The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-03
BETTER STRAIN
OF POULTRY
Was Urged by George +.
! Coffin of Freeport,
Maine
! IN LECTURE BEFORE
BARRE EXHIBITION
| It Is Possible to Combine
Fine Quality and Pro-
ductiveneSs

Something of the history as well as
/, the details of the art of raising FLOODED
poultry were related last evening at tn
Pavilion theatre by George p. Colin o
Freeport, Me, one of the judges OF thu
18th annual exhibition of the Vermont
Poultry association, which has been hold
ing its annual exhibit during the past
two days at the Pearl street theatre
Although the lecture was scheduled to
be given at the court room in the city
building, arrangements were slightly al
tered at the last moment. About ~
members of the association and other
poultry breeders took the occasion to
listen to the lecture given by the Free
port, Me-, expert and to receive many
beneficial instructions from his interest
ing remarks
The topic of Judge Collins lecture was
THE Value of Poultry Shows to the
Poultry Business" and he opened his
talk by relating the fact that the first
poultry show held in America was in
November, lS49. in tent on Boston
common Among the names of those
who exhibited there was that of Daniel
Webster. who exhibited some geese and
Java fowls from his farm in Marshfield.
At that show there were many specimens
of the breeds then known as Cochin
Chinas Shanghais, Chittagonga, Dork
ings, Hamburgs, Javas and Polands. AT
about this date, the Light Brahmas made
their appearance and attracted the at
tention of the breeders of the time.
The history of the poultry shows is
record of the advancement of poultry
culture in America, and as these old
breeds gave way to newer breeds and
improved types. so the methods of man
aging poultry have been changed until it
has now become business which repre-
SCENTS money value OF billion dollars
a year. As the business has increased,
so has the number OF poultry shows in
creased until from 500 TO 1000 shows
are held annually in this country.
The poultry show should everywhere /
be regarded as an educational institu
ton, place where different breeds and
varieties may be studied, where the most |
advanced results in breeding may be /
seen, and where many excellent lessons ,
may be learned, as well as being one OF /
the greatest factors in awakening an in |
terest in poultry matters. The exhibitor /
is educated by attending the show. He
Is benefited by learning what good judges |
think of his birds, and if they are not |
good enough to win, he learns of their /
defects He also has the chance to see
the birds that other breeders consider
their best
The interested public can view under
equal conditions the stock of different
breeders that is shown for comparison
and see the results of efforts in breeding,
and make new plans for the following
seasons work Breeding results are best
seen where the best competition prevails,
and here observation and comparison of
quality will be of great value to the
breeder.
Each poultry show serves a purpose
and each in its own way is direct bene
At to the breeder and the industry alike
The great shows in our large cities have ,
become necessary part OF the industry !
and have aided it to gain its present ,
OF no less Importance are ,
he smaller shows, for they in their own
way have made possible beginning for $
hundreds of breeders who would never I
ave entered in any other way.
The exhibition brings together those I
Interested in the pursuit, and the keen I
stimulates the best efforts I
# the most skillful breeder Where the i
ocal shows are held, far better quality !
y poultry is found among the farmers /
nd poultrymen. and more attention is r
'aid to poultry raising. /
The tendency of the present day is 20
omhine utility with beauty, and the
masses are realizing that it is possible n
o do go. Yet we have seen many people n
rho were opposed to beauty because v
hey imagined it to be sign of weak n
ess. They cared nothing for the beau
Y OF the rose because IL was not good !.
o eat, preferring the cabbage, which is D
very useful vegetable, On the came i
asis we see those that are willing to II
Omit that ''fine feathers make fine Il
irds." yet are not willing to allow any N
seful qualities to standard bred fowls, +,
rguing that so much attention has been r
aid to perfecting shape and the color of ii
lumagc that productiveness has been I,
'st sight of. and useful qualities neg Il
'cted ,,
The speaker went on TO saw that about p,
or 30 years ago this fact might have Il
cen true, and that the history of poul-
Y culture shows that the breeds, for h,
hieh some fad in color marking were m
,ught, are in limited numbers and that &c
ow breeders realize that the combina- III
on OF utility and beauty is possible. oil
nd that their artistic desires are being in
ratified by improving the shape and II
in