The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-11

1ae marking Of the chickens and
Dleu4s at the Is aa1sasr Poultry Show
VIE be completed this evening by the
judges.
PROM this evening on the birds can
demsam themselves as they wish with
out raprimand from their owners.
They can 20 down I'm weight or ruffle
UP their feathers, for the awards viii
be made and the judging completed
Friday VIII mean dress parade for
the feathered gentry and the blue rib
bons and red win mark the cages Of the
victars.
The greatest show ever held west Of
the Mississippi" said NJ s Fife OF Ok
ish0ma City, one of the judges. II have
never seen a better show In all my life.
The birds are great and I never saw a
larger number together before. All Of
the departments are strong and I don't
know that 7 could pick out one class Of
birds as being better than any other
However. the Barred Plymouth Rocks,
the White Plymouth Rocks, the White
Wyandottes and the Brown and White
Legh0rns probably make the best show
Ing. Z was never here before but this
is certainly as nice an exhibition and
as good a place to hold it in that one
could wen choose.
1.-THE shows are getting better each
year" said Prof. L. L. Dyche of Kansas
university, who is president of the KAN
Eas Poultry association 'eFhis year is
year sees it increase in value and in
serest.'
If you add forty pounds to your
weight il d year-without looking in on
the Kelley cure--yOu would think you
were setting a record that would give
you a free admission ticket to any show
on earth. But that's nothing, a lone
ignorant turkey over at the show has
added that weight lin one year. OF
course to begin with it didn't weigh
A
ali the airs and dignity Of price Of
the realm, one year old. weighs exactly
40 pounds Tt belongs to Mrs. W. 3.
Popham of ChilhcOthe, Missouri 1t
e weighed IS pounds at the time it was
shipped but the confinement IN cage
too small for it has caused a shrinkage
OF five pounds. ITS just a yearling, -
said Mrs. Popham 81 call him Billy
Golden the Second. Billy Golden the
Third over there in that other cage was
born on the nth of last May and weighs
34 pounds and I believe viii make
bigger bird than Billy the Second. There
Jig not any trouble about raising these
turkeys, At least I haven't found it
SO. Of course know how to do it. I
wouldn't sell Billy the Second here for
$50. Never before have there been so
many turkeys. The mammoth bronze
are beautiful birds, with lustre of gold
and purple sheen. Most of them are
as large as a boy OF four years. There
is wild strain in the blood Of the bronze
turkeys; a strain from the turkeys
which formerly roamed wild so plenti-
fully The wild strain make the bird
strong and is favored by the fanciers.
II have never exhibited here before. -
said Mrs. Popham, but ] am certainly
pleased with the treatment which I have
received. I have never received better
treatment anywhre Is Tn show is fine
and exceeds my expecte tiOns-"
Mrs. f. A. HaFgraves of Richmond,
kan has several pens of Mammoth
Bronze turkeys; one weighs 50 pounds.
She has the largest single exhibition
and the showing is fine. The attend
ance on the show is looming up We'd
nesday the attendance ran up to $500
and TO date the total number who have
paid admission RUNS Close TO 5000