The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-12
GREAT PoULTY EXHIBITION IN CHARLOTTE.

GREAT POULTY EXHIBITION In CHARLOTTE.
Mecklerburg Poultry Produces in one Year a valu-
alton Of $500, ooo-Large Results Expected from
the Coming Show.
The seventh annual exhibition of the Charlotte
Poultry Association will open Tuesday morning,
January -, and will continue until Friday night.
This promises to exceed by far any of the previous
shows, and all lovers of good poultry will be amply
rewarded by attending.
The Charlotte Poultry Association was born
February 10, 1897, in the city hall, and was due
to the efforts of Mr.. w. M. Barringer, who almost
unaided, had interested several of Charlotte's
progressive business men. At a meeting called
by him for that date, quite a number of men gath
cred and the Charlotte Poultry and Pet Stock As
ISOLATION was the result. The following named
were elected officers: President, George Camp
bell; vice-president, N. J. Sheriff.; treasurer, B.
S. Davis; secretary, W. NJ. Barringer; superin-
tendent, George Windle; judge, D. J. Lambert.
The first annual show was a very successful one,
and each year they have grown more popular.
At the sixth annual show, held last January, there
were exhibitors from five States.
The following-named are among the members
of the association: j. F. Anderson, Statesville;
r. L.. Alternately, Mountain Island; George Camp
bell, York, Pa; j. NJ. Gibbs, Statesvile; W.. B.
Alexander, w. M. Barringer, Osmond L. Barrin-
ger, Chas. F. Creswell, B. S. Davis, W. T. Dun
lap, DR.. Geo. w. Graham, George W. Graham, Jr,
j. W. Hunt, d. r. jenkins, J. W.. Kistler, E. D.
Latta, I. W. Long, D. @. Moore, W. S. Mallory,
ID. II. Mays, Fred Nash, Jr, S. w. Porter, N. j.
Sheriff., l.. Schif, J: M. Scott, G. Valaer, J. II.
Weddington, j. II. Wearn, Joseph Wardin, E. G.
Wardln, K. M. tlenniken, j. b. Taylor, L. IL.
Hamel, }. A. Dorritee, A. w. Banks, William
Jose.
In the year 1896 there was not a breeder of
thoroughbred poultry in Mecklenburg County. At
the first exhibition, held in January, 1898, there
were five or six. Now, seven years later, there are
over three hundred breeders of pure bred fowls,
and at the last show, January, 1908, thirty-seven
of the exhibitors were from Mecklenburg County.
The value of poultry on the farms of Mecklen-
burg County June l, 1901, according to the report
of the census office, was $24,411. The same a-
thority says that in 1899 there were produced in
the county 317,O7O dozens of eggs. At the pres
ent market price, this would mean that the hens
OF Mecklenburg, during the year 1899, laid for
farmers 61,414 worth of eggs. Each year the in
dustry grows, and it is safely estimated that in
1903 there was produced in Mecklenburk County
In poultry and poultry products more than $780,
600. A great portion of this is due to the efforts
of the Charlotte Poultry Association.
Seven years ago grown fowls sold on the market
for twenty cents. To-day they are selling for
from twelve to fifteen cents a pound, making a
good hen worth from sixty to ninety cents. A
scrub that at best will weigh three pounds, will
take the same feed that one can produce a thor
%oughbred that will weigh from six to ten pounds.
The association feels that it's efforts are being
rewarded, and that before another census has
been taken the scrub will have entirely disappear
ed from Mecklenburg County. The officers for
the season of 1903 and 1904 are: B. S. Davis,
presidents; Rev. J. A. Dorritee, second vice-presi-
dent; W.. 3. Alexander, secretary and treasurer;
S. W. Porter, superintendent; A. W. Banks. as
sistant superintendent; F. J. Marshall, judge
Charlotte Observer.