The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-22
MANY FINE FOWLS
ON EXHIBITION
Poultry Associations Splendid
Chicken Show to Open at
10 O'Clock To-Day.
ALL ARE THoRoueHBREDs
Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina and Tennessee
Represented.
The rooster now, with Dustin
thrOnt,
Proc1nims the rosy morn.
While caclSIin' hens nrc tcllln' us
Another egg is born.
Josh billings.

The first annual exhibition OF the
! Virginia Poultry Association Will be
/ opened ut 10 o'clock this morning Mt
! 500 East Broad Street. and the hand
soonest collection of tho feathered tribe
ever seen In the State OF .rginla will
crow and cacl<le and bow to an inter-
| ested public.
During the State Fair last fall a
! number OF the leading poultry fanciers
and raisers held a meeting In this city
! and organized the Virginia Poultry AS
ISOLATION, the object being to awaken
n greater interest in this profitable and
interesting industry.
The following we'll known poultry
raisers We're elected officers for the first
year: j. o. Atwood. of Chesterfield
county, president; r. w. Hail. of Han
over. vice president; F. 8. Burlington, of
uchmond, secretary, and S. s. STAINS
bury, of Hcnrico county, treasurer.
The association determined II sufil-
cient encouragement was met with, to
hold this year in this city an exhibition
that would be strictly poultry show.
The officers went to work vigorously
to get up tho exhibition. and judging
from the entry book their efforts have
met with success far beyond their most
sanguine expectations.
Fine Display.
The entries up to last night show that
there will be on exhibition this morning,
when the show opens at 10 o'clock. not
less than $50 beautiful fowls. Every
bird displayed will be thoroughbred,
and It is guaranteed that there win be
a single fake exhibit in the large
room.
There will be no "huckster" exhibitors.
and all the birds to compete for premiums
will be owned and put In the show by
breeders only.
Up to last night seventy-eight exhibl-
tors were entered and their fowls placed
on the list and assigned TO coops. mum
bered between six and seven hundred.
Most OF the exhibitors are from Virginia.
Of course: but there are many birds on
hand from North Carolina; not few
from South Carolina, and goodly exhibit
from tennessee.
I'VE will have everything on exhibit
ton." said Manager stansbury. that
wears fine feathers naturally. but mostly
thoroughbred chickens. You may say
that It Is purely chicken show
So far, Dennis Brothers, poultry breed
ers at Binn's Hall, Va, have the largest
exhibit.
This firm had twenty entries at the
State Fair last fall, and walked Off with
a large number OF blue ribbons, taking
in twelve first premiums and four sec
ond premiums
The show will open promptly at 10
o'clock this morning. and will be kept
open daily to II 2. NJ. Until Saturday
night. The awards will be made and
the premiums presented on Wednesday
probably. and all the Judging will be ac-
cordng to the American standard OF per-
lection. No one entry can win in its
class because 1t is the sole representa-
tive OF that class. All ribbon-w winning
birds will be entitled to their honors. the
requirement for first prize being 80 per
cent. perfection: for second prize, IS per
cent.
This promises to be the finest and most
complete poultry exhibition ever made in
Virginia, and 1t is believed 1t will do
much in the way OF increasing the inter-
est in the industry.