The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-01
co SEE The BIG SHOW
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The Poultry Exhibition Is Drawing
Large Crowds Daily.
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1t Is the Best Display of Fowls Ever
Made in Mankato.
Nice New Lot of Birds Received Yes.
terday Afternoon.
Ribbons Will Be Placed BY the Judge,
Mr.. Rigg.
From Wednesdays Daily.

Have you seen the poul+ Y show? If
you haven't, you have miss I'd a great
treat. There are all kinds of fowls,
chickens, pigeons and ducks and the lar
gest turkey you ever say; also Belgian
hares and a white opossum. The num-
Der of fowls in the show now exceeds
three hundred and fifty. Remember that
New Years will be the last day.
Chicken fanciers have congregated here
with their birds from all parts of the
state and they have brought some fine
ones. The judge, Thomas F. Rigg of
Iowa Falls, Iowa, accompanied by Mrs.
Rigg, who assists as clerk, arrived yes
terday and by this time is nearly half
way through with the judging. The rib
bons will be put, up promptly and you
can now get a line on the winners. The
show will last two more days closing on
the night of the first.
This is by far the best exhibit ever put
up by the local association. The boys
have worked hard to make this show a
success and, considering the fact that
the poultry business is the largest single
indstry in the world, amounting to four
hundred and fifty millions of dollars an
nually and that the thoroughbred poul-
try business is its backbone, surely
everybody ought to 60 and see it. It
is instructive as well as amusing The
price of admission is only fifteen cents
and you can stay in as long as you like.
The exhibits which have now been set
up in addition to those mentioned in yes
terday's Free Press and the owners
are:
f. o. True, Good Thunder-Rose Comb
Leghorns, one cockerel, four pullets;
Barred Plymouth Rock, one cock, four
Rocks, two cockerels, one hen, three pull
lets; White Holland Turkeys, one cock,
one cockerel, one hen, two pullets.
L. q. Smith, Mankato-Barred Ply
mouth Rocks, two cockerels, two pullets.
Frank Schuman, Mankato-Buff Ply
LAouIH NUNS, ole COChcIel, OHe pulleG.
Riverside Park Poultry Farm, Scott
Bros, Mankato-White Plymoth Rocks,
one cockerel, four pullets, Single Comb
Brown Leghorns, one cockerel, one hen,
one pullet.
II. A. Fuller, Truman-White Ply
mouth Rocks, one cockerel, two hens,
three pullets.
L. R. Hobart, Lake Crystal-White
Plymouth Rocks, one cockerel, four pull
lets.
Frank Cronon, Austin-Buff Plymouth
Rocks, four pullets.
Mrs. H. w. Perry, Highland Park,
Mankato-Rose Comb Black African
Bantams, one cock, one hen; Silver Span
gled Hamburgs, one cock, one hen;
White Wyandottes, one cock, two cock
erels, one hen, one pullet; Klondike
Towels, one cock, one hen. This last
named breed of fowls is the newest and
NOSE peculiar in the show. They are pure
white and have feathers that are so soft
and fine as to feel and appear like WOOL
At first glance one would declare that
there were no feathers at all but simply
a coating of wool. Mrs. Perry raised
these fowls from eggs she had shipped
from the east.
P. A. Reilly, Austin-Black Lang
shans, one cockerel, three pullets.
Elmer Cole, Mankato-Belgian Hares,
one buck, one doe.
On a large platform, enclosed by wire
netting, the boxing matches take place
every evening at eight o'clock. The spurs
of the birds are muffed so no harm can
be done to each other.
Mr.. Rigg, the judge, will leave at the
close of the exhibition for St. Paul, where
he will act in similar capacity at the
poultry exposition at the Minnesota Fan
ciers' association. Mr.. Rigg judges every
year at New York, Boston, Louisville.