The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-11
LOVERS OF POULTRY.
Preparing for Another Big
Show This Winter.
MANY GOOD PRIZES OFFERED
mucn Interest In Poultry Breeding
Aroused by Last Years Show
Oners Of Prises Invited.

The members of the recently formed
seattle Poultry Club are already making
preparations for their next annual show,
winch Will take place next January. They
nope to make this city celebrated for its
nne exhibitions of this kind. The mem
pership of the club now numbers nearly
one hundred, among them being some Of
Seattle's best-known and most successful
business men, who are thorough fanciers,
and take great interest IN breeding fine
birds. Financially a poultry show is
scarcely ever a success, but the members
OF this club are of the kind that make a
success where some would fail. 1t has been
noticed that where section of country
raises and ships quantity of poultry and
eggs the people are usually prosperous and
happy, and do not complain of hard times
or scarcity of money. No single branch
OF business carries more money out of Sc
attic than that of poultry and eggs. 1t
would open the eyes of the average citizen
to know just how many good dollars go
from Western Washington to California,
Oregon and east of the mountains for
chickens and eggs. 1t is claimed that
something like 100000 go to Petaluma,
CAL. each year from the sale of poultry
and eggs shipped from that point. No
wonder, then, that the merchants and citi-
zens of that little town hang up big cash
prizes at their poultry shows, and in every
way encourage the rearing and breeding of
poultry.
The show held here last January did q
wonderful amount of good in the way of
creating an interest in this business and
advertising Seattle as a good point for
poultry raising. Several parties have To-
Gated near here and gone into the business
extensively, their attention having been
called to this section by the literature sent
out by the show committee. The Seattle
Poultry Club, with the help of the citi-
zens, proposes to hold the biggest show
ever held on the Coast next year. 1t GER
tainly deserves the encouragement of the
merchants and business men.
At the regular monthly meeting held
last Thursday night the club decided to
offer $3.50 in special cash prizes, good
part of it going to the breeders of
British Columbia, Oregon and California to
encourage them to visit Seattle with their
birds and meet her breeders in friendly
competition. Besides these specials that
will be offered by the club, the members
present at last Tuesday nights meeting
started list of individual cash specials,
the members present putting their names
down for the following amounts: Ed N.
Caldwell, E. d. Wallace, J. H. Albright,
H. H. James, Queen City Incubator Com
pany, the Puget Sound Poultry Keeper, D.
NJ. Shanks, A. P. Randall, J. n. Brents
and +. T. Palmer each $25, N. c. Hanlan
SIS and Arthur B. Smith and C. G. Batson
$40 each, making a grand total of $685..
The club expects the remaining members
and the merchants of the city to IN
crease this amount largely and insure a
fine premium list and make the success
of the show certain. 1t was agreed by the
club that, where a merchant Or business
man or firm gives a special he should have
the privilege of saying what it was to be
for, and that his business should be adver-
tised in at least 800 premium lists sent
out over the country, $500 catalogues given
away in the show room, $500 official an
nouncements of the awards by judges, and
published in the leading poultry paper on
the Coast from July to the time of the
show. A list OF the firms giving specials,
together with the amount, will be pub
lished in the city papers at least once a
week until time of show. No specials will
be received except in cash and none less
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