The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-12-15
.PRnEs AMAZED
1T POULTRY SHOW
interesting Exhibition Of Blds,
frnlls and Agricultural -
Products,

tional Guard rae gallery where % Ia,
vaiian Poultry Association oponod Il.
sizth annual poultry show. or, ~ least
Il would have been If 4 had pot been
for the fact that what the duck said
was drowned cut By the chorus. Of
barnyard eonycTsation carried on By
tho three or fpar hundred, chickens.
turkeys, geese, pigeonn, phessNnts aud
other fowls who made up the. big
teathsT family on parade foF, -, tho 70
.maipder Of the week before the admit
!. ing, eyes Of the Honolulu public,
1t was not q big crowd that visited
the show yesterday, out 1t WA an in
terested, one, and the remainder of the
week is expected to bring out q large
attendance, particularly in the oven.
'ings. Tbe judging has all been done,
so that the visitor can see alta glance
just the quality of bird he ia confront
ed with in the long rows Of compart-
ments with their wire fFonts,ss
-z'sWo haven't as many entries this
year aa usual, said President Ray
mond G. Brown, Of the association, yes
terday. "But the quality of the, bIrdB
sonl exhibition is way ahead Of anything
we ever showed before. And. while q
larger entry list would have been &C
ceptable, we are more than .gratifed- at
the excellence of the display
Poultry was not the only attraction
/ at the show yesterday. Visitors were
surprised to see the wide range of
agricultural and horticultural interests
1 catered to in the concessions that form
mo mean portion of the exhibition
There are displays by the territorial
board of agriculture and the federal
I'experimeut station, together with a
number of business housesas.s
+ The Hawaiian Hibiscus Society has
a unique exhibit of tho varieties of
this flower grown here, nearly two thun-
= dred being shown. This is 0nay.a hand
ful, however, compared with the mum
Der the federal authorities expect to
evolve by seleetive breeding processes,
the number already obtained reaching
wen up to the 10000 mark. .,e-s
In the display Of fruits byethe fed
eraI experiment station are some teuor-
nous papayas, some of them weighing
nearly ten pounds, and measuring near
lily twenty inches long and eight inches
,wide. These huge fruits are grown
, by selection, some much larger than
/ those on exhibition having been OBJ
tanned. .s's =;
The processes of seleetive breeding,
through seeds, marching ana budding,
D are demonstrated by plants and trees
: through which the various stages can
!. be traced. There are many samples Of
. citrus fruits of good qualities, incLad-
ting frmes, lemons, oranges, and svo1
l.. cadoB. f'f.' "a -.
The members Of tho station stan who
are in charge of the exhibition are E.
Nv. Wilcox, special agent in charge, j.
Z. Higgins, horticulturist; @. X. Me-
Ciellan, in charge Of rice investiga-
chemists; David IT. Fullaway, ento-
mologist; Alice R. Thompson, assistant
chemist; Chester j. HUM, assistant hos
ticuitural products and plants, together
with a soil testing apparatus, and col
lection of seeds representing the i'm
portant farm crops of the Islands.
z The processes of budding and graft
g ing are demonstrated, with living
4 plants and trees as models, and the
anatomy of plants is shown through
their work. One of the unique
0 sets Of models in the territorial eoIlec
8 ton is that which shows the develop
ment of the hen IS egg into chick
There is a collection of Island woods
of economic value and meteorological
e exhibit which is of particular interest
during these days of health campaigns
/. G. Krauss is in charge of the
! field work, and v. MaeCaughey of the
J, botanical work.
just outside the exhibition building
: is a model poultry farm constructed b
= the College of Hawaii under the direc
ton of Mr.. Krauss, for the purpose OF
demonstrating to the small farmer OF
householder the economy of having hia
own chicken farm for family dse.
: The model farm consists OF q sIg0yeIl
! wire enclosure, sides and OVERHEAD
twenty by thirty feet in dimensitns
:; suitable for the accommodations o.
twenty-five fowls. Within is a small
house built along the most modern lines
1t Is easily accessible from outside
, and has plenty OF room for roostinf
and nesting, as well as affording shelteI
! from sun and storm beneath. It Il
onthtted with trap nests, and an auto
matte feeder which Is operated by thl
hens themselves IN such way that
they are never given an opportunity
to. gorge their crops as Is often the cass
when grain Is thrown among them 81
handfuls or left before them in largo
quantities.
Through the use Of this apparatus th.
chicken farmer could leave his f6wIf
alone for week or 80, knowing thaS
they will be fed regularly. The ma
chine Is simple, q euspended bait 0Rer
Ing the hens the means of. getting III
their food. When the len p6eks atthil
bait down drops dozen o. lhoF9
grains. -
The initial cost Of tho chicken farm
Mr.. KEauss says, q eco, The twenty
fowls that can be accommodated ard
sufficient 70 supply family Of ordinary
axe with eggs, aud the refuse from th9
! family fahls is almost aufieient 70 fnFl
nish fo0d for tho pen. The model farsi
u presented - az eeohomic ubll, II