The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-09
POULTRY SHOW
! TO OPEN TO-DAY
Ono Thousand Birds Are in
the Coops and More Are
Coming.
SEVERAL SPECIAL PRIZES
OFFERED BY EASTERNERS
Most of Out-of-TOwn Exhibitors
Have Accompanied Their
Birds to the Exhibition.

Followed by dozen members OF the
man State Poultry association. Jack
1obnson." a bic black Langshan rooster.
sscaped from The show room. 49-ol Rich
ards street Sunday afternoon. and go;
as far as the foot of the Brigham Young
mopument on Main and South Tenn
ME streets before being captured by
small boy The bird was about To he
usced on the scales at tho show room
wien he crowed Justify and got away.
Cooping and weighing OF birds for dis
nlny al the twenty third annual poultry
show which opens this morning. took up
. lie time of a large force of eXhioliors
and assistants Sunday. Nearly 1000 birds
ire In the coops About 500 more VIII
arriyc today, ii is expected.
Many Varieties Arrive,
aHavaths" and "Minnehsha." Indian
Runner ducks, arrived from the Meadow
brpok farm at Murray. Sunday As these
birds were brought into the show vel
como was cackied and crowcd to them
In hundreds of hens and roosters OF all
Varieties These ducks are said to be
of a wonderful laying variety. Their
eggs, IL is said Will weigh thirty seven
ounces to the dozen.
There is big showing OF White
Wyando,ies on hand for the show, as
6eIl as many coops OF Barred Plymouth
Rocks. Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds.
White Orpingtons. Single Comb Rhode
bland Reds Partridge Wyandottes. Buff
iangshans pheasants, turkeys, ducks.
geese and pigeons.
Judging Commences Early.
r The Judging OF the birds will commence
at o'clock this morning. u. T. Helm
Heb OF Jacksonville, H., arrived from the
Denver poultry show Sunday TO take
charge OF this work,
The Judging viii be guided by the
.Ameriran standard OF perfection. All
disputes arising will be settled by the
.psecutive committee composed Of i NJ.
Adams. l.. G. Duncan, C. j. Sander. Hugh
". Smith. A. r. Noseler and L. H. Cart
wright.
Birds competing as pen will also
.compete as single birds: the best male
|gnd four best females shall constitute the
best pen. The highest scoring pen in
.each variety shall be awarded first pre-
.'Dfum. Ducks geese and turkeys will be
Judged singly and in pairs. Bsntams will
Ne barred from competition In all specials
md sweepstakc classes. AS soon as the
BIRDS are cooped. exhibitors are allowed
10 display advertising matter, and many
'signs and placards were put up Sunday,
A Special Prizes offered.
4 The Rhode Island Red club of Ameri-
.lhc best display OF Single Comb Rhode
Island Reds entered by member of the
Rhode Island club of America who Is a
resident OF Utah. and whose 1911 mem
'bership has been paid. The American
Poultry association offers annually one
Grand prize silver medal 10 all local as
.soca,ions who arc members Of the
american Poultry association for the best
.cockerel in the American, Asiatic, Med
.ltcrranean and English classes: also di
.pomas for the best male under | year
Old in all standard varieties. The Utah
Stete Poultry association Is member
'of the American Poultry association. The
prizes offered at the exhibition this year
amount to over $500, a number Of beau
iiful silver cups arc among the premiums.
Small Admission.
Most OF the out -of-town exhibitors have
accompanied their birds 10 the show. All
.sentions OF Utah and adjoining states are
represented.
The price OF admission Will be cents
Tor children and 10 cents for adults, The
show Will run the entire week and vii
. pc open nights.