Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-15
WEDNESDAY PROVED
BANNER DAY At BIG
POULTRY EXHIBIT
5000 People Paid a Dime to
See Wonderful Display OF
1000 of Worlds Best Birds.
Crowds Until Late at Night


The fourth day OF the Southern I'M
ternational Poultry show opened Thurs
day with practically ali or the awards.
tagged upon the display coops OF the
winning birds. With the premium tas
is usually the card of the owner OF the
prize fowls.
Accordingly for the first time since
the opening of the big show visitors
are able to tell all about the birds which
they admire. Before the. awards were
placed, cards and all advertising mats
ter were ''tabooed," the only thing ali
lowed on the cage or, coop being tts
show number. This number told the
name of the birds owner only to the Of (
hcials of the show, and visitors could
only speculate on the ownership and
show history of the birds they ada
mired-
Wednesday the judging was completed
with the exception of the announces
ments of the special prizes and the
awards In the children's department, ana
the exhibitors fastened to the coops I'd
proudly affix the cards denoting owner
ship.
ATLANTA AwAKENs.
Wednesday proved q banner day al
the south's greatest poultry show and
approximately 5000 people visited the
auditorium to admire the display of 400o
OF the worlds best birds. The crowd
arrived early Wednesday and throughout
the day and well into the night the aus
ditorium was filled with a constantly
changing crowd of fanciers.
Apparently Atlanta has at last awaken.
ed to the stupendous Importance to the
city OF show OF the magnitude of the
Southern International, and its citizens
are paying the 10 cents admission fed
and fiocking to the auditorium.
The remarkable beauty OF the scene
1000 handhome fowls OF every knows
color. gathered in a building bAautiful<
ly decorated. and In almost perfect orr
der. has probably been the shows
greatest advertisement, as 1t is practi.
cally impossible that every visitor should
not be impressed with the wonder and
beauty Of the scene.
SHOW AT ITS BHsT.
The show Is now at its best The con-
fusion attending the rival Of nav birds.
which marked the first and a part Of
the second day. has gone. The birds
are all in their coops. Idly posing for
the benefit Of the visitors.
The management is now in better shape
to handle great crowds than it has ever
been. and II confidently expects thousands
of visitors on Thursday, Friday and sat
urday. A handsomely bound Catalogues
OF the show has been prepared and copies
can be received at the Southern Fancier's
booth at the entrance of the show. These
catalogues show every bird in the exhibif
by coop numbers, and by It the fowls
can be easily identified, even II they
have no display cards or premiums at.
tached to the coops.
FINE EGGS DISPLAYED.
The commercial poultry exhibit n.
c. Pierce. of Philadelphia, government
expert. is one Of the attractive features
of the show. In this exhibit is displayed
feeding battery" the recently invent
ed type OF coop, which, government
tests show increase the weight OF a fowl
from 40 to 80 per cent in few weeks
Graded eggs are also shown In this dis
play. In addition. Mr.. Pierce, who is gen.
orally to be found by the display which
Is at one corner Of the bi gauditorium
stage, continually demonstrates methods I,
OF judging eggs. This Is done by handling
the egg under very strong light.
Mr.. Pierce was named Judge OF the egg
display at the show and has awarded
the following premiums: Theo A. Brown.
Decatur, Ga, first and second Barred
Rock eggs, first and second Indian Run
ner duck eggs. and first display; Mrs.
p. T. Galloway, first and second Rhode
Island Red eggs and second display of
eggs.
BEAUTIFUL EXHIBITS.
Great interest is being displayed BY
visitors at the show, especially in the
popular variety exhibits The Buff Rock
prize winners Of o. r. McAulay, OF
Rockingham. N. c., and the jeffrey &
Hervey exhibit from Raleigh, N. c., have
both been loudly praised by judges and
fanciers alike
At ali hours many fanciers are to be
found around the coops the Partridge
wyandottes Of Pope M. Long. of Car
dova, Ala. Mr.. Long is one of the big win
ners of the show. The White Wyandottes,
of Mrs. F. Morris, of Atlanta, have in
terested thousands.
MANY REDS"
One Of the biggest displays at the
show is made by the exhibit OF Rhods
Island Reds, both single and rose comb,
from the farm OF r. H. Plant, OF Ma
con. These fowls have won many pre-
miums from the very best birds OF their
variety in the world.
OF the small exhibits, first premium
White Orpington puIlet, owned by Mrs
J. D. Stewart, OF "Orpingtonia," Uni
versity Campus, Athens. has attracted
especial attention on account Of the re-
markable beauty Of the bird. which prom
ises to win premiums at many shows.
THE INSTITUTE"
The stereopticon lecture Wednesday
evening given by H. c. Pierce at the
poultry institute near the entrance of
the auditorium, was again packed by a
large audience Of interested fanciers. E.
N Hopins, OF Arkansas. one of the or
ganizers OF the school poultry clubs in
the southwest, will lecture at s o'clock
Thursday evening at the institute on
Poultry and the School" At the after
noon session several of the judges of the
show will talk on their different
branches. Friday evening Mr.. Pierce will
give one Of the strongest lectures OF the
course, his topic being the marketing Of
drawn and undrawp. fowls. Mr.. Pierce, in
tn government service, has been an ex-
haustive investigator " the different
methods of packing and marketing fowls
and his lecture is expected to be rev.
eIation OF southern dealers.
Owing to the illness Of an expected
official, the show management was
forced TO call in the services of ]. j.
Wingert, of Charlottesville, Ind,
Judge Of ducks. Mr.. Wingert Is said
to be the largest breeder of ducks in
the world, and had a large and hand
some exhibit at the show.
He was prevailed upon to act as Judge.
and, despite the fact that he was an
exhibitor, there was no kick" from tho
other breeders, who recognized his fair
he Fow ~ "a