Southern planter: devoted to practical and progressive agriculture, horticulture, trucking, live stock and the fireside . aller and inferior in general appearance tothose which will be disposed of to make room for him. It would seem that these showings of the actual figuresfor a large flock of leghorns, a laying breed, and for asmall flock of Barred Plymouth Rocks, a general purposebreed, should encourage the more general keeping ofstandard-bred poultry among our people. It is our purposeto begin next spring with less than fifty females and tosteadily develop the poultry feature of the farm ei
Southern planter: devoted to practical and progressive agriculture, horticulture, trucking, live stock and the fireside . aller and inferior in general appearance tothose which will be disposed of to make room for him. It would seem that these showings of the actual figuresfor a large flock of leghorns, a laying breed, and for asmall flock of Barred Plymouth Rocks, a general purposebreed, should encourage the more general keeping ofstandard-bred poultry among our people. It is our purposeto begin next spring with less than fifty females and tosteadily develop the poultry feature of the farm either upto the limit of profitable numbers, or as far as it can beattended to by the available help in the family. As our household has outgrown its present quarters amove to larger buildings at the further end of the samefarm will be made in the spring. This may upset our poul-try arrangement at the wrong season, but we plan to buildseparate houses in different parts of the farm so that eachflock can have free range and running water. Vienna, Fairfax Co., Va. W. A. SHERMAN. 1908.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 29 The First Prize Young Herd of Morgan Horses at St. Louis Exposition. Owned by the Highlands Farm, L. L. Dorsey,Anchorage, Ky. The Morgan horse is the oldest and most distincti ve reproducing native type in America. They are justlyfamous for symmetry, docility, intelligence, steadiness and speed. NOTES. A fitting tribute to Virginias largest breeder of ligbtharness horses was the recent election of Samuel Walton,of Falls Mills, as a member of the Board of Directors ofthe American Trotting Association, at the meeting of thelatter organization held in New York City. Certainly selection for the position mentioned meets withgeneral approval, as he is not only Virginias representa-tive breeder of trotters, but the largest also, maintainingat Walton Farm a stud of over one hundred head of richlybred stallions, brood mares and young things, in additionto a large sta
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