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

and was ever a prime favorlte Win tne
| Roman. who gave especial attehtion 10
his breed and feeding. - -
"He ranked high as tabie luxury U!
fine world conquerors. VINO passed away
| ignorant of the delight of turkey win
| cronberr,es. How Lucullus wouId nave
licked his chops over that AInerlcal'
| dainty. america has the Worid lalgeis
~ debt for many precious gifts. Inc
nincbona free has driven to its coward
| bnrna many a lurking fever, the tobacco
n1ant hos soothed the hut and the ha-
rom ,ne silver of Mexico and the gold
of California have changed the autono-
NV of ttetes, set great armies in mo-
tSon. freed great peoples, the cotton
nlant has civilized savage nations ana
made broad for overcrowded cities, yet
the or1ly fowl we strangely name the
turkey is not the least Of the blessings
which TIE discovery of Columbus upon
mankind.
"At the recent poultry exhibit in
Washington, d. c.. where the most cele-
brated yards of the Atlantic slope com
peted, our own State made a most credi-
table record.
1.-THE Riverside farm, near Newbern,
the Alamance farm. and the Biltmore
estate each received first prizes. You
must agree with me that this fact is a
matter for congratulation and encourage
ment.
"Have YOU ever thought how closely
associated is the Fearing of domestic
fowls with the growth and spread of the
household virtues? Take the old farm
housp on the hillside in which so many
of us first saw the light! Is there not
something more than poetry in the recol'
lection of the shrill cry of the guinea in
the roof-tree, best Gf watch-dogs, that
she is, cock to the sleeping family, in
the multitudinous noises of the barn
yard, when the feed basket came. in sight
''W,hile not a patron of the pit, OF
even an apOl0gist for it, yet | prefer it,
as evidencing o higher civilization than
the recent six d8ys' bicycle contest in
Madison Square Garden. ! have known
of Shawl ecks, War Horse, and
Stone Fence birds, blinded and Drained
by their adversary,w.strike a dSath-bl9w
ere they themselves died. No battle field
could have shown finer courage in combi-
nation with skilLIt does not excite the
brutal emotions &c the Spanish bull fight,
or the Roman amphitheatre, or the ghast-
~ pity of the bicycle torture; but the
blood Of the patriot thrills under it and
you say, so would / like to die, il my
country or my home called for the sacri-
flee. But l must pause lest you think
me untrue in the statement that / ann
not patron of the pit; yet i repeat
that nowhere is deathless yalor seen to
better advantage. And oh, the beauty
of the game bird, the firm, plump flesh
the gorgeous plumaGe, the stately crest,
the lofty bearing, the kingly stride, the
graceful STOPPING to his love. He is a
lesson in chivalry, he eDnobles a whole
flock by his aSoociation, he brooks no
rival he eombats disease better than the
common STRAIN he is prolific, he is long
lived. he is Industrious
whatever be your fancy, LeghOrn, or
Brahma. Wyandotte, or Puritan, Cochin,
or Shanghai, Bantam or Polish, foAaet
not the GANG. and utilize him at least
10 part.
u read the other day of Jersdyman
who was making 5000 year from
the rea1ang of PeKin DUCKS. Main were
/ sold from orders for the stock NShieh he
/ preserved pure, no small part was con-
tributed from tie sale of feathers and
down, but the chief income was from
the table fowls fattened under standing
contracts with leading hTfel Why
should this not be an example to many
a nearer of mine Tonight?
read, arose from the simple fact that he
/ madesa speciality of one kind of ducks,
! studied them as the specialist in medi
cine studies a disease, erStsg5ed his labor
as every devoUt specifsA dses and
hence was crowned with Wonderful sue
cess.
''Despise not little things, is a lessen
we of the south need to learn. oh so
badly. We are often over-reached
largely in consequence of this negltst
Think of a whole people engaged for
three generations in eghausting the yir-
gin fertility of their soil and then putting
fourth generation to buying CONNER
cial fertilizers with which to repair the
waste We must come out OF that, sub
divide the son among a larger number
multiply ten-folq the nTsnber of our
hogs. cattle and fowl and utilize them
for restoring old lanIs, which will then
yield plenteously.
'And now, Gentlemen Of the Aseocia-
ton, let me congratulate You on the
marked success of your undertaking and
beg you to look forward 30 yet greater
results in the future.
What your scientific breeders OF the
domestic fowls want to make known
| is, the superior excellence in every re-
spect of tie pue breeS9 over the scrubs,
and in this You shouM call to your aid
the newspaper the hOteka the market
| men.
i "The day has long passed when fowls
or eggs should be sold by the dozen in
stead Of by the pound.
''I mis- is familiar learning. but I beg
you to elieve that it is the very bed
rock OF your success.
"WhenevN the lessen is learned in TIE
most remote 9t our villages the orders
from such to well known yards Will in
crease ten-fold.
Mrs. Mary Bird, HeIsasbux9 Pa.
says: "My child is worth mHiens to