Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-11-28
AN AUTHORITY
ON POULTRY

Rev. O. M. Barnitz OF Riverside,
has accepted position on the staff of
the American Press association and
beginning with the new year will
have sole charge of it's poultry Depart
ment. Rev Barnitz's articles will
prove valuable acquisition to the
American Press associations service,
as aside from his ability as a popular
writer he is poultry fancier of near.
ly lifelong experience and leading
authority on the breeding care and the
diseases of poultry.
Mr. Barnitz' poultry yards at 81 Grand
View. as he has named his beautiful
place at South Danville, are indeed
we'll worth visit and the remarkable
results of his years. work attest abund-
antly to his skill as poultry raiser
He devotes himself exclusively 30
breeding fancy stock. In the yards at
present are White Wyandottes and
single comb white leghorns Clean
and white as the newly-fallen snow
the splendidly developed fowls, massed
together in the yards or upon the roost
present picture that will awake the
admiration and hold the interest of
any one.
Mr.. Barnitz started up.his poultry
yard about last Thanksgiving. At that
time he told representative of the
News that he thought he had facilities
for Matching one thousand chickens
per year. AS matter of fact during
the period intervening in his yards
just 1850 chickens have been Matched.
OF this number $50 have been raised,
which is regarded as a very big aver
age. In more than one instance 214
chicks were Matched out of 234 eggs.
On an average 30 per cent. of the eggs
Matched. Large numbers of the chick
ems have already been sold, the most
of them for breeding purposes.
In addition to supervising the yards
and personally assisting at much of
the work Mr.. Barnitz has found time
to contribute regularly to the Poultry
Item and other publications, where
his articles have attracted much atten.
tion both by reason of their attractive
style and abundance of practical in.
formation conveyed.
Indeed, Mr.. Barnitz, in his efforts
with the pen has not restricted him
self to the subject of poultry. He has
written great deal on general sub /
Jeots and has contributed to both
newspapers and magazines. In this
connection it should also be stated
that he is an artist of no mean ability |
and the walls of his pleasant home are
adorned with first-olass specimens OF
art, the product of his brush or pencil.
His ability as an artist stands Mr.. (
Barnitz in good stead in preparing
newspaper and magazine articles. In
treating on the subject of parasites
that infest poultry he simply catches
one of the louise tribe. magnifies it,
and maks a drawing of il, from which
latter a cut is made to be used in H.
lustrating the article. In treating of
the diseases of chickens when he
wants to make an illustration he dis
seots fowl and makes drawing of
the diseased part His articles are
lnterspersed with these cuts, attesting
alike to his technical knowledge and
artistic talent.
Mr. Barnitz may be said to have
been discovered" by the American
Press association. He never applied
for the position and was much surpris.
ed when he received the first COM
asking whether he would
proposition. AS may be in.
ferred considering the standing of the
American Press association Mr. Barnitz
is to receive fine compensation for
his work. He will furnish "a page of
matter every three weeks, which in the
form of stereotype plate will be sent
to newspapers all over the country and
will be read by.millions of people.