The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-01-25
Forest County Has Some "Chick"
Fanciery.

Under the above caption the Philadel-
phia North American of last Sunday
publishes the following article from the
pen Of Wallace Chadman, of Tionesta,
which will prove interesting reading:
Just so it will be put down in black and
white In medium where 1t will stay put,
and in one that does consider BILE circu-
latin " in this part of the Keystone of the
original arch, we have spent some time
today in gathering facts and information
for The North American relating to
poultry and poultry growers in this bor-
ough. There are fully dozen gentlemen
in this elongated river town who have the
fancy.chicken bug and have it bad. It's
pastime as much as a commercial pur-
suit with the fanciers, and they make
plenty of money in other vocatons TO re-
imburse them for the outlay in Indulging
their fsvorite diversion. A few years
back 1t was even worse, If that can be
said of a good thing. Every man in town
had chickens, and the chief topic Of dis
putative conversation among men, wom-
en- and children was hens and puiiels.
Chickenology sure did come in for its
full share of the carnival of CAB, and out
of 1t all came a good-natured rivalry
which has resulted in the gathering to-
gether in this favored spot of a number of
the finest strains of chickens in the world.
Einht oil al
county treasurer, moved to town and
brought with him several coops of par
fridge Wyandottes. They were unmis-
takably beauties, and Fred had already
taken first and second ribbons all over the
country with them. Even before that
James Haslet, up al his pleasant home on
the hill, had been collecting some fine
strains of single-comb black Minorcas,
lver-penciled Wyand dottes and partridge
Rocks, and the town dads generally be-
gan TO get hep to the new style in birds.
All the ordinary barnyard fowls were
stewed for Sunday dinners and their
places filled with such fancy birds as
suited individual tastes. Success inysr-
iably attends where it is deserved, and it
began to look as though Tionesta would
become the chicken emporium of the
world. Some idea of the prominence at
tanned may be given by stating that at the
Rochester Poultry Show, given six years
ago, there were eighteen exhibitors from
Pennsylvania, and nine of them were
from Tionesta.
Since then the enthusiasm has waned a
little, but there is plenty left to be worth
mentioning. James Haslet is perhaps
the leader now, and he has just returned
from Rochester, N. Y. with second hen
in class of fifteen birds of the Owens
strain of single. comb white Orpingtons,
and in class of thirty birds of the same
strain he won fifth pullet.
Mr.. Haslet has always been an enthu-
siastc exhibitor, and has carried away
ribbons from Herald Square, Madison
Square, Pittsburg and places of less note,
until he has enough TO stuff an old-fash-
ioned bedtick. His silver -penciled
Wyandottes made hit in England and
elsewhere, but at the present time he is
spending his time looking after his beau
tiful family of Owens farm single-comb
white Orpingtons.
Last summer Archie Davis built hem
merry on farm north oftown and stocked
il with as fine brood of partridge Rocks
as one would wish to see. They were as
big as ostriches, and hundreds of people
used to walk out along the state road to
take look at them. Since then Archie
has joined the benedicts and gone to
housekeeping in town. His handsome
Rocks have been moved into the borough,
where no doubt they will be given all the
room and attention they require.
Charles Killmer's fancy leaned toward
white Wyandottes, and he is quite proud
of the lively flock he keeps in an up-to-
date hennery back of his big house.
jeff Grove took to buff Leghorns, and
it is said he has the finest strain to be had
in the United States. But jeff hasn't felt
well for number of years and has lost
great deal of his former chicken enthu-
siasm.
Jess Graham, the popular young bar
ber, couldn't see any farther than rose
comb white orpingtons, and between
shaves he has brought up as pretty
flock as the town affords. He works
some kind of a scheme ON his hens, by
which he induces them to lay hatful of
eggs every day all winter long, and while
we commend Jess selection of a strain,
we would heartily thank him for an ex-
PLANTATION of his scheme.
Angus Carson, down under the beauti-
full elns along the green bank of the
river, is satisfied to gather up the glob-
ulsr fruit from a saucy bunch of white
Leghorns. "Gus" says these Leghorns
suit him, because they are hardy, con-
tinuous layers, excellent foiagers aud
spend nearly all their time over at the
neighbors'.
Kellettyille.