is at hand.
I'VE brag much of the cotton crop in
the South, and once deemed the fieecy
staple king; but YOU will be surprised
to know that the ever-present hen yields
the world an annual tribute greatly in
excess Of the value Of our raw cotton
''The Colorado Poultry Journal is au-
thority for the statement that the poul-
try earnings Of the Emitted States for
1896, We're S290, 100000. The facts arfI
that no cosntry in the worids can e0bnl
pare with the Unified States in poultry
products, and we actually import sRch
products foE home CONSUMPTION. Whegr
cur farmers utilize curl advantages, to
the extent that we export pqfA try, we
will not be sdeh slaves TO 5.S:ant eato
ton.
THE demand for fresR eggs and ehoicSs
poultry increases faster than the sfrppfy.
In European cotfntries where larger pro,
portions OF pSI.try and eggs are used
than with MS, fse supply is furnished n0N
by large farms, but by tre multitude
of people who live near the cit0es ana
towns.
at is the same in this country the
bulk of the egg supply comes from the
small breeders. people who keep a few
hens. Taken IN the aggregate the BULK
in dozens is large. II is. an object les
son of Many miclkle makes n nffckle.
1.-The range OF this homely fowl nj
most equals that sc. her master. man.
Native Of India and It's adjunct, Ceylors
first domesticated in Hurmish. she spread
over China and the IslGs Of tire sea, an
pearing in Europe and Western Asia 81
a much later dry.
''The Old Testament contains ne4 nssn-
ton of her, nor was she known to