The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-11-30
RIBBONS BEING
AWARDED
COME OF THE CLASSES HAVE
BEEN JUDGED AND THE AT
TENDANCE is INCREASING
Judge Marshall PrOnounees The Poul-
try Exhibit The Best He Ever
Saw in The South.

The second day of the big exhibit of
tbe Middle Tennessee Poultry Asso-
station brought out the largest attend
once so far. and now that the ribbons
have been placed on many coops the
interest and attendance will increase
RAPIDLY. The show room is open every
dav and up till 10 o'clock each night,
60 that all who do not have an OPP
portunity of coming in the day time
NAV come at night 1t is will worth
the trip to any one, and the number
and quality of birds is a revelation to
even the most enthusiastic fanciers.
From the diminutive bantams, scarce
II larger than partridge to the NAM
moth Bronze gobler, weighing fifty
pounds, the quality is high and the num-
Der of exhibits in each class large.
The show overtops anything of the
kind ever held in the State before
and many of the classes are the best
and largest ever seen before in the
South The Davidson county exhibit
to be held in Nashville in January will
have to improve over any exhibit held
before by the Nashville fanciers. or
It will be left far in the rear, for on
quality the Middle Tennessee exhibit
is the best, many competent Judges
-, A7,oS, horo ouo~ 1000
When approached by a reporter We'd
nesday and asked what he thought of
the Poultry Show, Judge Marshall
said: you cannot say anything for
the good of the show that / will not
sanction You can quote me as say
ing that this is the best and largest
show | have ever attended in the
South anywhere at any time. There
never was a better collection of birds
gotten together than are here at your
show. The officers of this associa-
ton have certainly done a great work
and have circulated the news all over
the country. You have birds here
from seven states in the Union, which
Is more than can be said of half of
the shows that are held. am only
too glad to be one of the officials at
such a show and consider that I have
been paid the very highest compli-
ment in being allowed to be judge at
snch a show"
Judge Maury. when seen by a Her
ma man today and asked what he
thought of the show, stated that it
was one of the largest and best shows
that it had ever been his pleasure to
ofieiate in and that there were birds
in this show that would hold their
own in any of the big shows up East.
Mr. Reese v. Hicks, editor of the
Industrious Hen, at Knoxville, said
that he had attended seven shows
already this season and that this show
was by far the largest and had more
fine birds than any one of the others
and that in some instances had more
than two or them together.
The judges are dong rapid work
though some of the fanciers claim
they are severe in their examinations,
they are playing no favorites, so
the Judging is as fair for one fancier
as for the another
Below will be found list of the
winners for the classes already judged.
It will be seen that Maury county
fanciers are holding their own with |
fanciers from a distance, and this |
speaks highly for the home fanciers |
when it is considered that seven states !
are represented in the exhibits and |
many of the largest and best poultry |
farms in the State have entries.