The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-01-15
HONOLULU EGG LAYERS
DO THEMSELVES PROUD

clucking or cooling at the poultry show,
now in full feather in the new National
Guard rifle gallery, on Miller street.
The exhibition is a good one, probably
the best so far held in the Islands, both
in the number of fine birds in the ccops
and the quality shown in the different
classes. In addition to the fine display
of poultry, there are some excellent gov
eminent exhibitions, one from the Fed
eral Experiment Station, another from
the Board of Agriculture and Forestry,
while some good commercial exhibits
help out in making the exhibition one
decidedly worth visiting
Probably the variety of hen best rep
resented in the show is the white Ply.
mouth Rock, although the Orpingtons,
Leghorns, Wyandottes and Rhode Is
lands include a number of fine birds.
The Rhode Island whites, exhibited by
j. johnson and Jason Andrade, attract.
ed good share of attention, being
birds new in Honolulu. C. NJ. Cooke
Jr. took lion s share of the barred
rock ribbons, while l.. G.. Ables, DR.. c.
b. High, John Cullen, Frank Santos, r.
@. Brown, Mrs. s. l. Shaw and j. }.
Greene figure prominently in the list
of winning exhibitors.
of CHECKERS, the exhibition contains a
number of birds of the unusual types.
A couple of the eoops hold Frizzles,
fowls that have had their feathers
stuck in backwards; next to these is
a Silky, proud looking little white
cock with long hair-or what looks like
hair. There are several magnificent
black Minorca cocks, running to white
giils and red combs and stepping high
in their limited quarters, while with
them are the demure hens of the
harems, their combs pulled veil-like and
modestly over their faces. The white
crested black Polish egg-layers sport
Paderewski top'knots, looking like
sports in contrast to. the domesticated
Orpingtons in the adjoining sections
The pigeon display attracts a great
deal of attention and is generally first
class in respect to the quality of the
entries, there being a score of breeds,
from the sleek carriers to the beruffed
Jacobins and the swollen pouters.
Agricultural Exhibits.
eral Experiment Station are large
number of interesting things. The cen.
trail display is made up of cotton, tobac-
cellent idea of the quality of the prod
uct that can be grown here. Three
kinds are shown-sea island, Chinese
upland and caravonica-the first being
decidedly the superior of the other two.
A sample of this cotton was recently
forwarded to the cotton experts at
Washington, who pronounce it the finest
ever sent to them for examination.
With the cotton is shown miniature
gin.
Bales of rice hay and rice straw are
shown and it is the hope of DR.. Wilcox
to be able to call the attention of the
cavalry forage buyers to these. The
hay is stated to be equal to the best
wheat hay, while the straw is of good
quality. If market can be found for
this latter it VIII be big help to the
rice planters, who now burn it up to
get rid of it around their fields.
The honey industry is well repre-
scented, hive of busy bees being part
of the exhibit, beside the hive being
Buff Wyandotte Cockerel-B. F.
Beardmore. / and 2.
Buff Wyandotte Pullet-B. F. Beard
more.
Buff wyardotte Fen-B. F. Beard
more.
Partridge Wyandotte PEN. j.
Greene.
house built of wax. the idea of E.
c. Smith and B. 7. Fullaway, of the
station.
The Bureau of Agriculture and For
estry is represented by display from
each of the departments. That of the
chronological department is being
studied over carefully by visitors, who
appear to have desire to become ac-
quainted with both the friendly and
harmful insects of Hawaii. AS rule
judging from the pinned-up specimens
the more useful the bug the homlier
he is.
The forestry department shows a
number of forest reserve maps and q
number of growing plants from their
nursery. The animal industry depart
ment has collection of pathological
specimens, quite as bad as they look
The Pacific Guano Fertilizer com
pany has group of marine birds and
and exhibition of the various brands
of growth promoters bagged in Kalihi
Judge G.. R. Andrews Pleased.
George r. Andrews, of Fresno, who
is here to judge the exhibited birds
has expressed his pleasure at finding
the, show so well housed and with SC
many good birds. He went over the
coops yesterday and ticketed the win
ners,, his work being done thoroughly
in spite of the limited time allowed
him..
Features of the Program.
The exhibition will be open every
morning and afternoon and every
evening until nine o'clock for the rest
of the week.
This evening, at half past seven
O'Clock, Professor B. E. Porter, of the
College of Hawaii, will deliver lee
ture on "Selection of Poultry" dem
onstrating his points with live speci
mems, and will also give some prac
teal points for success in the handling
OF poultry, illustrating his talk witt
lantern slides. On Friday, at the
same hour, he will give another prac
teal talk on poultry keeping in Ha
wall, illustrating this also with Lantern
slides.
The Prize winners.