Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-29
THE POULTRY SHOW,

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Many people may not understand
just what poultry show IS. or what
the object oft. The following issued
BY the association in their catalogue
and premium list just out. explains
the object. The address is as follows:
TO BREEDERS AND PATRONS.
We take pleasure In presenting
to you our second ANIMAL premium list.
The success of the exhibition last win
ter-the first in this connty-leads US
to believe that the coming show will be
of much more interest to the public in
general and to the breeders of poultry
and pet stock in particular. We are
satisfied that the interests awakened by
last years efforts of this association
have resulted in much good to the coun-
ty, and that the class of poultry has not
only been improved but better care is
being taken of the ''fruitful hen" and
her relatives of the feathery tribe.
Mr.. c. H. Rhodes, of North Topeka.
Kansas. who will score the birds this
winter, is a judge of acknowledged
ability, having been following that pro-
fession for number of years and judg-
ing in some of the best shows in this
and neighboring states. He will be
he1e on the 10th, 18th, and 18th, and
every poultry breeder-and there are
hundreds in the county who are entitled
to be classed as such--should meet
him.
To those who have so literally aided
the association by special premiums or
their advertisements. we desire to ex-
press the thanks of the association;
and to all who attended last winters
exhibition, and others whom we shall
hope to see present in January, we will
promise a display of fowls and pet
stock that will be well worth the small
price of admission.
To stimulate the interest in poultry.
to get the people who raise fowls or
pet stock either for business or for
pleasure together, and to secure an i'm
provement in quality and increase in
quantity of these valuable and reliable
products is the aim of the
BARTON Co. P. AND P. S. ASSOCIATION.
The Association is not money max
ing scheme, as the receipts from each
show are devoted to premiums, to pay
ing the expenses of the show, and to
otherwise improving poultry conditions
in the county. This winter through
the liberality of the public in taking
advertising space IN the catalogue and
donating merchandise for premiums,
the association is enabled to offer over
S14o in association premiums, and
over SIS in special premiums. And
every premium drawn will be paid.
The catalogue explains fully the cost
of putting fowls on exhibition. For in
stance: If you have 'pen" of fowls
e male and females make pen) and
you wish to enter them in competition
for all premiums offered on pens or
single birds, you pay ten cents fowl
so cents for entering single and so
cents for entering as pen. Then if
you want to take a ''trio" (I male and
females) of those FIVE, and enter for
everything offered on trios, you pay IS
cents more, and 10 cents more for
everything offered on ''pairs" q male
one female,) So, to enter the five
fowls to compete for everything offer
ed in that variety it will cost you
S1.25. 1t will cost the association SO
cents to have those fowls scored, and
the 10 cents each for every bird enter.
ed is to pay cost of scoring.
A word as to scoring: The Amer1-
can Standard of Perfection, under
whose rules all poultry contests are con-
Quoted, describes every breed of fowls
from their toes to the tip of comb-and
the judges who follow the business per-
feet themselves in the knowledge of all
points which mark the degree of per.
lection of all fowls. The judge takes
each fowl in his hands and examines it
critically, and on card to correspond
IN number with band on the fowls leg
marks the degree of perfection. 100
is perfect, and fowl that scores o5
points or upwards is mighty near per-
fect. These cards are the property of
the exhibitor and are valuable records.
as they show the degree of perfection.
Persons who last winter had their birds
scored sold stock for S1.5o to $500
which they had before been selling for,
so cents to SI.oo. because neither
they nor the purchasers knew before
the birds had been scored how near
perfect they were.
Each fowl entered, at cost of 10
cents, completes for evervthina offa-.d