The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-01-11
A POULTRY FANCIER TALKS
GIVES SOME GOOD SOUND LOGICAL HINTS
That will Perhaps Appear Cutting as Well
As Sarcastic-Brace up and Go About
Your Business in Thoroughly Systematic
Business Manner Determined to Succeed.

The Localizr is somewhat of blow
as to Kittitas poultry.
The future of Kitttas at the big
shows viewed by an ameteur, is simply
that Ellensburg has seen her best show.
H. Fl. Collier will probably superin-
tend the poultry exhibit at the state
fair at Yakima next fall, and if he does
the poultry men know there will be a
few good cash prizes, and it is not how
close Kitttas will come, but how far.
The Tacoma Poultry association,
with her 125 members has but one va
riety breeder, Fred johnson, all the
rest are specially breeders. Sears,
with 600 White Rocks, has $50 eggs
now incubating for the autum shows.
Mrs. Chandler has a 12O egg incubator
of Light Brahmas going while Durr's
Rhode Island Reds, Blackhurst' Buff
OrpingtOns, Miller Bros, LeghOrns and
Staples Barred Rocks in the race for
all the coming shows.
Tacoma exhibited 235 birds at Sc
attic and at the same time had 1l5
birds in Oregon and California shows.
The difference between Pierce and
Kittitas breeders is that Pierce is full
of experienced breeders that have their
flocks built up much in the past three
years and only one breed is handled,
while Kittitas is buying more birds
this year than she sent to the state fair
and majority of the stock is of second
class quality. Kittitas has but two
line breedrs, F. w. NUM- and A. Nj.
Stevens, the rest are amateurs trying
from two to five breeds, and as result
when Kittitas goes to the state fan
next fall, she will meet Tacoma's six
hundred with Yakima as strong sec
ond. Then the the breeders of Kittitas
will see for the first time the difference
between one breed we'll bred and kept
and half dozen breeds we'll kept ana
poorley bred
Kittitas has not Rock of either
of the these varieties that can hope for
chance. The Wyandottes in Silvers
and Whites are hopeful, for Mr.. Num-
has the only true line mating on the
Pacific, while the Silvers follow with a
close second. The Minorcas are only a
speculation, for there is not an estab-
lished strain in Kittitas, and in the
Mediterraneans there is nothing more
than A. M. Stevens Buff Leghorns.
In the Asiatic we stand with almost
nothing save remnant 10 Light
Brahmas to hope for, with not Ban
tam inside our borders.
Then the Kittitas Poultry Associa-
ton with it's 80 members will receive
it's first set back. Then is when we
will come home without basketball,
and then is when it will be rumored:
"there is nothing in fancy poultry"
1t was the worst thing that ever hap
pened Kittitas when she held her local
show. In place of sending her good
birds to show that would advertise
her few good breeds, the breeders re-
fuse to send, because the local show
seems to satisfy, while the silver cup
won by Mr. NUM-, will advertise Kitti-
tas county more than three years of a
county show. So don't let's say what
we did, for there is no Lewis and Clark
show on same date of state fair this
year, and it will be the common phrase
"Watch Tacoma Grow" or "Watch
Tacoma Co. away with all the cash