Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-02

not sound very well togeJner, yet
when it is remembered that country
produce means chickens and eggs
the two cannot be very well sepa-
rated, especially in view of the fact
that Nashville and the surrounding
territory stand up around the top in
both lines.
In the thoroughbred line, what
some call fancy stock, Nashville has
made wonderful strides in the past
few years, but those who have kept
up with what is going on believe
that even greater progress will be
made within the next four or five
years.
Mr.. Theo. Hewes, editor of the In
land Poultry Journal, member of
the Executive Board of the Ameri
can Poultry Association, and one of
the leading judges of poultry in
America, after visit to Nashville
and Tennessee, said that this section
was destined, he believed, to be the
leading thoroughbred poultry centre
of the Uuited Statesmen one of the
leaders but the leader. He said he
had not known before visiting here
lust the character of the products
raised and the climate of this section
but that both were so well adapted
to poultry culture, that Tennessee
could. and would naturally take the
lead.
There has really been a wonderful
increase in interest in the thorough
bred stock within. the past few years,
more particularly within the past 2
years. or since the big State Poultry
Show held at the HippOdrome eigh-
teen months ago. The State Fair
Show very greatly increased the in
terest. and finally resulted in the
Nashville show bringing together
one of the best exhibits of chickens
ever seen in America and easily the
best the South has ever had. There
are only three or four of the larger
cities in the country that have had
better exhibits. The collection was
not only a large one, but the class of
birds shown was extraordinary.
Birds that had easily taken firsts and
seconds at smaller shows were doing
well to get fourth and fifth place at
the Nashville show.
Great credit is given Mr.. John A.
Murkin, Jr., in working up all three
of these shows. The paper Mr.,
Murkin publishes, the Southern
Poultry Magazine, is also largely
responsible for working and keeping
up interest in poultry.
PRODUCE BUSINESS.
What has been done in the thor
oughbred line is directly reflected in
the produce business. Men who have
bought and sold chickens and eggs
for years state that they now get
much better class of chickens than
the formerly did. They still get
scrub stock mostly, but the good
breeds have become so numerous
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with the common stock increased
the general size and quality Of chick
ems. The poultrymen also get a
great deal Of stock, having many of
the appearances Of thoroughbreds,
to be killed or shipped away at so
much per pound.
The next show is already booked.
and it will be held by the Tennessee
State Fair. 1t has not yet been ar
ranged in detail, but all indications
are that it will be one of the best, if
not the best, poultry show ever held
in the South. 1t was a tremendous
success last fall, but preliminary
preparations this year are even on a
larger scale.
The increased interest in the thor
oughbredsIhas been shown by the
acknowledgements that have follow
ed. There were three or four years
ago only about.a half dozen really
large poultry yards operated in
Nashville. and probably about TWEEN
ty-five smaller plants. There are
now a dozen or more big establish
ments and seventy-five or one hun
bred smaller establishments. This
takes into account only those who
are engaged in the business for both
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