Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-27
POULTRY SHOW is POPULAR.
ATTENDANCE WAS MORE THAN TO-
600 THE PAST TWO DAYS.
Visitors Are Delighted with the Many
Fine Exhibfts-A Little Girl Wips
First Prize i'm n Contest
With Fanciers.

The managers of the Midcontinental
poultry show that is having such sue
cessful run now at 1221-3 Main street are
much gratified over the great number of
people from the city who visited the show
Christmas day and yesterday. More than
5000 people were visitors each day and en-
thusiastic over the magnificent showing of
prize winning birds in the coops. 1t is
the same story from each of the prominent
citizens who paid the show visit, they
did not expect to see so large a number
nor such fine birds shown.
Among the visitors who inspected the
Talking of the show last evening he said
to a Journal reporter: Il had no idea the
show was anything like what it is in num-
ber and quality of birds shown. The show
ing of birds is something of which any
city ought to be proud and the enterprise
is one in every way creditable to the man
ayers and of great value to the city. 1t
deserves the most liberal support our peo-
pie can give and ought by all means to be
made a permanent feature of the city. No
man who has not given close attention to
the poultry interests would ever dream of
what can be seen in the show and anyone
will be benefited by visit to the rooms.
1 was SO we'll pleased with the birds that
I purchased couple of pens and will raise
them during the coming year for exhibition
at the park"
Another visitor during the day was
Colonel ]. V. C. Karnes, who complimented
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manner and declared the show something
full of the most pleasant surprises for men,
whether they were fanciers or not. Scores
of other citizens of equal prominence who
were there spoke in the same strain.
The pleasure of the citizen who sees the
show is not greater than that of the fan
ciers who have birds on hand. The splen-
did new coops of such marked Improvement
over anything else shown in the market,
the lively competition of high class birds
and the liberal regular and special pre-
miums offered, together with the great de-
mand for birds from new fanciers all con-
tribute to make the show both pleasant
and profitable for the exhibitors, a combi-
nation that Is as rare as it is welcome,
but has always been marked feature of
the show held here.
three sides covered with stout canvas,
which protects the birds from any injury
in jumping about The white canvas pre-
vents danger from cold draughts of wind
and lends additional light for those who
are inspecting the birds, and for these
many excellent features the coops are in
great favor with the fanciers. They are
owned by the association here and were
manufactured for the show by Kansas
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odore Sternberg, who has visited hundreds
of poultry shows all over the land, says
they are the best he has ever seen and in
that opinion he was Joined by William
McNeill, of London, Canada, whose ex-
hibits are features for which all important
shows offer special inducements. He said
Yesterday his birds were the best cooped
here of any place he had ever shown them
in all of his long experience.
Another feature of the show that has
helped to make the show popular is the cor
| dial good feeling with which the decisions OF
| the Judges have been received. The competi-
| ton in the many leading and fancy va.
| rieties has never been so sharp nor this
! number of birds so great as at this show
| The Judges were men of national reputa.
| ton who passed judgment on the bird, nc
matter who the owner might be. This is
| shown by the fact that in one of the
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| honor went to a bird that was owned by
a little 1O-year-old girl at Independence who
had raised the rooster as pet. She was
| almost beside herself with joy when she
won the blue ribbon and saw her pet tn,
winner over twenty other splendid birds
bred by fanciers of national reputation.
| There has been an unusual demand fol
birds from smaller fanciers and new fan
ciers from all over the country. and sew
eral hundred sales have been made of tht
! birds at the show. This is something un
usual in number and as the prices ruled
high there is great satisfaction on the par
| of the fanciers. The managers of the show
are also pleased because it means that new
fanciers will be on hand at the next show
| with birds and will increase the number
and excellence of the display. It is th'
many features that make the show now OF
hand pleasant and successful and indicate
SO much for the coming shows that Civ.
the managers so much cause for good feel
ing.
The one thing that Is badly needed nov
| is building that will accommodate tn
| show in manner that will enable tn