Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-01-04
BIRD FANCIERS
AND OTHERS IN
ANNUAL BANQUET
Fine Menu Is Se c,S ,Ad Advice
Is by
IS perts

held in the G. A. R. hall Thursday
evening, commencing at o'clock.
More than one hundred persons, mem
bers Of the association and friends Of
the city, were present to enjoy this
splendid supper prepared by the la
dies Of the Evangelical church. Be-
fore the last of the refreshments were
served, President N. T. Gill Of Reeds
burg announced that to expedite mat
ters a few numbers of the program
would be given, and called upon the
quarter, consisting of William and AL
bert Wichern, Henry Koppke and Fred
Templin, to sing. They were kept so
busy in this line that they had to
give up or miss the ice cream. Mr.
Gill introduceo1SuperintendentG G. w.
Davies of North Freedom, who is al
so vice-president, to preside as toast
master
After a few preliminary remarks
Mr.. Davies stated that he wOud call
upon a few of the visitors to speak,
knowing we'll that they were not pre-
pared. G. H. Hood was the first, to
speak from the point Of view Of the
people Of BaraboO. He spoke Of the
getting-tOgether idea as being one
of the important features of the ban
quet, besides the good feed"
George Carpenter was called upon
to shed rays of light upon the poul-
try industry. Mr.. Carpenter said the
right one had been called upon for
the reason that he had very recently
come to a decision in the profit fea-
ture of the poultry business. He said
during the month of November he in
vested about $5 worth of feed for the
Carpenter poultry ranch, and the sum
of three eggs had been received. He
said at the close of the month Mrs.
CARPENTER depOsed him from the job
as a failure and that she is now in
charge, but no report has been made,
although he still buys the feed.
Chief Has Trouble
Chief Of Police Pelton was called
upon to tell what he knows about the
poultry business. The officer took
the tOastmaster literally, and said
that he has poultry troubles on the
brain-that not day passes but calls
come to him to chase chickens from
peoples gardens and yards, and he
is now convinced that chickens are
made to eat, and not to keep-in town
at least Outside of this the poultry
business is a great industry
superintendent Kingsf0rd in a very
pleasing way told Of an imaginary
poultry venture that turned out al
most anything but real chickens,
which was especially pleasing to those
who had had experience.
The Fox Industry
DR.. Collins, the fox man, of Reeds
burg, who loaned three fine speci-
mems of his ranch stock, was called
upon. Mr.. Collins said he did not like
footing his own horn" upon an oc-
easion like this, but to tell anything
about the fox business he must nee
essariIy tell Of his own business. He
said the progress of the times is driv-
ing out all the fur-bearing animals,
and at the present rate, like the buf-
falO, Indian and wild creatures must
soon become extinct. For this reason
it will eventually become necessary
to produce fur in domesticated life,
after the fashion that is being follow
ed in Reedsburg on the fox ranch. In
giving the history of the fox industry
he stated that about 25 years ago a
trapper on Prince Edward Island, a
man by the name of Dalton, captured
a pair of silver black foxes, and the
first year he sold seven foxes for
$3.50 each. There have been silver
black fox furs sold for $500, but gen
orally they bring half that amount.
Mr.. Collins also told Of the difficulty
he has been under to get foxes to
start his ranch. His object is to sell
pairs of foxes to farmers, and he told
of the profits from a pair, which show
greater gains than in any other line
of industry. He also told of the dark
side which can come through misman-
agement. His discourse was exceed
ingly interesting.
Secretary w. H. Babcock of the
county Y. M. G. A. was called upon.
He gave an elaborate account Of the
hen and the egg, and arrived nowhere
so far as dispensing any real fnforma-
tion, but he succeeded in his aim :
that of keeping everyone guessing as
to when he would get down to bust
ness He finally left the subject as
open as when he commenced, and his
hearers in good humor
The Judge Discusses Birds
w. H. Hackett of North Freedom
one Of the best informed men in the
state on the, poultry industry in its
various forms, was called upon. The
hour having grown late he made his