Arizona republican., 1910-11-10
ARISTOCRATS 0F THE
 BARAYARD AT FAIR MANY FINE PENS OF FLOODED
 POULTRY SHOWN. Judge Has Highest Praise for the De- partment as Whioe and Of Some
 Birds in Particular.

Judging in the poultry department of the territorial fair was completed Tues day afternoon The judge this year was J. W. Whitney. who left last night for his home in Upland, California. Mir. Whitney stated before his departure that. on the whole. the poultry exhibit is very good. While it is not as large as last years exhibit, the average quality of the birds is, if anything, a little higher
 It is not possible to mention and de- scribe each bird, or even each pen of birds, in newspaper article, but MT. Whitney yesterday afternoon pointed out to The Republican several special features which he thought deserve special notice
 Barred Plymouth Rocks occupy the premier place this year The exhibit of Barred Rocks is larger than of any other breed and MT. Whitney was more enthusiastic in his praise of the six pens of this hardy fowl than of any of the others.
 They would grace any show," he as- serted. T consider this exhibit of Barred Rocks one of the finest I have ever seen.''
 Several of the pens are imported from California, but the. Salt river valley is we'll represented w. C.. Hedgpeth of this city captured a sweepstakes prize with a bullet which was adjudged the most typical fowl of any of the American class breeds on exhibition. A cock belonging to Fred Espe of Los Angeles was given a prize flN- H. the American class
 Next in importance, according to size and merit of the exhibit, come the Silver Wyandottes.
 Tn the ten years 1 have been judg- ing poultry shows I have never han died finer lot of Silver Wyandottes." said MT. Whitney. He stated that one local poultryman narrowly missed talk ing several prizes by not putting three pairs of his birds together in the right way
 cock belonging to E. s. DePass of Phoenix took first prize for the White Plymouth Rock breed. MT. Whitney had high praise for the White Plymouth Rock males, but the females, he said, are only fair.
 There is a fairly large exhibit Of White Wyandottes. The hen which took first prize would be hard to beat, were she in better feather. asserted the judge
 The biggest exhibit, after the Barred Rocks and Silver wyandottes. is of Rhode Island Reds. As in the White Rocks. the males are of very high quality. while the females are fair. A cock of J. H. Langston took the first prize. Several of the cockereds are richly colored and very desirable birds
 MT. Whitney explained that in judg- ing the White Leghorns he was unable to do them all full justice. owing to the fact that nearly all of them are in poor feather. Were the fowls feathered out better the positions might in many cases be reversed" said the judge.
 There are many more White Leg horns than at the last fair. Altogether there are six pens in which there are fifty-two different birds.
 Only few Buff Leghorns are on ex- hibition, but there is a fair representa- ton of Brown Leghorns The bullet | which took first prize would be perfect | were the comb and ear lobes a little better
 The Blue Andalusians. Black and | White Minorcas are represented by few fine birds. The bantam exhibit is small, but the game bantams, buff. white and cochin bantams are of high quality.
 There is one pen of Anconas and an other of Lakenvelders, Dutch breed imported from Holland to America These Lakenvelders were brought all the way from New Hamp- shire by F. R. Sanders, who also brought some fine cattle to the fair
 Some of the classiest birds in the en-