The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-10-12
D. V. AULT'S LETTER.
Tic Writes of the Kittitas Poultry Exhibit at
Portland and North Yakima.


back T. prizes from Lewis * Clark poul
try show at Portland.
f. w. NUM-, on White Wyandottes,
LIST and ith on pullet, md and 3rd on
cockrel.
j. II. Moore, Silver-laced Wyandottes
LIST and 3rd pullet, 18th on cockrel.
ID. V. Ault, White Minorcas, lst and
'rd on hen; md on cock; End on cock
rel; lst on pullet.
The above winning were made in the
hottest contest and from the cream of
he Pacific coast, end is of no little con
Germ to the Kittitas poultrymen. 1t
can no longer be said that Kittitas
valley cannot produce fine poultry,
with the sweeping record made at the
state fair at North Yakima lst county
prlze-and more individual lst prizes
than any other county in the state,
costing the fair association nearly 81,
10000 for poultry exhibits. Out OF
total of go birds, kittitas furnished
ISOLATION, for had a half dozen breeders
got together in July and organized so
they could bunch their birds in one
breeders yard and have Judge come
and score them in December. AT this
meeting it was found that instead Of u
half dozen, fifteen breeders were on
han oh. /, a
today our association has IA membership
of twenty with ii creditable inning, and
still no birds scored 10y Il judge.
Why did the Kittitas Poultry Asso-
citation exhibit at the state fair? TO
win one of the county prizes offered
10y the state fair, 50, So and $40, and
1t won lst prize, too; no less than
100 birds being allowed to compete for
this prize.
The Kttitas Poultry Association
found that owing to the Lewis & Clark
poultry exhibit, the Puyallup fair and
the state fair all coming on the same
late, that kittitas county stood good
chance for one of the above prizes, and
it is to the credit of Kittitas that l6S
birds and 23 varieties we're exhibited
at the state fair, as Tacoma could not
divide up her birds among three shows
and have many birds for any one exhib-
it, and yet she came to the state fair
with l37 birds and - varieties.
No money has been spent and not
much time by the kitttas Poultry AS
ISOLATION to get up an exhibit and all
best Judges the Association had to Sc
lect poultry for the stste fair for the
breeders, and sorry to say, they found
so many poor or mougrels than thor
ough breds stock that it was disheart-
ening to them.
Kttitas is far from poultry county.
the birds sent to the state fair that
not a Rock was going" sorry, but
White, Buff and White went in strong
numbers. Not a Barred Rock could
De found in Kittitas county, that would
score 60 points-a large field vacant for
cultivation at premium-to the one
who will grow 80 point birds at $25 90
il piece.
Just to show, one of those White
Rock hens won $500 for it's owner at
the state fair for being the best solid
color bird in the show, while another
Ellensburg bird won $500 for best par
ti-colored bird in the exhibit.
Kittitas won $4,000 in prizes at the
state fair and the field is only half
filled. 1t is to be hoped that we can
ALWAYS return from the state fair with
so good Il record.
The Kittitas Poultry Association is
arranging to have Harry H. Collier Of
Tacoma, come to Elensbur5 about the
lst of December to score the seasons
crop IF young birds for its members,
and will give a three days show of the
birds of Kittitas county, and all parties
interested in the growing of good
poultry and more of it, will have a
chance to get acquainted with the
membership of our Association, and all
are welcome to our ranks
Messrs. G. A. Jungst, j. H. Moore,
Is. A. Maxey, Mrs. b. L. Kipp and Mrs.
J. NJ, Montgomery form the executive
committee and they can furnish all in
! formation. Remember this is the AS
ISOLATION giving this prospective eX-
hbit at Ellensburg, not TO SHOW our
A;,ds but to know how GOOD and the