Milford chronicle., 1932-09-23
EIGHTH ANNUAL STATE
POULTRY TOUR

Plans have been completed for the
eighth annual State poultry tour,
which will be conducted on Septem-
ber % and 20 under the auspices OF
the Delaware State Poultry Associa-
tiOn in cooperation with the extern
sion service of the University of
Delaware and the State Board of
Agriculture, and it is expected that
large number of poultry raisers
and their families will take advan-
tage of another opportunity TO visit
some poultry farms and other points
of interest in the adjoining states.
In addition to inspecting poultry
farms in Maryland and Virginia, the
itinerary of the tour this year in
cludes many interesting places
such as Annapolis, Washington, d.
c., Mount Vernon, Arlington Ma
tional Cemtery, and the experiment
farm at Beltsville, Md, which is
conducted by the United States De-
parement of Agriculture.
The tour will assemble at the
Pennsylvania railroad station in
Bridgeville, Delaware, at 1880 on
the morning of September %, and
the first place to be visited will be.
Nicholas Laigneil's turkey and fruit
farm near fredericksburg, Nd, at
1920. Here the visitors will see 1000
fine turkeys with soybeans being us
ed for green food.
From this place the tour will pro-
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try farm of H. H. Reick, a success
full broiler grower near Preston,
Md, who has housing capacity for
$4,000 broilers with complete wa
tering system and proper means of
sanitation.
At 1885 the members of the tour
will take the ferry at Matapeake for
Annapolis, eating their lunch en-
route across the Chesapeake Bay,
and from 1920 to 2:20 an inspection
of the buildings and grounds of the
United States Naval Academy will
be made under the direction of an
official guide.
At $3.50 that afternoon the tour
will arrive at the experiment sta
tion at Beltsville, NJ, where DR.. M.
A. JUL, senior poultry husbandman
of the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture, will direct the visitors
through the poultry plant where
many interesting experiments are
being conducted on feeding, breed
ing and flock management.
The poultrymen will arrive in
Washington, d. c., at 6:15, and will
make their headquarters at the New
Colonial Hotel on 18th and NJ
streets. After supper the Library of
Congress and other points of inter-
est in the Capitol City will be visit
ed.
At 8 o'clock in the morning of the |
second day the tour will visit the |
Southwest Washington Wholesale |
Market where Roy c. Potts, special |
ist in charge of dairy and poultry
products in the Bureau of Agricul-
ture Economics, will explain the |
grading and packing of eggs which |
are received at this point from diff
ferent sections of Maryland and Vir-
ginia.
The Arlington National Cemetery,
The tomb of the unknown soldier
and the Curtis-Lee mansion will be
visited from 10 to 10:30, and at IL
o'clock the party will visit Mount
Vernon and Washington's tomb.
The visitors will take lunch at
1890 in Fairfax, Virginia, and the
first stop in the schedule for the af-
will be at 1870 at E. D.
Vosbury's Windsor Hill poultry
iarm near Falls Church, Va. At this
place the visitors will. be shown
insulated poultry
houses which are equipped with hot
water heat for brooding and moder-
lte heat for layers.
The last stop on the tour will be
made at 2:45 at the poultry farm of
Milton Roberts near West Falls
Ihurch, Va, which is large COM
nercial egg production plant After
spending about an hour at this
llace the members of the tour will
cave for their homes.
In order that hotel reservations
nay be made in advance, those who
re planning to go on this tour
hould notify H. S. Palmer, Newark,
Delaware, not later than September