Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-09-26
VALLEY FAIR
Continued From the First Page.l
100 BIRDS.
Some Pan.American and Boston
Poultry Winners.

over Four-Fifths Of the Recognized
Varieties on Exhibition-Hot Com
petition in Several Glasses.
Seven hundred entries, 100 birds,
not a scrub in the lot, more han four
ffths of all the varieties recognized
by the American standard of excel
lence, and some of the Pan-American
and Boston show winners in the lists,
briefly summarizes the poultry display.
This department is one of the most
Systematically conducted of the en-
tire fair, thanks to the labors of
Messrs. Tasker and Goddard for i'm
provement year after year. They
have seer the elimination of the low
scorers and the poultry show put on
a plane where it challenges the ad-
miration of any breeder, and where
the winning of a prize carries with it a
significance more valued by the genu-
inc poultryman than the mere none
tary consideration. The competition
was keen in many of the classes this
year, but in those in which there were
few exhibitors almost no birds were
shut out by reason of not attaining
the mark of 80, which is necessary
for a first prize.
Barred, Buff and White Plymouth
Rocks, and White, Buff and Silver
Wyandottes took the lead in numbers.
The competition on Rose Combed
Wyandottes was one of the liveliest
races. c. F. Ensign of Greenfield
had everything with his Rose Combed
White Leghorns, some of the finest
specimens of their class in America,
including one hen which has been a
sweepstakes winner for all classes in
two or three shows. Pieser & Rid
dell of Shushan, N Y, new corners
here, are leading breeders of Buff
Wyandottes, but in some instances
here they ran against such warm
propositions that they were obliged to
|relinquish first prizes.
Wood & Freeman of ~Fitchburg have
Golden and Silver Wyandottes which
the taciturn poultryman describes as
none better" but their birds foupd
worthy rivals in the specimens sent
by Mrs. Clarence Hale of Demands
ton.
Wood G. Freeman sent here in all
200 birds. including many varieties
Their large display. of water fowl in
cluded the pick of the birds at the
Whalom park near Fitchburg. Greene
Brothers of Leominster, Mass, were
the next largest in number, 131 birds
with many varieties.
w. r. Graves's exhibit of White
Wyandottes from West Springfield
Mass. filled the eye. . 1t included
several of his Pan-American winner
last Two breeders who are
always to be relied upon for something
excellent are H. w. Higgins of Orange
Mass. with Buff Plymouth Rocks an(
Arthur E. Davis of Warwick, Mass.
with White Wyandottes and Barred
Plymouth Rocks. Two new comer'
here who demanded attention wer'
Tacy Brothers of South Shaftsbur.
and the Chestnut Hill Poultry Farm o
Athol. both with Buff Plymouth Rocks
s.. Strong of Manchester had nearl.
all the varieties of water fowl, bot
ducks and geese. There were in al
% pairs of geese. Turkeys are diff
cult to exhibit, but six pairs wer
found in the coops.
The effects of the Greenfield Scor
Card club were very marked. Greer
field was represented by about a dozeI
breeders, all of whom were prize wiz
ners.
The local exhibitors found a cred
table place in the fast company. L
Z. Tasker's Light Brahmas, big birds
shapely and finely marked, attracte
great attention. The Oldest coo
weighed 10 pounds, and n hen wa
an %11-pounder. Mr.. Tasker took nv
first premiums. w. }. Pentiand ma
GOODS filled with choice Silve
Spangled Hamburgs, Barred Plymout
Rocks and homing pigeons. U.
rz--lI,, n,,ff TnahinG WnrA cas-
prize winners and he also-had Barre
Plymouth Rocks. w. F. Goddar
came to the front with Silver Due
wing and Black Breasted Red Gam
Bantams. C. l.. Coane, who has VIC
at several important shows, had Blac
Breasted Red Games, and also Bla
Breasted Red Game Bantams. Mine
& Walker were exhibitors Of goo
Duckwing and Black Breasted Re
Game Bantams.
Weller & lizard of Brattleboro ca
tured three prizes, including first
pen chicks and first on cockrel, IN
field of White Plymouth Rocks whit
were all high grade. One OF the
competitors was a well known bree
err but a new conner here, X. M. DaV
of Hancock, N. H.
A. A. Hubbard, a large exhibitor
some years with Barred Plymou'
, Rocks, sent only n pair, but tn,
were first in their class. Louis
Herrick of Chesterfield was a vim
with Barred Plymouth Rocks.
Milton Pierce had a large cole
ton of pigeons and another collecti'
was shown by S. Strong OF Manche
ter. F. H. Dewey Of Westfeld, Mas
contributed a novelty with two han
some Belgian hare does.