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BIG POULTRY SHOW COMES TO CLOSE AT 11 P. M
Mrs. Butts a Visitor.
Mrs T V. Butts, of Columbus
one of the many out-of-town vl
at the show. Mrs. Butts did not
an entry at this show, but she wot
and fourth cock, first cockerel and
und pullet at the Columbus show
Egg Carrier Comes
With Fifteen Egg§
Successful Breeder
Is Larkin Hill, Ji
No. 1 is spconi
Barrorl Hock
cook owned by
Hod .Tones, Fitz-
trcrald, Ga.
No Breakage in Trip From Rochester
to Atlanta—Devices Attract
Much Attention.
Lakewood Heights Lad Leads With
Sweepstakes Cockerel Langshan
In Children's Department.
The rgs carrying deyice display at
the poultry show of the Star Egg Car
rier and Tray Manufacturing Company,
Rochester, N. Y., has attracted a great
deal of attention. F. D Meade, who is
manager of the display, shows an egg
carrier containing fifteen eggs, sent
from Buffalo, N. Y., by parcel post,
and arriving In Atlanta in perfect con
dition, covering a distance of about 1,200
miles.
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 ohlck8.
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.
lairkln N Hill, Jr. (if Lakewood
Heights. Is the proud possessor of a long
string of prizes on Black farngHhans.
both In thrt big ihow and in the chil
dren's class Out of ten entries In the
big show, his Black J^angshan* won
third pen, second cockerel, first and
second pullet und fifth cock.
On three entries in the children's
show he won sweepstakes cooker* 1, first
and second cockerel and third pullet
lairkln Hill. Jr., is only 14 years old,
and Is one of the most enthusiastic hoy-
breeders in the South
ials Jubilant Over Success and \*
Greater Exhibits lor Next Year—Out
of-Town Folk Are Fast Departing.
Hapevllle, East Point and Buckhead.
Friday’s attendant*© 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 the poultry show did
not draw Immense crowds on the
average, but J. M. Poole, secretary,
declared that he expected next year's
exhibition to prove much better in
this respect. It has been proposed to
provide at future show s for some kind
of musical entertainment in order to
give an added zest to the display of
birds.
"The people must be entertained,”
declared a show official, "or they
won’t come out in great numbers, no
matter how high class the show. If
we could provide some lively mii9ie I
think there would be 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 ways of poultry
The annual show of the Southern
International Poultry Association ia
all but over. It will close Saturday
night at l o’clock, and most of the
exhibitors will depart for the Bir-
minghaw show, which opens Monday.
The Tampa show is set for December
29-iJanuary 3, and the poultrymen will
in many instances go from Birming
ham to Tampa.
A summary of award® of the judge**
at the poultry show* reveals the fact
that Georgia birds got the largest
number of firsts and seconds, which
was not altogether expected, in view
of ihe large 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, N. J., for instance,
took ten firsts with their single Or
pingtons and various pens. The Al
drich farms of Ohio w r ere large win
ners, and the South Carolina, Ala
bama. Mississippi and Tennessee
chicken farms took enough prizes and
ribbons to make it interesting foi
Georgia.
A feature of the winnings lay in
the 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, Decatur.
Winner* from Columbia.
I. L. Allison, of Columbia. S C.,
won second prize with a Black Orplng
ton cockerel and fourth with a lien
In White Orpingtons he grit a fourth for
Cockerel. His total of single entries was
Mr UlllM 1 I th<
prize at the recent Columbia show for
the English class, and the same at a
taler show* In Darlington, b C
No. 14 is-Oold-
en Wyandotte
cock heading
first pen in
Children T s De
partment, own
ed by Mark E.
.lohnson, No. 7fi
Reecher street,
Atlanta.
exhibition Bar
red Rock ('ock-
erel. owned by
Georpe R. Bar
rv, Jr., Rome,
Ga.
Proprietor of Farm at Buckhead
Makes Good Record—Cock
and Cockerel First.
No. 11 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.
No. 4 is Rlack
Orpington cock
heading Sweep-
stakes pen of
shpw owned by
Mtr. L. P. Eber-
liardt, Elberton,
Ga. No. 8is ex
hibition White
Wyandotte pul
let, valued at
Stoddardville Poultry Farm, Pied
mont avenue and Ivy road, half a mile
north of Buckhead, were big winners
in iPartridge Plymouth Rocks, cap
turing eight prizes out of ten entries
The winnings were first cock and
first cockerel.
The last-named birds were never
beaten, having been shown three
times this year. First and third hens,
second and third pullets, and first and
second pen were other Stoddardville
Farm “pickings.”
The proprietor of the Stoddardville
Farm is William J. Stoddard, who
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 the
trade, but is raising chicks for recre
ation.
He has a fine place near Buckhead,
with plenty of acreage for chicken
runs and lots of green stuff for the
chickens. There is also a world of
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 ht the show, tm* poultry
Journal men have had quite a per
formance of their own. Seated be
hind tables, they have distributed
hundreds of copies of their publica
tions to people Interested In poultry,
ami have taken many subscriptions.
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. Tak? U. B.
Williams, representing The Southern
Poultryman (Dallas), and The W est
ern Poultry Journal (Cedar Rapids),
for instance. Mr. Williams is always
a conspicuous figure at locul poultry
shows. Ruddy-complexloned and
wearing a broad-brimmed soft hat,
he Is easily picked out as a poultry
expert.
Then F. A. Ooodlin. 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
regularly in ten States. It is always
a pleasure to come back to Atlanta
and observe the big growth of the
city, and to notice the quickened in
terest in poultry*. The hen is a
mighty factor in our civilization.
Without her our cost of living would
indeed be a serious proposition. And,
by 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
an exclusive breeder of single-comb
White Leghorns. He has been at
tending Atlanta poultry- shows the
last five years
C. M. Sanderson, of Birmingham,
representing Practical Poultry (Bir
mingham), is another of the writers
who tell the public about fowls. Mr.
Sanderson’s publication is only in
its second year, and yet It has gath
ered a substantial following, and as
serts that It is 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 of why
an acre of ”egg producers” is as
good as an acre of cotton, corn, hay
or alfalfa.
The Industrial Hen is in it£ tenth
year. A discussion of poultry dis
eases and the substitution of grains
other than corn for food are two
of the features of the Thanksgiving
number.
No. 12 is Buff
Orpington cock
heading first
pen, owned by
Mrs. J. M. Hart,
College Park,
Ga.
No. 9 is ‘Ty
Cobb,’ owned
by Mrs. P. T.
Calloway,
Wash i n g t o n,
Ga. No. 10 is
•Quality King,’
owned by Al-
drick Farm, Co
lumbus, 0. No.
15 is first Part
ridge Rock pul
let, owned by
G. W. Hughes,
Atlanta. No. 16
is first White
Rock cock own-
?d by Mrs. W.
A. Sharp, Col
lege Park, Ga.
Total of 76 Points
Best Show Record
The Aldrich 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 points, ac
cording to the figures of E. S. Aid-
rich.
The winnings showed first and sec
ond pen, first, second and third pui-
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 bigerest 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 wag 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 w-as on display there In
January of this year. He cost his
owners $1,000 and is generally sup
posed to be the finest White Orping-
ton living.
ris, of Atlanta
Big Variety Shown
By Mrs, J. M. Hart
Gome cock own
Mrs. J. M. Hart, of College Park,
had a magnificent entry of Wyan-
dottes, consisting of 114 birds and
eleven varieties. She also entered
some Buff Orpingtons. Her winings
were 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 pen.
On Silver Wyandotte, fifth cockerel,
first hen, second cock, third pen. On
Silver Penciled Wyandottes, first,
second, third, fourth pullet; first, sec
ond, third, fourth, hen; first cockerel,
first pen. On Partridge Wyandottes,
third cock, fourth and fifth pullet. On
White Wyandottes, third and fourth
pen. On Buff Wyandottes, first, sec
ond, third, fourth, fifth cock; first,
second, third, fourth and fifth hen.
On Buff Orpingtons, first pen, fifth
cockerel.
Tate, Elberton
Rhode Island
White cock
owned bv II, L.
Buffs Won Third.
In recent announcement of winners
in single-comb Buff Orpingtons it
w-as stated that Norris & Bass, of At
lanta, got fourth pullet. The winning
was third pullet.
Poultry Show Notes
No. 5 is first
Silver -Laced
Wyandotte pul
let, owned by
Pope M. Long,
Cardova, Ala.
18 is White
Rock cock head
ing first pen,
owned t5y Pat
terson Farm,
Fitzgerald, Ga.
i Lands Bring Good Prices at
Auction Sales—Old Estates
Are Subdivided.
George R. Berry. Jr., swept the boards
on Barred Rocks In the Children's De
partment. winning first cock, first hen.
first cockerel, first pullet.
unable to display her birds at the At
lanta Show.
No. 17 is second
prize Barred
Plymouth Rock
exhibition cock
erel, owned by
W. G. Norman,
Griffin, Ga. No.
George R. Berry, of Rome, made three
entries in Barred Plymouth Rocks, win
ning on every entry. He also had on
exhibition the 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 Rocks,
fourth hen. fifth pullet-bred cockerel in
the main show and first pen. second
hen and second pullet in the children’s
department.
JACKSON. Dec. ('*. More than $40,-
(HM) worth of farm lands were sold at
public sales this week, this being by
far the largest real estate transfer of
the season. The property ranged in
price from $26 per acre to $66 per acre.
The Beauchamp farm of more than 335
acres, near Jackson, sold at an aver
age of more than $50 per acre.
Among the property sold were 300
acres of S E. Glass estate lands for
$10,800, 154 acres of Mrs Mattie Lee
Wall's estate for $26 per acre, 102 acres
of W \\ Weaver's estate for $53 per
acres and 335 acres of Beauchamp lands
for more than $18,500
\ poultryman frequently risks a good
deal on entering only on© pen in a
show. He may get a first, second, third,
fourth, and. again, he may get noth
ing and be obliged to explain to his
friends and customers. Of course he
picks his best individual birds and thus
enters his best pen, but 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 be on the judges.
W 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. ami 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.
ridge Wyandottes
here last year.
lanta. Mr. Morris captured first pen
in a competition of eleven.
He also had on exhibition a beau
tiful White Wyandotte pullet, which
is the last word in Wyandotte. A
look convinces that she is in a class
by herself. This bird is typical of
Morris’ ideal ®train and is valued at
$1,000.
Long, of Cardova. Ala. Mr. Long’s ex
hibit consisted of 22 birds. His win
nings were as follows:
First, second, third, fourth and fifth
pullet.
First, second, third, fourth cockerel.
First, third, fourth, fifth cock.
third, fourth, fifth hen.
wtyich were shown
Mrs. 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
Rocks in the section.
Wh« n it - omes to having clajny
Whit« Wyandottes, you will have to
tip your hat to M. F. Morris, of At-
WEST ( HESTER, PA.. Dei 6.
“Corn night” at Newtown Square
Grange attracted a large- gathering
of the grangers and their families.
Beaides the fine display of golden ears
of com there were on exhibition
choice truck and orchard ; roducts.
The feature of the show was the
display of pumpkin custard pies i.i
competition for the silver pitcher of
fered by W. Spence Harvey and w hi h
^as won by Mrs. William Menden
hall, of near Castle Rock®.
LANSING. MICH., Dei 6.—Accord-
ing to a r ort received by State
Game Warden Oates a flock of pas
senger pigeons has been found in Em
met County. Naturalists, it is said,
have asserted that passenger pigeons
were extinct in this countin', although
plentiful about 3u years ago. if the
report is confirmed, every effort will
be made by the State to protect the
birds.
Second
First and second pen.
Silver cup for best Silver male Wyan
dotte in show.
Silver cup for best female Silver Wy
andotte.
Silver cup for best display.
Three club ribbons for best display of
Silver Wyandottes that have ever been
on display in the Southern States.
Mr Long is also a breeder of Part-
First Pen Prize.
iam MncPherson. of Athens, is
ing the congratulations « f friends
winning the first pen prize for
1 Plymouth Rocks, having only
llry. The male head of this pen
vinner of many cups at various
Mr.- 1’ 11 Middlebrooks, of Yates-
ville, was among the out-of-town visit
ors At the Folurnbus show she won
first pen White Leghorns, second for
best pen of Ixghorns in show, second
pen "f Barred Rocks in pen. second
• oik. fourth hen and first pen of Indian
Runner ducks Mrs. Middlebrooks was
One of the best displays of Silver
Dance Wyandottes ever exhibited in lo
cal poultry shows was that of Pope M.
many Barred Rock breeders.