New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-07
POULTRY INDUSTRY.
Tte Groscth Here One Of the MarUeIs
of the Time.

Tho growth Of the poultry industry in the
y.r,t.d states Is one Of the marvels Of the time.
-,,. American standard of perfection. drafted
"a copyrighted by the American Poultry Asso-
-, names over a hundred varieties of fowls,
:, - which are due 10 the development Of man
80, one The original fowl was homely,
IA thing which made its home in the jungle
,,,y With the rest OF primeval creation. 1t is a
80 cali from this ancient fowl Of ungainly pro-
o-,io,s 10 the loUdly Langshan or the massive
cochin of the present day. but the ancestry is
,.rts,n. The relation can be traced back fur
cher than the time Of Christ
r7,,rone Asia and America have all contributed
A the development Of ihe poultry family. and the
vnsnv and varied strains that now exist are the
-o..,lt OF centuries of improvement England
.ns America have been foremost in the work.
,o,gayer. and the results accomplished by the
@,Do;ers in these two countries IN recent years
,.a,,e been nothing short of remarkable By IN
.ou,genr breeding these fanciers have produced
so,rle Of all sizes. from the diminutive bantam
% the mammoth bronze turkey. one tiny bit
% seathered vanity weighing only few ounces
and the other a bulky fowl weighing from forty
10 sixty pounds
results equally wonderful have been accom-
-rshed I'm color effects. There are varieties
n red black, brown and white. with nearly all
,ossible combinations, besides buff and Anda-
Iusian blue. Not content with this the fanciers
nave shown that they lace, stripe, spangle
~ har the feathers of their birds IN any way TO
sarisfy their individual fancy. In fact, il seems
,bo, about all there is left for them to do along
,bis line is TO put their initials the feathers
~ their birds, which. in the light of what they
have already done, is not as impossible as it
may sound.
The pigeon fanciers have kept pace with the
,o,,ltrylmen, and the results they have obtained
are truly wonderful. They have given US the
gorgeous Fan Tail. little bird with a tail big
enough 10 almost tilt its body out of kilter In
she case Of the Fan Tail the fanciers have SIM
plv bred TO a deformity. The improved strain
q merely a line bred monstrosity. Some fellow
found a pigeon in his flock with tail feather
.urned the wrong way. He got the idea that a
bird with all its taft feathers turned the wrong
wav would he a good thing. so he sought mate
sor bis freak, paired them. and the Fan Tail
was soon with u.s. Along comes another fellow
who thought he would like TO see a pigeon with
two rows Of feathers turned the wrong way.
We now have them with three rows, and the
end seems far off, These Fan Tails have all the
vanity Of Solomon. In their cOops they droop
about with very little show OF life, but when
taken out they Immediately spread their ample
fans and strut about as pompous as you please
When placed in front of a mirror they try to
Guido the imagie in the glass. and the attempt
IS something laughable.
As close second TO the Fan Tails come the
wonderful Tumblers. There are two kinds, In
door and Outdoor Tumblers. The parlor per-
formers win turn sonersaults in the most ar
fistic manner. The outdoor species will sail up
IN the air several hundred feet. and then fall
suddenly downward, turning over and over as
7ca11
reach the ground soar skyward again, and per-
form the same astonishing gyrattons until one
tires Of the performance. The explanation OF the
lumber Is simple The breeder found a crazy
bird little fowl with an insane desire to turn
over continuously. He bred 10 the freak and
brought forth the clever Tumbler TO astonish
the old folks and delight the little ones what
will the fanciers DO next?