Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-15
THE SEDALIA POULTRY SHOW.
Missouri Birds Will Score With the
Best In the COuntry-MexieO
Birds at Sedalia.
To the Editor of the Ledger.

To the Editor of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo, Dec. 9.-Our fellow
townsman, J.R. Lampson, took first
premium of Barred Plymouth Rocks
at the State Poultry Associations
show at Sedalia, and the writer, al
though not having a very extensive
experience as a breeder, run a noted
and very extensive breeder SO close
that he almost had a chill. His
birds, S. c. B. Leghorn, averaged a
score for pen of 1877, while our
own scored 1S4A and while We did
not win even second, which scored
1867, the judge scoring our birds
assured US that they would on two
of the pullets develop a half point
each and the cockerel would de-
velop one point, which will bring
our pen up to an average and tie
with second, which was 1861. Our
own birds are not grown yet. Mr..
Lampson had a very close competi-
ton on B. P. Rocks on birds reared
here in Missouri and also from a
pen procured from the east, as we
have good reasons for believing,
and procured at very great expense.
There were birds on exhibition from
Illinois and Kansas and while one
party was there with a large number
from Illinois hal have a national
reputation for show birds, we be-
lieve they will be beaten by one Of
Jul Missouri breeders. This Him
OILS party has individual birds
valued at $50 and | do not suppose
that $500 would buy their best
breeding cock. as he is not for, sale
at any price. This show is the first
poultry exhibition we have ever at
tended, but it was huge and i'm
mense. We were very greatly sur
prised at the many high scoring
birds produced here in Missouri and
at the great variety on exhibition.
There was much surprise for some
OF those eastern breeders also. We
have two scoring judges in Missouri
and while scoring judges are very
scarce the scores of our judges will
compare most ~favorably with any
OF the eastern and much older
judges; in fact, the scores of our
own judges are even more severe
than several noted judges of the
east, and it is much better for the
breeder to have his birds cut in
scoring to the last half point they
deserve, as that will induce greater
efforts to breed the very best birds
possible to get clear of all defects
possible.
Birds at Sedalia scored as high as
"a points as individuals, which,
when we take into consideration the
very close scoring they got, is equal
to some scores of 95 or Sc points,
and there are only a very few birds
in the world that have ever scored
81 points, even by a not extremely
close scoring judge, 100 points being
perfect. Of course these high scor-
ing birds should bring high prices
and would not be available for a
great many persons keeping poul-
try; still, by u best breeders hav-
ing these birds eggs for Matching, or
stock raised from these birds, can
be obtained even by rreersons of very
moderate means and thus greatly
improve the stock of poultry in the
country. Many suppose that COM
mon stock will do as well as fancyt
stock for profit on eggs or meat tor
the common market, but in the
east, where fancy poultry has been
kept the longest, the culls even of
the fancy stock sell better to the
general poultry keeper than many
fancy fowls do here in the west. We
heard one noted breeder Of the east
say they could not affordto eat their
very commonest culls as they would
bring a price from people through
the country enough more that would
buy two, and sometimes three or
four, of the common fowls through
the country.
Well, hurrah for Missouri and
Mexico in particular! We are
coming, boys. J. W. ROUSE.
George Kunkel sold one of his fine
irish setter pups to-day to W. S.
of Centralia, for $25. George