Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-22
ENGLISH ROYALTY
AND BRITISH HEN
ORGANIZING BIC EOG TRUST.
Society over Which Warehouses Of
Salisbury presidcS Providing lor
Outng the Alien Product

Special correspondence
7 ONpDN. Oct I2-Within the last
90 years England has paid foreign
countries &Ijo0oO0o for eggs
considerably over NS0OoOOO annu-
ally Experts are agreed that there Is
no good reason why the greater por-
ton Of This money should not find lts
way into the pockets OF British poultry
Keepers Its not the fault Of the Britt
ish hem Given a fair show she WIN do
her duty as well as dll Macduf and
"Hy on until Nature puts am end to
her productlveness. The fault Hes with
those who have neglected. her and the
means Of getting her eggs 20 market.
ln this state OF AFFAIRS certain uncom-
monty arIstocrotic DANES have UNDER
taken the regeneration, multiplication
and populari2atIon of the domestic fowl
I'M Great Britain, It Is really a work OF
national Importance, and even royalty
does not content itself with merely be
slowing Its distinguished patronage
ON the patriotic project Al sandrng-
ham, where Edward VII has demon-
strated that 10 accident had not made
him king he might sim have attained
some fame as first class farmer tbs
queen runs q modest poultry establish
ment There she has "a lot Of utllitarian
fowls without amy superiluous trills
ON them. who attend strictly to the egg
laying business But for show pur-
poses she keeps several fancy breeds.
including the silkie,' name derived
from This fowls plumage, which rs as
soft ms SILK. The Queen makes also
speciality OF bantams, and has some
OF the smallest birds OF that class I'm
England She wins many prizes at
poultry shows and purely on the merits
of her exhibits. for no favors are shown
royalty in such competitions But as it
lis essential 90 the popularlzatlon Of the
British hen that she should prove n
PAYING Investment the queen does not
disdain 10 sell her surplus eggs and
chickens. The proceeds therefrom and
the prize money she wins, she deyotes
to the support of her cottage hospitals
at Sandrngham The King rules SUI
preme over the livestock on the farm.
while the queen holds undisputed sway
over the poultry ynrd-an eminently
practical arrangement. which prevents
the royal tempers being rufiled by DIFF
feroucos of opinion
The American Countess Of Craven
carries on quite as many prizes as the
queen 8t poultry shows, and exhibits
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does her best 10 encourage the rearing
of fowls among the people In her neigh
horhood by holding am annual poultry
show at her residence, Coombe valley,
near Coventry in Warwickshire. An
other titled American matron, Wis.,
countess Dcerhurst. is q keen poultry
fancier. who does not devote her at
tpntion exclusively 90 the breeding NJ
prize winners one OF the objects Of
her poultry farm rs 10 demonstrate that
90 is quite possible TO make money out
of eggs and chickens iu England Her
husband ViscOunt Deerhurst Is the
president of the Poultry club. Among
other distinguished patrons of the hum
bile hen are Lady Calthorpr, the Count
ess OF Home. Lady Tichborne. Lady
Wilson Lady Frederick Fltzroy. the
Duchess of Sutherland Lady Amherst.
Lady Mural DIgbN and Lady Algernon
GOrdon-LennOX
But the woman WHO is doing most for
the egg producing industry OF Great
Britain is the Marchioness of Salisbury
wife of me present marquis and daugh.
ter-in-llw off the late premier She has
srspci the fact chat foreign competI-
Ton cduIO. Doe cOmbltted merely by co..
Drelslng TIE number of British egg.
laying hens. Facilities must also Dee
provided Cor selecting the eggs and
getting them TO market with this
double object in view She has founded
lhl National Poultry Organization
Society oU lines which promise 90
mta 20 tine most tb1r1ugh-gomg of
Esiusn trusts. SHE h1s persuaded 10
john her iu This strange enterprise three
dukes, tour clrls. halt dozen lesser
lords 1Ud ID bishop or two, while
princess % duchess and lnt of other
noble folk are uu the executive COM
uIttec But 70 Is the Mauhi0ness herr
saif who virtually runs the association.
inl.lr most pcF0ns hf quality who nc
ceut tnt ollie. of president she Is not
content with the role az au aniab.c
Ggue-head. but makes Cd point OF 0t-
tending every meeting of che Poultry
organization at its su0y little Offices
in fashionable Hanover square. OF
paying regular visits to The "dcpots.
which ihe organization has established
throughout thU country and generally
doing Boo of hard work iu connection
with Jha project THE present MarQuiI
of Salisbury VilI never lll the place Of
his fthsr 1s "a statesman, but the