The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-15
DYCHE is REELECTED.
Old officers of the Chicken As
ISOLATION Retain Positions.
Nearly $500 Paid Admissions
Received Thursday.


No compilation of these awards has
yet been made by the secretary and his
assistants, however, except as to part
of the classes represented at the show.
In addition to the awards on barred
Plymouth Rocks. which were reported
in full in Thursdays State Journal, the
awards have been compiled on the fol-
| lowing classes: White plymouth Rocks,
buff Plymouth Rocks, silver laced
Wyandottes, Golden Wyandottes, buff
| Wyandottes, white Wyandottes, part
ridge Wyandottes, black Wyandottes,
black Javas, light Brahmas, dark Brah-
mas, buff Cochins. partridge Cochins,
black Cochins, black Langshans, and
white Langshans.
M D. Williams, the evangelist, visit
ed the chicken show today. Williams
lives at Winfield in one of the hand
soonest houses in town which he calls
Edgewood. He has three or four hum
| dred white Wyandotte chickens. He is
on his way to Michigan.
| Henry Steinmesch, the celebrated ST.
Louis chicken raiser, was in town
| Thursday for a, couple of hours. Mr..
| Steinmesch scooped up a big lot of
prizes on his silver laced Wandottes,
of which he makes a speciality. There
was one Joke on him, however, which
| the poultry men seem to enjoy. His
l
prizes at all the shows, was disqualified
| by the judges here because it was found
to have fundamentally feathers on its
| legs, which is a black and lasting dis
grace to a well bred silver laced Wyan-
! dotte. The feathers were so small that
it would almost take a microscope to
find them. but the theory is that the
feathers would get bigger and bigger in
this -cockerers progeny. Steinmesch
wouldn't believe, at first, that any of his
| birds had been disqualified but when
he found it was true, he said, We'll,
the Topeka judges have sharper eyes
than any other judges 1 have gone up
against"
Steinmesch is a St Louis railroad
man, and had to hurry back to st.
Louis Mo, to resume his work He
says he came here because the reports
had reached st. Louis that this is the
! biggest chicken show In the west, and
he couldn't miss it. He says that the
1 reports are true, and that Topeka has
record breaking show.
H. s. Nichols, lumber man from
Spearville. Kas.. made big winning
in White Plymouth Rocks. Mr. Mich
d OILS used to attend Washburn about Is
i years ago. and today he visited the col
lege buildings for the first time since
he was a student there
The attendance at the poultry show
so far this week has been 5,120, and the
chances are that it will go above 10000
before the end of the week. The at
tendance Thursday was 1929. Last
year the total attendance was only
about 1000.
OFFICERS REFLECTED.
At the meeting of the State Poultry
association Thursday night, the follow
ing officers We're elected for the year
ensuing: President, l. L. Dyche; vice
president, Geo. H. Gillies; secretary, ].
W. F. Hughes; treasurer Thos. Owen.
The directors chosen for the year by
the votes of all the members of the
association were as follows: Thomas
Owens, ]. w. F. Hughes, H. NJ. Philips,
F. D. Gahagan and George H. Gillies,
of Topeka; A. ]. Kerens, Salina; H. c..
Short, Leavenworth; E. z. Kaufman,
Nortonville, and L. L. Dyche, Law
/. renee.
After the secretary and treasurer of
the association had made short reports
of the years work, Secretary Hughes
was presented by the association with
a handsome library table and arm
chair
, Prof Dyche, the president, made a
short speech in which he expressed the
gratitude of the association to the state
|, of Kansas for the donation of 81 900
, to assist in the giving Of the poultry
J show. He said that the money was be-
ing returned to the state in the shape
of premiums offered to exhibitors for
high grades of useful fowls.
1.-The twentieth century rooster" said
Prof. Dyche in speaking of the posi-
bilities of future development of the
poultry specimens, Twill be bred with
, out spurs, and should also be bred so
that he will incubate the eggs and raise
the chickens This will leave the hens
free to lay 365 eggs a year, and 1855
eggs on leap years. Most of the COM
{ mon varieties of poultry which we
. know have been produced within the
past fifty years. When we think of
this, the possibilities for the next fifty
years are very suggestive"
OFFICIAL AWARDS.
t The following are the awards which
have so far been officially announced
: by the judges and clerks:
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS.
]. w. and G. E. Hall, cockerel. fifth;
hen, fourth; pullet, fifth.
G. r. Davis, first on pen: Cock, first;
t cockerel. first; hen, third; pullet, sec
ond.
l H. c. Nichols, Spearville, Kan; Sec
t ond, third and fourth on pen; cock,
/. second; cockerel, second and third hen,
second and fifth.
t w. L. Bates: Hen, fourth.
2 j. B. Welch & Co.: Fifth on pen;
} cockerel. fourth; pullet, third:
A. c. Reynolds, cock, fourth.
Mitchell Bros, cock, third; pullet.
first.
John B. Mills. pu1let fourth.
Omega Poultry yards, cock, fifth.
BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS.
Robt. Larmer Stanberry, Mo, first
on pen; cockerel first; hen, first; pulIet,
first and fourth.
Geo. H. Gertler. pullet, fifth; cock,
third.
G. R. Baker, Abilene. fifth on pen;
cock, second.
z Mrs. ]. E. Hartman, Leavenworth,
second on pen;. hen. third and fourth
cock, first; cockerel, third.
C. Bands, lola, third on pen; cock
erel, second; pullet, second.
F. Whaley, Appleton, KAN, fourth on
pen; pullet, third.
i A j. Wadden, Wichita. cockerel
= fourth and fifth: hen, second.
: SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Constock, Topeka: Pull
}, let, fifth.
: Henry Steinmesch. ST. Louis, Mo
First on pen; cock, first and third; hen