1900 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER; 
9i 
THE NEW YORK POULTRY SHOW. 
The annual show of the New York 
Poultry Association was held last week 
at Madison Square Garden, and proved 
a great success from the fancier’s point 
of view. There was an immense display 
of beautiful birds, and the paid attend¬ 
ance was rather above the average. To 
one not seriously afflicted with the hen 
fever all poultry shows are much alike, 
but this one introduced a number of 
novelties, which were well received. A 
four-legged pigeon was shown, the two 
surplus legs being useless and hanging 
at the sides. Poultry keepers frequently 
find newly-hatched chicks with one or 
more surplus legs, but they seldom live 
beyond a few days. This pigeon had 
grown to full size. 
A cat show was provided with a num¬ 
ber of so-called choice specimens of 
cats. The exhibit of Belgian hares and 
long-eared rabbits was large, and the 
stock was said to be of fine quality. 
Another novelty was an exhibit of 
pheasants, comprising a great variety of 
colors and sizes. There was also an ex¬ 
hibit of the Gallus Bankiva, or Jungle 
fowl, from which it is said that all our 
modern breeds originally came. The 
pigeon show was unusually large, and 
seemed to attract a great deal of atten¬ 
tion. There was also a fine exhibit of 
dressed poultry, the greatest novelty 
being a number of small chickens, 
which are said to be sold for roasting 
purposes. They are considerably small¬ 
er than the average broiler, and fashion 
dictates that they be roasted and served 
whole as a side dish. To a man viewing 
this show from a business point of view 
entirely, it was evident that the Wyan- 
dottes are making strong gains in popu¬ 
lar favor. The Plymouth Rocks are 
still shown in large numbers, but the 
Wyandotte seems to be more popular 
than ever before. This quiet bird is 
well thought of by both fanciers and 
practical men. The White Wyandottes 
were out in large numbers, with the 
Buff also well represented. We do not 
find so many of the old Barred variety 
as formerly, but the Buff seems to be 
the popular color, and is rapidly gaining 
with not only Wyandottes, but Ply¬ 
mouth Rocks and Leghorns. Some fine 
specimens of Minorcas were shown, but 
the general notion among poultrymen 
seems to be that this breed is too ten¬ 
der for a trying climate, unless the best 
of care can be given it. That great 
comb is a shining mark, and that is 
what Jack Frost always aid love. The 
heavy breeds were well represented, 
though Dark Brahmas seem to be rather 
going out of style. The difficulty seems 
to be in breeding them exactly true to 
color. The Light Brahmas seem to be 
gaining, and some specimens were al¬ 
most as large as a fair-sized turkey. A 
good collection of Cochins and Lang- 
shans were shown, but these breeds 
seem to have lost the hold on the people 
that they once enjoyed. An interesting 
collection of eggs was made, to show 
the difference in color of the eggs laid 
by various breeds. The Minorca con¬ 
tributed the whitest egg, while the 
Langshan gave the darkest color, their 
eggs being of fair size and of very dark 
brown. One interesting feature was an 
exhibit of Dwarf Light Brahmas. These 
were very close to the larger birds in 
color or shape, but so small as to appear 
like pigmies beside them. The exhibit 
of incubators and brooders was much 
the same as usual, and of course the 
little chicks running about in the brood¬ 
ers were exceedingly popular with the 
city people. The bone cutters and vari¬ 
ous prepared foods were out in force; 
in fact, everything pertaining to the cul¬ 
ture of poultry was well represented. 
While these shows are primarily in¬ 
tended for the fancier, the practical 
poultryman can always pick up many 
points of interest and benefit his busi¬ 
ness by attending them. 
“White Cloud,” a White Plymouth 
±tock, was brought to the show in a 
palace car. Mr. J. F. Crangle told the 
New York Sun the following story 
about it: 
You know that all white birds have to be 
washed before we can bring them to a 
show. Pneumonia in a human being is a 
matter of six weeks, in a chicken it is a 
matter of three days. After washing this 
fowl I saw it had pneumonia. I promised to 
exhibit it at New York, for, after a sweep¬ 
ing array of victories at every show in 
this country and one in London, I was de¬ 
termined that I would bring it as an adult 
to New York. After nursing it for some 
days, on the very eve of the show, I saw 
signs of improvement, and so I put the 
bird in a box, brought it in a closed cab 
to the station, and after some argument 
with the railroad people I saw that this 
bird, cage and all, was transferred to a 
vestibule compartment in a Pullman sleep¬ 
ing car. The expense, only some $15 or $20, 
was not one per cent of the value we set 
on the bird. Arriving at New York, I 
hired a cab, and taking off my overcoat and 
wrapping it around the coop so that the 
bird would get no cold air, I took it to 
the house of a friend of mine, and I am 
pleased to say that I was able to bring it 
to the Garden in time and shape to win. 
CHESHIRE SWINE. 
My neighbor smiled, the other day, 
when I remarked that I should not care 
to sell my purebred Cheshire sow Pig- 
gins for less than $25, and thought I 
should be a long time in getting my 
price. I had not reckoned ap her score 
for the year, and only thought of her as 
an exceedingly well-bred and well- 
formed animal, perfectly kind and gen¬ 
tle, an easy keeper, and a good mother. 
I turned to my book and found that she 
farrowed nine pigs on October 4, 1898, 
which sold for $37.50 without fattening. 
May 6, 1899, she had a family of 10 pigs, 
nine of which sold for $44; the tenth 
was fattened and killed for family use. 
November 16, 1899, she farrowed 11 pigs, 
but three of these were smothered. So 
in about 13 months Madame Piggins’s 
youngsters had produced $81.50, aside 
from her eight wee porkers and the one 
in the barrel. This may be no unusual 
showing for a good sow, but rearing 
swine is a comparatively new industry 
to me, and it surprises me to find that 
though I have had some very good grade 
cows, not one of them has brought so 
much money to me during the year as 
has Piggins. 
There are many points about the 
Cheshires which are admirable. They 
are exceedingly docile beasts, an ugly 
one being rare. There is no trouble in 
fattening them. There were seven in a 
small yard last Summer, which were 
fed green clover, with only grain 
enough to keep them growing, for sev¬ 
eral weeks. When the clover was gone, 
their grain ration was gradually in¬ 
creased, until it was about all they 
could use, the green food being lessened 
as the grain was increased. In five 
weeks these pigs had grown and fat¬ 
tened until anyone who had seen them 
before the fattening ration was begun, 
would not have believed such growth 
possible in so short a time. I greatly 
regret that they were not weighed be¬ 
fore the liberal feeding began. The care 
of hogs is regarded as more unpleasant 
that that of cows, as cows can feed and 
water themselves in Summer. Well, so 
can pigs if their pasture is supplied with 
a running stream of water. Of course 
they will need some grain to do their 
very best, even when the pasture Is ex¬ 
cellent, but it is surprising how much 
sustenance they will get from grass, and 
how little grain will suffice to keep a 
hog a year or more old in good condi¬ 
tion. I was unable to allow my hogs to 
gather their own green food, but where 
a field of clover or rape can be divided 
into three or four parts, so that the pigs 
can go from one to another, as each is 
eaten off, pig-feeding would be reduced 
to an easy affair, and though there 
might be some waste, it would not be 
great enough to matter, s. a. little. 
A Pbofitable Sow. — I saw the query 
whether a well-bred sow will earn more 
money than a cow. I don’t know about 
the records of cows. I have a sow that, 
I think, brings me in more money than 
any of my cows. I bought her with her 
first litter of nine pigs, in the Fall of 
1898, for $18. I sold her pigs in Feb¬ 
ruary, 1899, for $47. She had eight pigs 
in March, 1899. They brought me $48 in 
September. She had 10 pigs the same 
month that I am feeding now. I have 
contracted them for March at 5% cents. 
I expect them to dress over 100 pounds. 
I don’t know what breed the sow is. 
She is white, and a great milker. I 
let the pigs run with her till two months 
old. I let her run in the barnyard Win¬ 
ters; she will follow me like a pet dog. 
I make quite a pet of her. I can go 
into her pen when she nas pigs, and 
handle them all. She runs in the pas¬ 
ture field in Summer, and she is not fed 
grain except when she is suckling pigs. 
It doesn’t cost me much to fatten my 
pigs in the Summer. I feed them most¬ 
ly green food; of course, it costs more 
in Winter. I am going to keep an ac¬ 
count of everything I feed my cows an¬ 
other Winter, and see how much they 
cost me. I keep Durham cattle; milk¬ 
ing three this Winter. I do not have 
silage to feed. w. l. f. 
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