Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-01-26
HEPPNER FOWLS
CAPTURE PRIZES
Birds From Local Pens Do
Well at Great Walla
Walla Show.

u The poultry show helu last week a
9 Walla Walla was grand success, con
q sidered from the standpoint of numbe
3 and quality of the exhibits. Abou
0 twelve hundred entries were made anC
z these consisted mainly OF successful
: prize winners from shows held earlier in
: the season. In fact, this was the place
where the successful exhibitors from all
r parts of the Pacific Northwest met fol
final contest which brought out dis
play seldom equalled.
The new system of cooping recently
adopted by the Walla Walla Valley
Poultry Association, was pronounced
by those who have attended the other
poultry fairs as being the best ever in
stalled on the Pacific Coast, both in
point Of displaying the feathered beau
ties and for convenience in feeding and
handling.
The scoring being done by Judges
Elmer Dixon of Oregon City, and H. Fl.
Collier, of Tacoma, gave assurance that
all exhibits would get a fair and unbiased
decision and the association was fortu-
nate in securing the services of these
men.
The officers were kept busy looking
after the interests of exhibitors, and
seeing that arrangements we're carried
out in Systematic order. No pains were
spared to make visiting exhibitors feel
at home and special efforts were made
to give them a royal good time, members
of the Walla Walla Commercial Club
assisting in extending these courtesies.
To the efforts of these latter gentlemen
is also due much of the success of the
show, as they are wide awake to any
thing that will be for the best interests
Of their city.
The largest exhibits were in the
Barred Rock class, there being over one
hun1red of these entered Next in evil !
dence were the White Wyandottes, fol-
lowed closely by Rhode Island Reds,
Notified Anconas, Buff and White Rocks,
MI orcas and Leghorns. Good exhibits
were also made OF many other varieties
too numerous to mention.
The turkey display was good, show
ing some of the largest specimens ever
raised on the Pacific Coast, these being
of the mammoth bronze variety and
handsome birds in size, shape and color.
Indian Runner and Pekin ducks made a
good display and were pronounced by
experts as among the finest in the
United States. Geese were neglected,
the exhibit consisting of one pair Of EN-
den and one lone domesticated wild
goose. A fine lot of guineas were placed
near the entrance and were the first to
welcome the visitor with their peculiar
,all. A large coop OF domesticated Chi
1ese Pheasants attracted much atten- s
ion. .
Lack Of space and time prevents Civ I
ng the names of the numerous exhibit.
'rs, although many we're worthy Of
peciaI mention.
The good effects Of the many poultry
hows held in different parts of the
ountry are shown by the improved class I
t poultry seen in the barn lots Of the =
armers as we'll as in the yards of the S
reeders of fancv stock. The mongrels p
0 commonly met in the past are rapid 7
' giving place to better grades of poul- b
ry, bred for both utility and beauty. 1
/ costs no more to raise a good fowl
han scrubby mongrel and their value e
s egg and meat producers are much g
improved by good breeding. :,
Morrow County was represented at f
his show by pen from the Barred a
lymouth Rocks OF D. c. Gurdane =
White Plymouth Rocks from W. P. Il
I'LL, and Rhode Island Reds from the a
rilliant Poultry yards Of L. w. Briggs. b
hese birds were at disadvantage in p
eing sidetracked at Pendleton on Il
cry cold night and reaching their desti. =
alton IN bad condition and after the b
how was in progress, no time being Z