The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-06-15
Poultry at the State Fair.

the poultry for exhibition at the state
or county fairs is when they are
Matched. From the very first day of
their lives the chickens need the right
kind of feed and attention if they are
to develop into prize winners and
money makers. II you have not al
ready been looking after the birds you
expect to exhibit at the fairs do not
lose another day but set about the
work at once. Poor exhibits and
much complaining are the inevitable
result of improper attention in the
poultry yards With the intention of
helping those who contemplate MAX
ing exhibits Of their birds at the COM
ing state fair at North Yakima, Harry
H. Collier, superintendent of the poul-
try department, has compiled the fol-
lowing suggestions to the poultry rails
ers. These deal with the exhibit OF
poultry and the fair in general, and
those intending to exhibit should read
Mr.. Golfers suggestions and act early.
Mr.. Collier strongly advises everyone
who can, to attend the fair, as it is a
great educatOr-and to the pOultryman
it means new ideas as to the raising of
profitable stock. Mr.. Collier says:
"Tn making UP the rules for the
twelfth annual show of the poultry
department of the fair, we can look
back to the time when the first ex-
hihitiOn consisted of thirteen fowls.
The year 1900 was the banner year
when more birds were exhibited than
ever before or since. 1t is the wish
of the fair commissioners that this
year be the best in the history of the
fair, and they would like to see every
county represented in each depart
ment We want to see birds from
every county in the state this year.
Yakima county has increased in popu-
lation more than any other county of
it's size in the state and today there
are more buyers for chickens in North
Yakima than any other section.
81 have found the state fair to be
a better place for making sales than the
Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane big poul-
try shows. I account for it by the
fact that almost everyone who lives
in Yakima county can keep chickens
if he desires to do SO. This being the
case there is a greater demand for
good poultry than can be found in any
part of the state. Birds have brought
as good prices at North Yakima as
are to be had at any exhibition and
it behooves every enterprising chicken
man in the State of Washington, or
for that matter in any part of the
northwest, to make an exhibit at the
fair.
"The prize list is the best among
the fairs of the northwest. Almost
anyone with good fowls can win more
than his expenses in prize money and
at the same time make good sales
"Your chickens will receive the best
of care, whether you are with them or
not, but I believe that meeting other
poultrymen and exchanging ideas will
help you with your work.
Theodore Hewes, Americas great
est poultry judge, will place the
awards on poultry at the state fair.
Mr.. Hewes will also be one of the
Judges at the Lewis and Clark fair.
"Read the rules governing the show
thoroughly and if there is anything
you do not understand write at once
to me at Tacoma.
eff you have not already received
an entry blank send Tor one at once
and make your entries at the earliest
possible moment. The entries close
Thursday, September %, and all birds
must reach North Yakima, Washing
ton, by Sunday, October 1st.'
nbo foJJowino rIl1aS will govern the