The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-08-25
POULTRY EXHIBIT
SPECIAL ATTRACTION
DURING THE FAIR
THOROUGHBRED FOWLS HAVE
CROWDED OUT THE
MONGREL.
SPECIAL PRIZES ARE VALUABLE
Superintendent Puryear Sending Qua
Catalogues and Entry Blanks, and
Is Getting Much Encouragement
From Exhibitors.

10 SSstlhS "uS1 encouragement
From Exhibitors.
The particular interest and impor
tance of poultry raising as a commer
cial industry during the past few
years has attracted the attention of
the produce and poultry dealers, aS
a matter of course, but what has
been more vital to the uplifting of the
industry is the maner in which il has
ELECTED the attention of the farmer,
and in many instances the speciality
man, the individual who looked to
poultry raising as an avocation.
Time was when the mongrel was
the king of the barn yard flock, but
the thoroughbred has pushed it into
| the background within the last lew
years not only with the speciality man
but with the farmer and the house
wife who are engaged in poultry rails.
ing to supply their own table with
eggs and fowls.
Superintendent Puryear is sending
out the following letter to prospective
exhibitors:
The Maury County Fair Association
offers at its annual fair this season,
September to 8 inclusive, the most
liberal premiums in the poultry de-
partment of any county fair in tho
State and in many respects the prem!
iums are equal to the State Fair. We
have splendid poultry building for
the show and will have compel emit
Judge to place the awards.
| Over 5000 is offered in regular
premiums and in addition $50 is of.
fered in specials. Maury county is q
splendid place to sell your stock SO
come and bring your birds with you
and we will help you to sell your sur
plus stock
We are mailing you under separate
cover today catalog and entry blanks.
You will notice that our entry fees
are the smallest of any fair in the
State and our premiums the most
liberal. We are using every effort to
promote the poultry industry anil ask
you to give us your aid by sending a
nice string of birds. Our fair is held
two weeks before the State Fair al
Nashville, and your birds will be re-.
turned home and get a full weeks
rest between dates.
We are going to have Big Show"
Come and bring your birds with you.
The premiums to which the Super
intendent refers will be found in the
catalog.
The Columbia Produce Company OF.
fers special prizes of about s25 for
eggs and poultry. Other special
prizes of like amount have been of
fered by other fanciers.
A special by the Columbia Produce
Company is worthy of mention, and
that is the prize for dressed fowls,
and for the best dressed spring chick
en-, the birds to be shown alive by the
exhibitor at the opening of the fair,
and dressed upon the grounds by an
expert furnished by the produce COM
pany. No entry fee in these classes.
1t is the intention of these prizes to
encourage the breeding of better
poultry for market and to this end
all birds entered must be pure bred,
although no attention will be paid to
feather coloring, as the birds will be
judged after they are dressed. 1t is
desirable that birds for this competi-
tion should be over four pounds in
weight, smooth legged, and as b]ocky
as possible In case of tie between
white and yellow skinned bird, the
yellow skinned bird will be given the
preference. Birds must be shown in
individual coops, furnished by exhibit
tors The fowls will be dressed at
II o'clock Friday morning and sold
to the highest bidder. The money re-
ceived to be returned to the exhibit
tor.