Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-25
| THE POULTRY SHOW
a LARGE NUMBER OF FINE BIRDS
EXHIBITED YESTERDAY.
THE DOGS TO BE SEEN TO-DAY.
OF the Finest In the Country

Pigeons Attracting Much Attcn-
tion-A Farmer Tells of Money In
Poultry.
There will be a fine exhibit Of poultr,
to-day at the second annual exhibition OF
bition of the Virginia Pigeon, Poultry,
and Pet Stock Association. The day viii
be devoted largely to judging the birds.
but there will be side attractions to en-
terrain visitors. Fifty hon1ing pigeons
belonging to Messrs. Lawson & Spies viii
be turned loose. Some Of these bircs
nave mace rema rkable records at flying.
notably Jackson and Hurricane.
Professor Schult will give exhibitions
with his trained Danes and smaller GosS
at 1870 $50. ). 8. and 10 P. NJ. The meat
stealing act of these dogs is a remarka biz
piece Of animal sagaCity. Professo,
Schut devoted five years to the training
Of the dogs for this act. Hurricane
oranch and his pack of b!oodhounds viii
come in tonight and be ready for exh:-
bition on Wednesday. when the dog show
proper will begin.
.ayed en- route to the show and Manager
Srauer and his a.oes We're busy last night
hurrying things along TO have the poultry
exhibits in shape for the Judges to-day.
a large .numberof local and out-of- town
fanciers were present last night inspect
.ng the pigeons and poultry that have
already arrived:
Among the exhibitors of poultry are the
following:
Old Dominion Poultry Farm. Negro
Arm, Va: Moorewood Poultry Farm.
Wisevile, Va; John Ridg.ey. Towson.
Nd; J. F. Dunstan. Lorraine. Va: c. l..
Downs, Atlantic City, n. j.: R. ".
Haw, Centralia. va; Golden Plume Poul-
try Yards, Burlington. N. c.; c. L. and
]. A. Isiey. Burlington, N. c.; w. b.
Blount. r. q. Brauer, Brookland Poultry
Yards; F. S. Burlington. o. L. Price. J. Il.
Bell. H. F. Baker, Jr.. Miss Dorothy
Courteney, George A. Evans C. G. NJ.
Prick, L. r. Garrett, e. l.. Hasker, and
w. E: Halsbach. -
These exhibitors have an unusually in
teresting collection Of birds of every va
riety known to the fancier
SOME GREAT CHICKENS.
Clyde ". Saunders shows some splendid
specimens Of Barred Plymouth Rocks.
a 12-pound cock fautlessly marked. anu
descended from an iilustrious line Of
prize winners was the object of muc,.
attention in his exhibit last night. F. =.
Burlington shows his White Minorcas 0,
which he makes a specially. He captured
all the first and second prizes In the
u,asseS in which he exhibited a. the At
lanta show last week, and has. beaten
some OF the most famous birds in tn.
country.
The breed that lays is the breed that
pays" is the watchword among the fan
ciers. One Of Mr.. Bullington's Minorcas
got very busy in the laying line last year
and turned over IS eggs to her owner du-
ring the year-a remarkable record eve;'
TOR a dutiful hen.
Mr.. Howard SIedd, proprietor of the OiG
Dominion Poultry Farm, located within,
lhirty-five miles Of this CITY, talked in
rerestingly OF his enterprise last nigh,
Mr.. Sleod was formerly a college pro
lessor. tut III health compelled him to
lake up agricultural pursuits, and inc,.
dentally chicken raising. An acre OF
.and given up to the chickens yielded a
net p. oft of Sob, while an acre OF Tobacco.
yielded him SO net.
FEATHERS BEAT CROPS.
So from time to time, Mr.. S.edd mas
cut out the crops, and cultivated TIC
feathers. Before the Jefferson was burn
ed, he supplied the table of that hosiery
with plump plymouth Rocks at 40 cents a
pound for broilng purposes. and many
Of the jucest birds served at that mi
have come from his farm.
Il have found that an acre Of land de-
voted to poultry can be made many times
more profitable than an acre Siven up &c
any cereal crop he said The well-bred
birds are no more expensive to feed than
the mongrels. They are good rangers
tn ind
All the large exhibitors make use of the
patent incCbators and BROKERS. The dav
of the setting hen on the poultry farms
is gone. FertiliZed eggs. an alright box
the proper temperature. anC Watcnir
care, bring forth more chicks then TWEEN
~ old fussy hens can produce by the old.
time method. The usual sized incubator
will accommodate zoo eggs, and the pro
oucers are satisfied when they can get b
Matching of from so to 81 per cent. Mucl
of the profit in the poultry raising bust.
ness is from the sale of eggs for breed
ing purposes to small fancierS through,
out the country. They bring from s. t,
81 per dozen according to the variety anC
reputation Of the birds.
There are some fine specimens Of
Wyandottes. Cochins, Orpingtons, ant
Langshans to be seen at the show. Tn,
Orpington breed is English, and has beer
imported only within the past two years
The most popular breed is the Plymout.
Rock of the barred variety. There are
some fine types of this bird to be seer
at the show.
THE PIGEONS.
The pigeon exhibit is very large. con
tanning every variety known to the fan
ciers.There are pouters, barhs, carriers
fantaiIs, jacohins, magpies, turbits. area
angels. and tumblers-!ong-face. clean
LEI, solid-color. and bald-head tumblero
Among the pigeon exhibitors are IN,
following: j. ". Wilson, c. w. Saund
ers, P. J. Sinnot, Chris Spies, j. c. Iau
terbach, Baltimore: H. Lawson. Oak
hurst and Palmetto Lofts. Greenvilie
S. c.: Frank Sears Newport News; DR.
w. w White. Baltimore; E. c. Dufey
Washing on. D. c.; J. T. Carlton. j. Z
Rothschilo. J. Heroic, Z. e. Lanorunl
Gaskirs & Gaskins. ]. c. Tatum. A. Sci
fert, G. P. Hart. 3a'.tGore: L. Walford
and J. Graham, and many others. Messrs
T. w Wilson and Clyde W. Saunders
have the largest pigeon exhibits at th'
show.
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