Hello to all,
Hope you are enjoying your summer.

If you need to contact the Club Officers here they are.

President - Melvina Reid
315-265-2269
739 Bagdad Rd. Potsdam, NY 13676

Vice-President - Floyd Rood
315-379-9498 frood@twcny.rr.com
11 Northward Rd. Herman, NY 13652

Treasurer - Gary Wells
315-322-8993 gwells@localnet.com
2421 St. Hwy. 310 Madrid, NY 13660

Secretary - Tonya Rood
315-379-9498 trood@gcs.neric.org
11 Northwoods Road, Hermon, NY 13652

***SPRING SWAP MEET***

Held May 5, 2002 at the Madrid Community Building.

Raffle table was $436.25

Tailgate was $140.00

Memberships, Hats & Shirts were $194.00

We had 7 new members and 13 renewal members

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* Show Information *
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NORTHERN NY POULTRY FANCIERS
FALL SHOW
WILL BE HELD SEPTEMBER 15, 2002

**Our Judge this year will be Ralph Beamer.**

*Anyone wanting to give to specials for the Show on September 15, 2002 please contact Gary Wells 322-8993 or Floyd Rood 379-9498 by July 10 2002.

*If you did not Show last year and would like a Entry Form please contact Gary or Floyd.

*If you Showed last year a Entry Form will be sent to you. If you do not receive one please let us know.

*Cut off date for all Show entries is September 1, 2002.

*There will be a Junior Show for the kids 12 years and younger.

We still need volunteers for set up Friday night at 6:30 p.m. September 13, 2002 and tear down Sunday afternoon September 15, 2002. (Help is realy needed if you wish to have a show next year.)

*****Attention*****
Don't Forget!!!!!
*Before you can Show at any show*

*You Must Have your Poultry *
Blood Tested
(This Is Free)

The tester in our area is John Martin
518-497-6855 or 518-457-3458
E-mail john.martin@agmkt.state.ny.us
Department of Agriculture & Markets
1 winners Circle - Capital Plaza
Albany, NY 12235
(Please do not wait he is not a easy man to get a hold of.)

**If you have a donation for the raffle table please contact Gary Wells or Floyd Rood.

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We need the Members of the Northern NY Poultry Fanciers to attend the monthly meetings. The next few meetings will be very important, there is allot to discuss.

As you know I am no longer your Club Secretary ,but I am going to continue to do the News Letter. So if anyone has something they would like to put in the News Letter Please send it to me .

Karen Richie
1618 St. Hwy. 420
Norfolk, NY 13667
E-mail me at derekr@slic.com

A Note From Our Webpage Designer
Terry Towe

Hi to everyone, I have special page on the web site for sale ads. If you have something to sell or are looking for please send it to me and I will put it on the page for you. I can even scan business cards and put them on also. Send them to me at; terowe@northnet.org or
P.O. Box 239
Morristown, NY
13664
Hope to here from you, Terry

$$$$$ (For Sale) $$$$$
Derek Raymo 315-769-1397
Old Engliah Game Bantams

$$$$$ (Wanted) $$$$$Derrick Merrick 315-322-4262
White Calls (HENS)

********REMEMBER********

Our monthly meeting is every first Saturday of the month at 7:00 PM at Hepburn Library in Madrid.
Hope to see you there.

ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN LOW, PLEASE TRY TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS!!!!

Please Re-new To Keep YOUR Club Going Strong!!!!!!!!!

Due to Postage Cost the price of dues have been raised.
Membership fees for one year are
$6.00 Single
$8.00 Family
$3.00 Junior 15& under
$10.00 Club

~^~ For Sale By The Club ~^~
We also have Hats ,T-shirts & Sweat Shirts with our club logo on them, for sale.
Hats ~ $6.00 each
T-shirts ~ $8.00 each
Sweat Shirts ~ $16.00 each
Long Sleeve Shirts ~ $10.00 each

Here is an interview with a Club member : Gery Wells

Karen,
I started with Barnyard bantams when I was about 7 or 8 years old, and have had bantams every since. When I was about 16 years old I got my first purebred bantams, and have been raising them ever since. I have had probably every breed there is over the years, but I always go back to the Old English Game Bantams. Herbie Mills and Loyd Lennox of Ogdensburg, NY helped me alot when I was younger. The gave me some good birds to start with and helped me along the way with some good advice on raising them. You can always learn something new about raising them. Bruce Mathis of Oregon has helped me alot, not only on breeding different varieties of Old English, but he has sent me some nice birds over the years. My advice for younger or new fanciers is to start with one breed, and raise them for awhile, before you branch out to more varieties. Many people try to get some of every breed, and it just doesn’t work because different breeds require different housing and different care, especially feather legged birds. I try to discourage young and new fanciers from getting into them, until they have mastered clean legged birds first.
Gary
Thank you Gary for taking the time to answer my questions. Karen

If you would like to be interviewed for our News Letter please let me know. Look for another Member’s interview next time.

Members Web Sites

http://www.oocities.org/bantamroost/bantams.html

http://www.webspawner.com/users/raymosroostofny/

If you have a web site or an e-mail you would like to share with other members please send them to me.

Here are some web sites you might enjoy.

EggBay.com

http://wwwpunktat.com/cgi-bin/cyberpoultry/cyberpoultry.cgi

Don’t forget if anyone would like to put a article in the news letter please send it to me.

Karen Richie
1618 St. Hwy. 420
Norfolk,NY 13667
derekr@slic.com

Hope to see you soon,
Karen Richie
Northern NY Poultry Fanciers

Until Next Time

Remember A Club Is only as good as its members !!!