The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
POULTRY EXHIBIT
WILL HE BEST IN ALABAMA RE-
 CORDS.
coons From Herald Square snow h"Ve Arrived and One Thousaaa En- tries Have Tseen Secured
 The DoG Show.

A thousand entries have been re- ceiyed for the annual exhibit of the Alabama Poultry Association wnion will be held next week for three days beginning on January ls.
 President Jesse c. Adams said yes teraay that the coming exhibit would he the largest and the finest ever given by the association. At the same time the poultry exhibit will pc on at the Auditorium show or tine' high class dogs will be conducted. The management of the Dog show IS under the direction of Mrs. !. l. Mc- Kinney and Miss Fannie Matthews.
 The Alabama Poultry Association which will conduct the chicken ana pet stock show has two Montgomery men for it's officials. J. C. Adams' president and L. D. Teaaey, vice pres. Ident. On the opening day., Wednes- dav next. all children in Montgomery will be admitted to the Auditorium flee of charge. A large crowd of the young people is confidently expected for an Interesting evening awaits any child who cares for rabbits, guinea pigs, batams, or other chickens and dogs. Wednesday has been set asloe as a special children's day.
 The coops which will contain the exhibits will be the finest ever set up at an exhibition in Alabama. The same coops which were used at the recent Poultry Exhibit at Herald Square, New York, have been secured for the Montgomery exhibit. This was done only through stroke of good fortune. The coops have already ar- rived and are being put in place at the Auditorium.
 An interesting feature cf tbe cx- hibit will be the bantams which won the first prize at the Crystal Palace Exhibit in London, and which on their return home took the first prize at l the New York show. These bantams belong to E. H. Galusha, of Birming- ham. Moreover a number of the prize winning chickens at the St. Louis Exposition will be put on ex- l hibition at the Auditorium. A bronze turkey weighing sixty pounds. one of the largest in the United States will
 be another interesting exhibit.
 | Every class and every kind ot
 chickens, has been entered. The en- tries in size and in quality excel those of all previous shows. Poultry rais- ing has made great strides in the State, a fact which is indicated by the entries which have been received and a fact which can be only appre- clated by those who make a careful study of the comprehensive poultry exhibit of a thousand entries.
 The chickens and other entries will be judged by Loring Brown, the fam- ous chicken man of Smyrna, Georgia. one of the best known experts in the country. For the best individual chicken exhibit prize of S2.60 will be awarded. For the second best chick en shown a prize of $1 will be given. The best breeding pen will be award ed a prize of $5 and the second best breeding pen will get $2.60.
 In addition to these the association will award six handsome silver loving cups.
 The Dog Show will run only one night, that of Wednesday the opening day of the Poultry Exhibit. A five dollar prize is offered. for the best dog in every class Moreover, fine silver loving cup will be given to the dog which is judged to be the best of all On the night. of the exhibition the dogs are to be sent to, the Audi torium at o'clock and they can be removed later that night. All entries for the show are to be made with Mrs. J. I. Mckinney. The promoters of the show are not soliciting exhib- its as was done last year. although they are anxious to secure as many exhibits as possible and all who care to do so will have an opportunity of exhibiting their dogs