The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-04
POULTRY SHOW
SHOULD be GOOD
Much Interest Manifested by
Fanciers in the Coming
Exhibition.

been bred and some of the old ones
have been improved to an extent that
would attract attention anywhere. Mr..
Green, secretary of the association, has
a new line of black minorcas and Mr..
Ables has brought his white minorcas,
Plymouth Rock and games to state
of perfection that would warrant their
being placed on exhibition in Madison
Square Garden. DR.. High and Walter
Wall have also much to be proud of
in their birds. The yards of Mr.. Ables,
at the corner of Kewalo and Wilder
avenue are within view of the cars and
when his chickens are given the free
dom of the front lot they attract a
great deal of attention from the pas
sengers Mr. Ables is vice president of
the association and a crank on the sub
iect of white chickens. He has pen
of white Plymouth Rocks pretty enough
to be kept in a room and his games
are very probably the best in the Ter
ritory.
Owing to other business commanding
the attention of E. C. Brown, president
of the association, most Of the work
connected with the exhibition this year
has fallen upon J. J. Greene, the secre
tary, and Mr.. Ables, and they have as
surances of a larger number of birds
60 ho no Tnlno
Andrews of Fresno will arrive from
the Coast on the Lurline and this year
he will score by the card rather than
by comparison, plan that does not
meet with the approval of all the fan
clers. In speaking of poultry shows,
in his yards the other day, Mr.. Ables
remarked that there seems to be an
impression here that they were gotten
up mainly for the purpose of enabling
growers to sell their eggs and chickens.
GAS a business there is little or moth
| ing in it for the man who breeds fancy
| BIRDS he said. 81 have put great
deal more in my yard during the past
| year than I will get out of it in two
| but [ seem to have fad that won It
work off and I am constantly trying
to better the breeds of birds [ have.
This is the case with other fanciers
and we hope to encourage others to
discard theirlscrub hens and raise some
thing better. | cannot see the logic
of raising three pound chicke.s when
it does not cost any more to raise
them to weigh ten. 1t is all in the
breeding and the care given the birds
when they are young; they can be fed
for weight and fed for eggs, and 1 would
rather have cockerel on the table al
eight pounds than one that required g
magnifying glass to find the meat or
him.
"We faneiers believe there is mo-
japanese in the country who would
not grow better breeds than he doe
now if he was assured that the ex
pense was not greater. The same will
the Chinese, and I mention the peopl
of these races because they sell lot
of chickens in Honolulu.
Mr. Ables weighed, with a good dea
of pride, white Plymouth Rock rooste
that tipped the scales at ten pound
J and three others each weighing nine
His game birds are also very heav
and are considered among the best util
ity birds raised because they are meat
and good layers. His pens are keI
in splendid condition and free fro1
/. the odor usually found in cheke
houses His houses and birds show til
result of care.
Entries for the poultry show close Q
Wednesday of this week, when tt
"pick of the flock both in poult1
and pigeons, will have had every a
\ tention necessary to make their fir
! meeting with the judge an agreeab
I one-and perhaps memorable for prz
! won. All will be in the pink of co
I dfton as to health, weight, core
| shane and color--as described by II
| American Standard of Perfection. TIL
] book enables the breeder to make car
( full selections for show purposes, al
names the disqualification that som
! times put an otherwise fine specim
\ out of the race; thus saving the own
| the disappointment of getting no SEQ
| on his bird.
| To exhibit a good bird in the COZ
! pany of other good specimens is t
only way to ascertain its strong
I weak points, and shows the owner h
he can improve his matings for he
season S breeding, or perhaps his sci,
! ton of birds to exhibit.
- With this striving for birds of idt
Il shape and color comes an ample SUPP
u of stock to furnish eggs and meat
the home table,
Among those entering birds in I
coming show are many new exhibito
~ and some of the old standby exhibits
promise larger entries this year; h;
ing made friends and sales throu
their display at last years exhibit