The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1911-12-19
BULL L[GhORNS
ARE HIGH CLASS
Birds in That Class Far Ahead
' "a
Of California.
CHILDREN LEARN THE GAME AND
UNDERSTAND JUDGING.
Judge Collier Impressed by Poultry
Lore Impaired in Twin Falls
County.

Harry H. Collier, the Tacoma poul-
try judge, passed through this city
yesterday from Bull, where he judged
the Twin Falls county poultry show.
Speaking of the show, Mr.. Collier said:
THE Twin Falls show was not SO
large as it was two years ago, when |
Judged there, but the quality of the ex-
hibit showed great Improvement. |
have been out this trip since Novem-
Der 81 having placed the awards at
Oakland, Cal, that week. California
has fine lot of birds, and ! was very
much impressed with the great display
of Orpingtons, especially the whites.
White Orpington fowls have been the
fad for the last two or three years, and
that fowl is now getting SO that it will
bread true to type. / do not believe
that / ever saw better display OF
White Orpingtons that | saw at Oak
land, or a finer lot of Black Orping-
tons than those / saw at Petaluma,
Cal. where I judged last week. | was
much disappointed in the Leghorns
that I saw in California. One is led to
believe that Petaluma is the home of
the Leghorn fowl and he naturally eX-
poets a great display when he gets to
Petaluma, the greatest poultry center
in America I tell you about the Cali
fornia show, so that / can make bet
ter comparison between the fowls of
that country and those have seen in
Idaho
cat Bull the Leghorn display, both
in Whites and Bluffs, could have de-
feated the California birds of that va
riety and not half tried. In fact,
have not seen better exhibit of Buff
Leghorns anywhere this season than
saw at Bull.
GAS l said when here Judging your
fall fair in October, you have splen-
did climate for developing the colored
fowls. You are extra strong in the pro-
duction of rich colors The buff fowl
is one of the prettiest that we have.
When we'll bred to solid color, the Buff
Leghorn is one of the prettiest OF all
fowls. There seems to be something
in the Idaho climate that tends to
heighten the color of fowls.
There was one thing that impressed
me very much in Bull, and that was
the great interest taken in the poultry
show by the school children. | was
invited to address the children in the
school on poultry l hardly know what
to say when called on to talk to chill
dren. AS rule a chicken is simply
a chicken to the average youngster,
but I found things different in Bull.
Professor ]. NJ Markell, principal of the
school, is live wire. He is man that
believes in giving the children some
thing to think of that can be found
outside of books. He knew that there
was to be poultry show in Bull, and
he was not long in letting the chill
dren know all about poultry. He had
told them what great industry that
show represented. He had impressed
on the children's mind that there was
as much difference in fowls as there
was in human beings. He had told
them that at the coming show the very
best of the country would be on ex-
hibition. When | commenced to speak
/ was afraid the children would not
understand the technical terms Of
poultry, but l soon found that | had a
splendid audience in front of men and
q lot of intelligent, attentive listeners.
l-The professor did not end with my talk,
but he brought all of the children to
the exhibit and had me show them just
how birds were judged. Both the boys
and girls proved apt pupils, and the
interest that they exhibited was re-
markble.
Mr.. Collier goes from here to Pom
eroy, Wash, where he judges next
week. He comes back either to Je-
rome or Wendell some time in jan
uary. Jerome and Wendell, it is said,
will hold one show instead of two this
season, both associations being con-
solidated and big show given at one
town or the other.-Statesman