The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-26
Kansas Poultry Show TO Be
Largest in World.
That liz the Mark Set by the
Promoters.
NOT MORE PET STOCK.
Managers Say There VIII Be No
Room for 1t.
Only Poultry Is to Be Exhibited
at Auditorium.

At a meeting of the directors of the
State Poultry association. held here, it
was decided to hold the next Kansas
poultry show in Topeka from January
9 to IA, and to make a great effort to
place Topeka's show actually at the
very front of all the poultry shows in
the world.
ond only to that that of New York city
in number of birds exhibited. There
were 1915 exhibits at Topeka.
The directors arranged premium list
which is corker The prizes are more
liberal than are given at any similar
show in the county, New York not ex
cepted, and the entry fee was allowed to
remain at 25 cents for each bird. The
entry fee at the New York, Chicago
and other great shows is 81 per bird.
1t was also decided to limit the ex-
hibitS to the "featnered tribes" There
will be no miscellaneous exhibition of
pet stock. as in previous years. This
was decided upon because of lack of
space in the big auditorium for such a
tremendous exhibit as is planned for
next January. Last winters exhibit
1T was thought for time that it would
be necessary to use the gallery for eX-
hibition purposes. This year the room
used by the miscellaneous exhibitions of
Year by year, the Poultry association
has entered into an alliance with the
Pet Stock. association for a joint ex-
hibit. But the Poultry association hav-
ing grown so big that it does not need
the pet stock people, will go it alone
this year. This may result in the hold
ing of a separate exhibit by the pet
stock people in some other building,
snow is in progress.
Gold medals will be offered by the
Poultry association this year as the cap
ital prizes. The gold medals will be
association and will be suitably en-
graved. Each gold medal will be of a
value of about so. The gold medal
will be given as a first prize for the pen
exhibit of four females and one male
in each class of poultry mentioned in
the standard guide. The second prize
for pens will be IS cash, and the third
prize 81 cash.
On single birds. the prizes are 81 for
first, 81 for second and so cents third.
The total amount of prizes to be
given will be about $1,000. This extreme
liberality on the part of the Kansas
sible by the donation of 81, 900 by the
state of Kansas to aid in the establish
ment of the exhibit. 1t has put the
poultry people of Kansas right on their
feet, and is doing great deal to en-
the raising of fine poultry in
this state. Poultry men say that 1t is
the most profitable $1,000 that the state
ever invested, and it certainly seems to
be bringing the poultry business of
Kansas into worldwide prominence.
The receipts from the show usually
pay all the running expenses and some
over, while the state aid enables the
association to surpass every other show
in the country in hberality of
premiums.
Another feature of the Kansas show
is that the price of admission is kept
at 10 cents. Most of the big shows
charge 25 or so cents. The Topeka
plan is to keep the building filled
with people, and make it a popular
entertainment of instructive value.
]. w. T. Hughes. who as secretary
managed the show very successfully
last year, will again be at the head
o fthe work. He said today:
1.-THE Kansas State Poultry show is
now recognized by all the poultry
raisers of the west as the leading ex-
hibit in this part of the country. 1t
will be much larger this year than it
was last, and 1 don't think it will be
necessary for us to take a back seat
to anybody, not even New York, in
the number of our exhibits. We will
make room for them all for we have
a better place for a poultry show than
there is anywhere in this part of the
country.
Already we are getting inquiries
about our show from Illinois, Iowa.