1906
19 July 1906
Belmore Poultry Farm.
One day this week, having half an hour to spare, our reporter, who is a bit of a fowl-fancier, took a stroll down to Mr. Albert Marsh's place, in order to feast his eyes on the feathered beauties he had heard so much of, but had never previously seen. Mr. Marsh himself undertook to show him through the different pens. Our representative was first shown Mr. Marsh's No. 1 pen of white leghorns, and a fine lot of pedigree birds they proved to be. The rooster was recently obtained from the Grantham Poultry Farm, and cost £2 2s. One of the hens in this pen originally cost £6 5s, and that she is really a high-class bird there is no doubt. This bird has taken 17 prizes, principally first, at the Melbourne, Sydney, Bathurst, Newcastle, and other shows. In this pen also are three pullets, which annexed prizes at the last Mudgee Show. The writer was then shown two other pens of white leghorns. All the fowls in these pens were fine-looking birds, and were the proprietor's own breeding. A pen of golden wyandottes next engaged attention, and without a doubt the cock was the biggest and finest-looking bird of his claw the writer has ever seen. This bird was also the product of the famous Grantham Poultry Farm. Several of the hen in this pen were prize-takers at the last Mudgee Show. Mr. Marsh also has a fine pen of silver wyandottes. Though Mr. Marsh does not go in much for fancy poultry, he has a splendid pen of buff Pekin bantams. Notwithstanding that the unpenned hens only number a little over 30, just now when everybody is complaining of the poor return they are getting from their fowls in the way of hen fruit, Mr. Marsh gets between 15 and 20 eggs daily. Anyone thinking of getting a setting should refer to Mr. Marsh’s advertisement, appearing in our business columns1
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6 September 1906
Owing to the scarcity of broody hens, Mr. A. T. Marsh, the proprietor of the Belmore Poultry Farm, has purchased an up-to-date incubator. There should be an abundance of aristocratic chicks at the Belmore poultry farm now2
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