CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-03-27

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ing the winter Mr.. Clearinghouse sold
200 fancy chickens.
Next fall he will erect new
chicken house, having yards on two
sides. IL this way he will increase
his capacity for raising chickens to
500.
Mr.. John McWilliams is lover of
fine poultry. He raises the buff Leg
horns of the Lamar strains Of Water
town, New York. Also white wyan-
dottes of the Wachusett strain of
South Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He
said that of all the different breeds
he had ever experimental with Cor
laying purposes he found that the
buff leghorns are the best he had
ever known.
Next fall he will place some of his
stock on exhibition at the poultry
show in Pueblo.
W. L. Colt, who is new resident
of Lincoln Park, expects to raise
chickens very extensively. He says
that he will endeavor to supply fam
lilies who wish to raise few chickens
for their own use. When he first
came here he experienced some
trouble in procuring chickens, and so
decided that some one should raise
chickens to supply this demand. The
species he will raise are the plymouth
rocks, leghorns and spo ted hamburgs.
MIR. Colt has secret in crossing
breeds which makes fine layers. He
is a man well versed in the art of
raising chickens, and will be good
addition to the chicken raising indus
try of this section.
J. Arthur Mccain has commenced
raising fancy breeds of chickens,
among them being the black lang
shans buff plymouth rocks, buff leg
horns, Rhode Island reds and fantail
pigeons. The buff plymouth rocks
are from Canada. He recently re-
ceived the Rhode Island reds from a
gentleman in Auleboro. Massachusetts
He has had several broods hatched
already.
Mrs. A. J, Summers raises white
and barred plymouth rocks. They
are fine chickens and pay her well.
She does not try to raise fancy breeds.
Orange ]. White has about hun
dred common chickens from which he
partly supplies the various markets
in this city. He also sells a great
manv eggs.
W. Il. Doane has eighty brown
leghorn chickens which average him
80 eggs per day. He believes that
they are the most profitable kind of
chickens that can be raised. He has
had fifteen years experience in rails
poultry, but says that of all the vari-
Gus kinds he prefers the brown leg
horns. Last Friday his wife set 200
eggs.
Mr.. Heller raises the buff leghorn,
from which he gets good income.
B. F. Jackson, of Park avenue,
raises a large number of plymouth
rocks each year.
j. d. Clark, new resident of Park
avenue, will raise the rose combed
leghorns, which are fancy breed.
They are good layers and good exhi-
bition chickens.
Mrs. N. H. Endsley has fine dis
play of poultry at her home on River
side avenue. Her stock includes full
blood buff leghorns, white and barred
plymouth rocks, Pekin ducks and
pigeons. She will probably have
display at the next poultry show.
Mrs. M. A. Curren raises large
number of chickens every year. She
has at present over a hundred barred
plymouth rocks. White leghorns
and several common varieties.
Mr.. l.. Richardson is a raiser of fine
poultry, and at his home on Harrison
avenue has large number of fowls
of different descriptions. He sells