The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-03
BIG SHOW IS OPEN.
Blue Ribbon Awards Have AL
ready Been Made.
Twenty Two Hundred Feathered
AristOcrats on Show.
TOPEKA MAN AT HEAD.
G. III. Binger Is the Top Notch
Exhibitor.
Auditorium in Holiday Garb For
the Visitors.
MAN AT HEAD.

The Topeka Poultry show is now in
full swing. A few persons braved the
cold yesterday to inspect the birds of
quality" but the formal opening of
the big shows did not take place un-
til today.
The 1900 birds of feather are pro-
vided with single wire coops of uni
form size, the fowls being separated
| by a thin wall of canvas. The war
notes on the other side of the parti-
ton come as challenge for conflict
| in the case of the "scrappy'' roosters,
and especially in the Barred Plymouth
Rock class have duels been fought
through loop holes picked by the con-
testants through the canvas
The folks" of the chicken tribe are
noisy lot and the visitors are asking
about that photograph the president
of the association, ]. w. F. Hughes,
claimed to have ordered to put a
quietus on Growing and cackling of
the birds
Henry Steimesch of ST Louis, presi-
dent of the Silver Wyandotte club of
America, says that without doubt the
display in this class is the finest ever
seen in the world. The Silver Wyan-
dotte is a product of America and in
Kansas it is especially popular. There
are 40 of these birds in the show.
The Barred Plymouth Rocks are the
best represented of any other class in
the show the entries numbering 245,
! S. It. Divini of ST. Joseph, who is the
| largest out-of-toWn exhibitor, alone
| having half hundred birds entered in
| the class.
| Fads and Fancies of Poulnydom.
The poultry business has its fads
and fancies. At the present time
Rhode Island Reds are all the rage,
and there are some birds of quality at
the show Lester Tompkins of Con-
cord, Mass. who is considered the
| h
matters pertaining to Chester Reds, is
acting as judge. B. H. Scranton of
Rising Sun, Ind, is one of the big
exhibitors in the class, as is John Vel
ton of Oneida, n. Y. who is on the
spot with IL birds.
| The heaviest exhibitor in the whole
show is G. H. Binger of Topeka, who
| is the leading winner in Buff Orpiug
tons, and is considered the most sue
| ceSsful breeder of this class of birds
in the west. He has 6S Buff Orping-
tons in the show. aside from entries
| in other breeds.
! There are some actual blue blooGed
specimens of the chicken tribe in the
rear of the hall They are a curios-
| ity merely and are not kept by chick
en- men who sell flesh and eggs.
! This particular exhibit consisting of
! two hens whose skin is black and
whose blood is of a dark color was
entered by G. H. Binger Instead of
having feathers these birds are COW
cred with a fine down.
| One of the special features of the
show is the display by Ernest Keller
strass of Kansas City. Mo, of four
daughters and a grandson of the ia
nous $4,000 White Orprington hen.
Peggy Eggs from these hens
have been selling at $40 each.
Then there are a couple of barred
| Plymouth Rock roosters that have
been trained to mother chicks. They
can be seen at the show tenderly car
| ing for large broods of downy newly
| Matched members of the fowl family.
| The bird with two tails is also attract
| ing attention.
| Ernest Kellerstrass also has an in
+, teresting exhibit of Buff Orpingtons.
| The barred Plymouth Rock roosters
| caring for large broods of chicks and
| the two tailed chicken continue to at
! tract attention.
The Auditorium has been elaborate
ly decorated. A large bell appropriate
to the season is suspended from the
| ceiling in the center of the hall, and
from it stretch in all directions
chains of evergreens and strings OF
colored electric lights bulbs.
Many Outsiders Here.
There are a great many people pres
ent from other states aside from the