Identifier: farmpoultry1914unse (find matches)
Title: The Farm-poultry
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Poultry Northeastern States Periodicals Poultry Industry Northeastern States Periodicals
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : I.S. Johnson and Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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av-erage with a similar flock fed only in tlieusual manner, it will be found that the mash that often the last of it was notcleaned up until afternoon, and late in theday gave whole corn in troughs. * Editor Curtis, of the Reliable, mustbe l)eginning to lose confidence in humannature—or in his judgment of it. Somany of the pictures in his gallery offriends have had to be tenderly turned tothe wall or hurriedly pulled down andslammed upon the junk heap since heundertook to personally conduct Mr.Hallock out of his troubles. The latest isMr. Henry Steinniesch. Words fail Mr.Curtis to describe the baseness of thatgentlemans conduct in making an issuein the Southwest Branch election of !Mr.Hallocks dealings with the branch, ilr.Steinmesch doubtless was prepared forthis. How it may fare with the membersof the Southwest Branch who re-electedMr. Steinmesch by a vote of 49 to 7 afterhaving been admonished by ^Mr. Curtisto ignore Mr.Steinmeschs so-called ex-planation, we can only conjecture.
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Owen Farms White Plymouth Rocks. delicate markings of our penciled varietiesas it is to mix a lot of paints on an easeland daulj a canvas up with a lot of dun-derheadeil potato diggers bowing to aringing church bell? There is more to the same effect, but inquotation, enough is enough, and whatI have quoted supplies texts for commentsto fill many pages if extended. The driftof interest in the poultry world is not atpresent along creative art lines. There isa marked development of interest in twoother liirections — toward utility, and to-ward organization. There has alwaysbeeu interest and development along boththese lines, hnt not always as conspicu-ously more active than in tlie fancy as atjjresent. Yet at all times the poultryfancy in America has been essentiallypractical. American fanciers have caredlittle for such high art results as are dis-played in the exhibition Game. Theirart has been devoted to t:)eaiitifying use-ful types. It cannot be denied that, as is be a good thing fo

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