Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-10-20
POULTRY EXHIBIT
The Fifty.Fifth Annual Exhibit
AT HagerstOwn Just Closed
MISS 0. E. REMSEN A WINNER
Many OF Her Birds Win Coveted Blue
Ribbons Al Poultry Show Anne
Arundel Has 20 In Competition

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The closing of the Hagerstown Fail
last week, which ended the fifty
fifth annual exhibit of the associa
ton, will be remembred as the eli.
max of one of the greatest and best
poultry shows of the country.
The new building. for poultry ex.
/ hibits erected at a cost of $4,000,
was we'll filled with the finest quality
of all standard varieties of land and
water fowl. The exhibits consisted
of birds that were bred in England,
Belgium, Canada and nearly every
State in the Union.
In the center of the large roultry
building, which is 2I5 feet long and
120 feet wide, was the pond for
water fowl, which included all wild
species of ducks and geese and MANY
rare varieties of large water fowl
imported from distant countries and
but seldom seen under domestication.
Many large display cages of Pea
fowl and other fancy varieties of
rare land fowl were grouped about on
either side of the water pond. The
show was newly cooped with the
most down-to-date wire cages and the
birds could be seen by bright sun
light admitted from the large sky
lights covering more than a third
of the roof.
Many birds that were bred in
England and winners atthe greatest
European Show, The Crystal Pal
ace, London, were in competition at
Hagerstown. In the Single Comb
Black Mionorca Glass there was on
exhibit in all 20 birds, in which
competition Anne Arundel county
took an active interest. Thirteen
Black Minorcas were shown by Miss
O. f. Remsen of her own strain
and bred at the Greenberry Farm
Poultry Yards, North Severn.
Although the competition was ex.
tremely keen, Miss Remsen's birds
captured all but one of the coveted
Blue Ribbons. Her winnings in full
were as follows: First and fourth
cock birds, first and fifth hens, second
cockerel, first and fifth pullets and
first prize breeding yard consisting
of male and four females, also win.
ming the special prize for the best
male bird in the class.
This winning completes final
victory for Miss Remsen's birds for
the past three years, in which she
has won thirteen Blue Ribbns out of
fourteen she competed for. This is
probably winning never equaled by
any exhibitor of one variety in the
same space of time.
The Hagerstown Poultry Show is
well known for its Maryland hospital
ity and every year large banquet
is held during the show rendered by
the Poultry Department to the ex-
hibitors. This year 275 guests were
seated and more than 25 were unable
to gair admittance, which means that
next season the Hamilton will have
to provide more room than their spa.
cius banquet hall which has, until this
season, been adequate.
Maryland has always been consid-
cred very backward in matters of
poultry, but for the past two seasons
she has been coming to the front by
leaps and bounds. She now has two
of the largest poultry shows in the
United States-hagerstown and Bal
timore-one the greatest fall event,
the other which is known in poultry
circles as Model Winter Show. His
refers to the large exhibit in the Fifth
Regiment Armory in Baltimore.
which takes place January 8, 1911.
One more step toward progress
worthy of mention, is the New Or
ganized Branch of the American
Poultry Association for the State of
Maryland and known as the Maryland
State Branch. Most every State of
prominence except Maryland has had
such a branch for years and doing
much good with their institute work
for the industry in the State which
they represent. Several attempts by
different A. P. A. members has been
made to organize such a branch in
this State, but it was finally given up
and looked upon as an impossibiity.
The Maryland State Branch has
been organized by Miss Remsen this
summer with the following officers
now holding office: Mr.. George O..
Brown, Baltimore, Nd, president
Mr.. Robert R. Slocum, Bureau of
Animal Industry, Washington, D.
c., first vice president; Mr.. Jesse B.
Riggs, Baltimore, Nd, second vice.
president; Miss C. E. Remsen, An
naplis, Nd, secretary-treasurer.
Before the Hagerstown Fair the
Maryland Branch had only sixteen
members, now the number is more
than doubled. The Branch will prob
ably hold Poultry Institute in con-
nection with the Baltimore show this