BLIND POULTRY FARMER.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXIX, Issue 46, 17 January 1913, Page 1

BLIND POULTRY FARMER.

+ „ An example of tlic triumph of a blind man over his affliction was given :it tin- Hoyal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, tlif otlier afternoon, when Captain IVirson-Webher. a blind retired Army Officer, gave a practical demonstration and lecture on poultry culture. Captain Peirson-Webber is advisor in poultry culture to the county counoils of Warwickshire and Northamptonshire, and manages a poultry farm of his own. Despite his blindness he dressed a bird for the table yesterday without assistance, lu his lecture ho gave valuable advice on poultry keeping. In choosing a bird, he said, one should see that the comb is of n beatitilul red color, tell eye full, large, and bright, the neck well set up on the head, the back flat, the wings held close to the body, the tail strong, and the legs of medium length. Fresh air, fresh water, plenty of exorcise, and the right food at the right time aro essential to success in poultry keeping. ''Twelve hens kept in the right way should produce 1800 eggs annually. A shoemaker at Stratford-on-Avon obtained 1600 eggs from eight hens a year. A poultry farm of from 10 to 'lO acres should vicld a profit of from (JIOO to ,€SOO a year."