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BIG POULTRY SHOW COMES TO CLOSE AT 11 P. M , Butt * a v '»itor. Mrs T V. Butts, of Columbus one of the many out-of-town vis at the show. Mrs. Butts did not an entry at this show, hut she won and fourth cock, first cockerel and oik! pullet at the Columbus show Egg Carrier Comes With Fifteen Eggs Successful Breeder Is Larkin Hill, Ji No Breakage in Trip From Rochester to Atlanta—Devices Attract Much Attention. Lakev/Ood Heights Lad Learie With Sweepstakes Cockerel LangrO an in Children's Department. X o. 13 is Sweep stakes White Orping ton cock of show, owned by William Cook & Son, Seotch Plains, X. J. The egg carrying device display at the poultry show of the Star Egg Car rier and Tray Manufacturing Company, Rochester, N. Y., has attracted a great peal of attention F. 1). Meade, who is manager of the display, shows an egg carrier containing fifteen eggs, sent from Buffalo. X. V . by parcel post, and arriving in Atlanta In perfect con dition* covering a distance of about 1,1.00 mile?. Following announcement of prize win nings. Mr. Meade took a great many orders. His devices are intended to preserve the eggs from breakage. One feature is the baby chick box for ship ping live chicks. The factory at Rochester is the only one of Its kind making a specialty of egg-handling devices. The concern spent ten years perfecting two of its egg carriers. l-jirkln X. Mill, Jr., of Lakewood Heights, is the proud pi. lessor of a Ion*: string of prizes on Black LangHhai.* both in tha big show and in *he chil dren’s class. <»ut of ten entries in th« big show, his Black Langshans wot: third pen, second cockerel, first and second pullet and fifth cock. on three entries In the children’s show he won sweepstakes cockerel, flrsi and second cockerel and third pullet, Larkin Hill, Jr., is only 14 .■••ear** old, and is one of the most enthusiastic boy breeders in ihe South. Officials Jubilant Over Success and « Greater Exhibits for Ne\1 Year—Out of-Town Folk Are Fast Departing. Hapeville, East Point and Buckhead. Friday's attendance was by far the best of the exhibition, and was very gratifying to the officers of the poul try association. It was noted in this connection that tii° poultry show did not draw Immense crowds on the average, but J. .\1. Poole, secretary, declared that he expected next year s exhibition to prove much better in tills respect. It has been proposed t<> provide sjt future shows for some kind of musical entertainment in order t" give an added zee; to ♦he display of birds. "The people must l. • entertained," declared a show official, “or they won’t come out in giva; number?, n<» matter how high class the show. If we could provide some lively music I think there would he a great differ ence in the figures. And it goes with out saying that much more interest in poultry would be the result. When it is considered that the hen does more than any other single industry in feeding the world, the importance of taking good care of chickens and in having as many of them as possible Is apparent." Reduced admission to school chil dren has been announced for the show Saturday, and it is expected that hundreds will avail themselves of the opportunity. Teachers will accom pany the young folks and instruct them in the way's of poultry Tiie annual show of the Southern International Poultry Association is all but over. It will close Saturday night at 1 o’clock, and most of the exhibitors will depart for tin Bu rning haw ahow, which opens Monday. The Tampa show is set for Decern be 29-Jamiaiy A, and the poultrymen will in many instances go from Birming ham to Tampa. A • in 'ty of awards of the judge- at •’ ;fitry show reveals the fact i rfil birds got the largest mm -f firsts and seconds, which was ((together expected, in view of t < , rgo number of entries from New Jersey. Ohio, Mississippi. South Carolina, Tennessee. Alabama, Flor ida and other States. The firm of Thomas Cook & Sons, of Scotch Plains, X. J.. for instance, took ten firsts with their single Or pingtons and various pens. The Al drich farms of Ohio were large win ners. and the South Carolina, Ala bama. Mississippi and Tennessee chicken farms took enough prizes and ribbons to make It interesting foi ■ :<>rgia. A feature of the winnings lay i.n he fact that Atlanta chickens did unusually well. Usually the large chicken farm in the city proper is a rarity, but out in the suburbs there are many thriving establishments, particularly at College Park. Devatui. Winner* from Columbia. »: L. Allison, of Columbia, S. <?., v <-n second prize with a Black Orping mn <ockerel and fourth with a hen. !i. White Orpingtons he got a fourth for cockerel Ills total of single entries was nine. Mr Allison won the sweepstakes prize at the recent Columbia show for ft’e Knglfsh class, and the same at a 'ater show' In Darlington. S C. No. 14 is Gold en Wyandotte <• o c k heading first pen in Children’s De partment, own ed by Mark E. Johnson, Xo. 7ti Bffecher street. Atlanta. No. 2 is firsT •■xhihition Bar- red Roek Coek erel, owned by Oeorpe R. Bar- rv, .Tr Rome, Proprietor of Farm at Buckheari Makes Good Record—Cock , and Cockerel First. No. Jl is sec ond White Leg horn cockerel, owned by Model Poultry Farm, Colbert, Ga. Writers Representing Publications Keep Crowds in Good Humor. Some Old Visitors. Stoddardville Poultry Farm. Pied mont avenue and ivy road, half a miia north of Buckhead, were big winners in Partridge Plymouth Rocks, cap turing eight prizes out of ten entries-’. The winnings were first cock ami first cockerel. The last-named birds were nev r beaten, having been shown threj times this year. First and third hen second and third pullets, and first ami second pen were other StoddardvilU Farm “pickings.” The proprietor of the 'Stoddardvili» Farm is William ,T. Stoddard, wh • has been active in automobile racing but he is now more interested in raising fine chickens. Mr. Stoddard says he is not trying to supply tho trade, but is raising chicks for recre ation. He has a fine place near Buckheaii with plenty of acreage for chicken runs and lots of green stuff for tlm chickens. There is also a world ol water on the place and Mr. Stoddard expects each year's brood to be bet ter than the last. Aside from the numerous poultry exhibitors at the show, the poultry Journal *< n have had quite a per- | formam their own. Seated he- . hind tai» » . they have distributed ! hundreds of copies of their publlca- Hone to people Interested in poultry, and have taken many aubscrlptfons. The coming of these Jolly members of the poultry journal world is al ways hailed with pleasure In Atlan ta With most of them the visit to Atlanta is nothing new. They have been coming for years Take C. B. Williams, representing The Southern Foultryman (Dallas), and The West- iii Poultry Journal (Cedar Rapids), tor instance. Mr. Williams is always « conspicuous figure at local poultry shows. Ruddy-complexloned and wearing a broad-brimmed soft hat, he Is easily Pfcked out as a poultry expert Then F. A. Goodlin, who is another "old reliable." who is noted for his smile and good humor. Let him tell the story himself: “I have been attending Atlanta poultry shows six years, and travel tegiilarly in ten States. It is always t pleasure to tome back to Atlanta and observe the big growth of the itv, and to notice the quickened in- i erest in poultry. The hen is a mighty factor in our civilization. Without her our cost of living would indeed be a serious proposition. And, bv the way. Bud, The Industrial Hen, of Knoxville, is the best poultry journal hereabouts.” O. Tom Hallman, of Charlotte, heard this and said. "With the excep tion of The Reliable Poultry Jour nal. of Quincy, Ill." Mr. Hallman is mi exclusive breeder of single-comb White Leghorns. He has been at tending Atlanta poultry shows the last five ^ ears. C. M. Sanderson, of Birmingham. i>*'>res#*ntin* r Practical Po» ,,M v (.Bir mingham), is another of the writers who tell the public about fowls. Mr. Sanderson’s publication iw only in ms second ye^.r. and yet it has gath- - red a subs' ..-rial following, and as serts that it »» one of the few poul try papers which Issues a sworn statement of circulation One of the features of this paper for November is a discussion <>f why tn acre of "egg producers’’ is as trood as an acre of cotton, corn, hay or alfalfa The Industrial lien is in its tenth vear. A discussion of poultry dis eases and the substitution of grams other than corn for food are two of the features of the Thanksgiving number. Xo. 12 is Buff Orpington cock h ending first pen, owned by Mrs. J. M. Hart, College P a r k, Ga. liardt, Elberton hibition White Wyandotte pul let, valued al $1,000, owned Xo. 9 is ‘Ty Cobb,’ owned by Mrs. P. T. Calloway, Wash ington, Ga. Xo. 10 is ■Quality King.' owned by Al- drick Farm, Co lumbus, 0. No. 15 is first Part ridge Roek pul let, owned by G. W. Hughes, Atlanta. No. 16 is first White Roek cock own ed by Mrs. W. A. Sharp, Col lege Park, Ga. Total of 76 Points Best Show Record The Aid rich Poultry Farm, of Co lumbus. Ohio, and Mr. L. P. Eber- hardt, of Elberton, got a combined score in Orpingtons of 76 points at the Poultry Show, against a total for all other competitors of 70 poipts, ac cording to the figures of E. S. Aid- rich. The winnings showed first and sec- i ond pen, first, second and third pui- I let, first, third and fourth hen, sec ond cock and thir dand fourth cock erel. One of the best exhibits in the show is that of the Aldrich farm, showing its ’’Quality King," a mag nificent cock and sire of a pen of beautiful pullets. “Quality King" is one of the biggest and heaviest birds in the show and his plumage is per fect. He has drawn crowds wherever he has been exhibited. "Quality King" is an exhibition bird only and was not in the competition ! for prizes at the Atlanta show. He was first cockerel at the Madison Square Garden show in New York in 1911, and was on display there in January of this year. He cost his owners $1,000 and is generally smp- j posed to be the finest White Orping- i ton living. ris. of Atlanta Big Variety Shown By Mrs. J. M. Hart Mrs. J. M. Hart, of College Paris, had a magnificent entry of Wyan- dottes, consisting of 114 birds an eleven varieties. She also enter* some Buff Orpingtons. Her wininus wei^ as follows: On Black Wyandottes. first, second, third, fourth and fifth cockerel: first, second, fourth, fifth hen: first, sec ond. third, fourth and fifth pullet. On Columbian Wyandotte, first, sec ond, third,*fourth fifth hen; first, sec ond. third, fourth pullet; first per. On Silver Wyandotte, fifth cockere first hen. second cook, third pen. On Silver Penciled Wyandottes. firs second, third, fourth pullet: first, sec ond, third, fourth, hen; first cockere. first pen. On Partridge Wyandotte-, third cock, fourth and fifth pullet. On White Wyandottes, third .and fourth pen. On Buff Wyandottes, first, sec - ond, third, fourth, fifth cock; firs . second, third, fourth and fifth hen. On Buff Orpingtons, first pen, fifi ' cockerel. Rhode Ib1 a u < White eoc k owned by H. 1. I>. Hugh e s Htanville, (ia. Buffs Wen Third. In recent announcement of winner* in single-comb Buff Orpingtons r was stated that Norris & Bass, of At lanta. got fourth pullet. The winnin- w as third pullet. 891 Acres Are Sold For $40,000 Total No. 5 is first Silver -Laced Wyandotte pul let, owned by Pope M. Long. Card ova, Ala 18 is Whic Rock coek head irig first pen. owned tfy fat ferson Far tn. Fitzgerald, Ga Farm Lands Bring Good Prices at * Auction Sales—Old Estates Are Subdivided. George R. Berry. Jr., swept the boards on Barred Kooks in the Children’s De partment. winning first cock, first hen. first cockerel, first pullet. unable to < lanta Show No. 17 is second prize Barred Plymouth Roek exhibition coek erel. owned by W. G. Norman. Griffin, Ga. No. < Jeorge R. Berry, of Rome, made three entries in Barred Plymouth Rocks, win ning on every entry. He also had on exhibition tin* Bared Hock cock which is pronounced by all a bird of phenom enal barring. On account of delays, this bird was received too late to compete. Mr. Berry refused $100 for this fowl. Ask Red Jones, of Fitzgerald, how he came out at the Poultry Show and he will feel for his cigars. Mr. Jones got second cock In Barred Plymouth Kooks, fourth hen fifth pullet-bred cockerel in the main show and first pen. second hen and second pullet in the children’s department. JACKSON. Dev 0 More than $40.- aoo worth of farm lands were sold at public sales this week, this being by far the largest real estate transfer the season. The property ranged in price from $2*» per ncjv to $t»*> per acre. The Beauchamp farm of more than 335 A poultryman frequently risks a good deul on entering only one pen in a show. He may get a first, second, third, fourth, and. again, he may get noth ing ami he obliged to explain to his friends and customers, ot* course he picks his best individual birds and thus enters his best pen. hut his showing is so small that it is apt to attract much less notice than it would otherwise. At least this is the effect on visitors, al though it may not he on the judges. \V E. Ellis, of Greenwood. S. C., pre ferred to make only one pen entry. He "staked his all" on a bunch of White Plymouth Rocks and the result was that he took first prize. Good for Mr. Ellis, whose average is thus 1.000! Pumpkin Pies Win Silver Pitcher Prize Passenger' Pigeons Found in Michigan One of the best exhibits in Orping tons was that of J. W. Fincher. Jr., of Buchanan. Mr. Fincher drew second hen and second pullet Black Orpingtons, first and fourth hen. White Orping tons. and first pen in the children’s department. Since Mr Fincher had only six en tries in this department, he captured all the prizes possible, the only failure to place being a pen in the main ex hibit. lanta. Mr. Morris captured first in «i competition of eleven. He also had on exhibition a bea 1 tiful White Wyandotte pullet, which is the last word in Wyandotte, look convinces that she is in n by herself. This bird is typical r ' Morris' ideal stram and is valued $1,000. ridge Wyandottes which were shown here last year. e of more than $50 per acre. Among the propert> sold were 500 res «.f S. i: Glass estate lands for Mini. 154 acres of Mrs. Mattie Lee all's estate for $l*t» per acre. 102 acres \\ \\ \\ caver's estate for $53 per res arc. :;5 acres «>f Beauchamp lands r iv i c than $18,500. Mr?. W. A. Sharp, of College Park, entered nine beautiful birds, and her winnings were first and fourth cock, first, third, fourth hen. Her cock bird has been shown at three differ ent shows, and has always taken first prize. Mrs. Sharp is more than de lighted at her showing. She is one of the best women breeders of White Rock? in the section. When it conies to having classy White Wyandottes, you will have to tip >our hat to M F. Morris, of At- WEST CHESTER, PA. I >< Corn night" at Newtown irange attracted u irgc g.t f the grangers and the. f. Resides the fine display of g* • f corn there were on * \' hoice truck ami orch; rd r**« The feature of the .show v ii*pla\ of pumpkin custard «*>mpeiRion for tin- silver i> t< h- ed h> W Sp< n. Han . First Pen Prize MacPherson. of Athens, is ic congratulations of friends ing the first pen prize for mouth Rocks having only The male head of this pen r ot man.' cups at various Eight Out of Ten Winners G. W. Hughes, of Atlanta, certain got his share of prizes on PartrJdg Plymouth Rocks winning first r>uli r second, third arwl fifth cockerel, secoh' cock, second and fourth hen and th«' pen. Mr Hughes won eight out of entries. Mi- B. II. Middlebrooks. of Yates- villc. was among the out-of-town visit ors At the Columbus show she won first pen White Leghorns, second for best pen of leghorns in show, second Iit'ii of Barred Rocks in pen. second cock, fourth hen and ijrst pen of Indian Runner ducks. Alts Middlebrooks was ,.t the best displa>s of Silver Wyandottes ever exhibited In lo- fi tty shows was that of Pope M