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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN^ ANT) NEWS.
BIG POULTRY SHOW COMES TO
CLOSE AT IIP. M.
Mrs. Butts a visitor
Mrs. T. V. Butts, * ~- tor
nne of the many <
at the show. Mrs.
an entry at this show, but t .,„
and fourth rock, first cockerel •
..n<1 pullet at the Columbus 5h££
Successful Breeder
Is Larkin Hill, Jr
Egg Carrier Comes
With Fifteen Eggs
*» Columbus, wnm
visitor
Butts did not have
••. ~jt sne> won first
*’“'1 and sec-
No. 1 is spooni)
Barred Rook
cock owned by
Red .Tones, Fitz
gerald, Ola.
Lakewood Heights Lad Leads With
Sweepstakes Cockerel Langshan
In Children's Department
No Breakage in Trip From Rochester
to Atlanta—Devices Attract
Much Attention.
No. 13 is
Sweep stakes
White Orping
ton cock of
show, owned by
William Took &
Son, Scotch
Plains, N. J.
The egg-carrying device display at
the poultry show of the Star Egg Car
rier and Tray Manufacturing Company,
Rochester, X. Y., has attracted a great
deal of attention F. f). 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 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-arltln X Hill. dr. of Lakewood
Heights, Is the proud possessor of a long
string of prizes <»n Clack langshaio*
both In the big show and In the chil
dren's class. Out of ton entries In the
big show, his Clack I^angshans won
third pen, second cockerel, first and
second millet and fifth cock.
< »n three entries in the children’s
show he won sweepstakes cockerel, first
and second cockerel and third pullet
farkin Hill, Jr., Is only 14 years old,
and Is one of the most enthusiastic boy
breeders in the South.
Hapevllle, East Point and Buckhead.
Friday’s attendance was by far the
best of the exhibition, and was very
gratifying to the officefs of the poul
try association. It was noted in this
connection that the poultry show did
not draw immense crowds on the
average, hut 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 shows 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 music I
think there would be a great differ
ence in *he figures. And it goes with
out saying that much mote 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 is
all but over It will close Saturday
night at 1 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-January 3, and the poultrymen will
In many instances go from Birming
ham to Tarn pa. ,
A summary of awards of the judges
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 the 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 were large win
ners, and the South Carolina, Ala
bama, Mississippi and Tennessee
chicken farms took enough prizes and
ribbons to make it interesting for
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,
Winners from Columbia.
E. L. Allison, of Columbia, S. O .,
won second prize with a, Black Orping
ton cockerel and fourth with a hen.
In White Orpingtons h»* got a fourth for
cockerel. His total of single entries was
Bull. Mr Allison won the sweepstakes
prize at the recent Columbia show for
the English class, and the same a* a
kiter show In Darlington, H. C.
No. His Gold
en Wyandotte
cock heading
first pen in
Children’s De
partment, own
ed by Mark E.
Johnson, No. 76
Beecher street,
Atlanta.
No. 2 is first
exhibition Bar
red Rock Cock
erel, owned by
George R. Rar-
rv, Jr., Rome,
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 Black
Orpington cock
heading Sweep-
stakes pen of
show owned by
Mrs. L. P. Ebcr-
hardt, Elberton,
Ga. No. Sis ex
hibition White
Wyandotte pul
let, valued at
$1,000, owned
by M. F. Mor
ris, of Atlanta.
Stoddardville Poultry Farm, Pied
mont avenue and Ivy road, half a mile
north of Buckhead, were big- winners
in Partridge 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 at the show, the 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,
and 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. Take O. B.
Williams, representing The Southern
Poultryman (Dallas), and The West
ern Poultry Journal (Cedar Rapids),
for instance. Mr. Williams Is always
a conspicuous figure at local poultry
Fhowg. Ruddy-complexloned ami
wearing a broad-brimmed soft bat,
he Is easily picked out as a poultry
expert.
Then F. A, Goodlln. 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, 111.” Mr. Hallman Is
an exclusive breeder of single-comb
White Leghorns. He has neen at
tending Atlanta poultry shows the
last five years
C. M. Sanderson, of Birmingham,
renresentlng Practical Poultry (Bir
mingham), is another of the writers
who tell the public about fowls. Mr.
Sanderson’s publication Is only in
Its Second ye:»r, 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 Us 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.
C a 1 1 o av a y,
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, OAvned by
G. W. Hughes,
Atlanta. No. 16
is first White
Rock cock own
ed by Mrs. W.
A. Sharp, Col
lege Park, Ga.
Total of 76 Points
Best Show Record
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
was 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,
OAvned oy Pat
terson Farm,
Fitzgerald, Ga.
Farm Lands Bring Good Prices at
Auction Sales—Old Estates
Are Subdivided.
unable to display her birds at the At
lanta Show.
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.
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 Hocks win
ning on every entry. He also had on
exhibition the Bared Rock 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 lie
came out at the Poultry Show and he
will feel for his cigars. Mr. Jones got
second < ■ k in Barred Plymouth Rocks,
fourth h«-n. fifth pullet-bred cockerel in
the main show and first pen, second
hen and second pullet in the children’s
department.
JACKSOX. Dec. 6 —More than $40.-
000 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. K. Glass estate 'lands for
$10,800, 154 acres of Mrs. .Mattie Lee
Wall’s estate for $26 per apre, 102 acres
of W. \Y Weaver’s estate for $53 per
acres and 335 acres of Beauchamp lands
for more than $18,500.
A poultryman frequently risks a good
deal on entering only one 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, hut his showing is
sc 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.
\V E. Ellis of Greenwood. S. C.. pre
ferred to make only one peri 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
lien ami 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.
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.
Second, third, fourth, fifth hen.
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-
lanta. Mr. Morris capttrred first pen
in a competition of eleven.
He also had on exhibition a beau-
tiful AVhite Wyandotte pullet, which
is the last word in Wyandotte. A
look convinces that she Is in a class
by hers-lf. This bird is typical or
Morris’ ideal strain and Is valued at
$1,000.
Eight Out of Ten Winners
G. AV. Hughes, of Atlanta, certainly
got his share of prizes on Partridge
Plymouth Roeks, winning first poUeb
second, third and fifth cockerel, /eoond
cock, second and fourth hen ana thim
pen. Mr Hughes won eight out er ten
which 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
a ^ lTS - Sharp is more than de-
fler s h°wing. She is one
of the best women breeders of White
Rocks in the section.
vt-? c . omes to having classy
AAhite Wyandottes, you will have to
tip your hat to M. F. Morris, of At-
AVEST CHESTER. PA.. Dec. ti.
“Corn night” at Newtown Square
Grange attracted a large- gathering
of the grangers and their families.
Besides the fine display of golden ears
of com there were on exhibition
choice truck and orchard products.
The feature of the show was the
display of pumpkin custard pies in
competition for the silver pitcher of
fered by W. Spence Harvey and which
was won by Mrs. William Menden
hall, of 4>'-r Castle Roeks.
LANSING, MICH., Dec. 6.—Accord
ing to a m-'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 country, although
plentiful about 30 years ago. If the
report is confirmed, every effort will
be made by the State to protect the
First Pen Prize.
William MacPherson, of Athens, is
receiving the congratulations of friends
upon winning the first pen prize for
Barred Plymouth Rocks, having only
one entry. The male head t f this peri
was winner of many cups at various
shows.
The pen is pronounced i beauty by
many Barred ltcck breeders.
Mrs. B. H. Middlebrooks, of Yates-
ville. 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
pen of Barred Rocks in pen, second
cock, fourth hen and first pen of Indian
Runner ducks. Mrs. Middlebrooks was
One of the best displays of Silver
Lance Wyandottes ever exhibited in lo
cal poultry shows was that of Pope M.