The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-01-04
Get Ready for Society Event of
Their Year at Annual Show
Middle of January.

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burg to Mabton are beginning to
preen themselves in anticipation Of
the society event of their year, the
Yakima county poultry show. Jan.
16 to 81. Practically all of the rec
ognized breeds are represented in
the flocks owned by the county fam
ciers and their neighbors and there
are special ribbons and awards COW
ering all the classes. The entire
amount of entrance fees of the classes
competing will be returned in prizes.
so per cent going to make up the
first premium, 80 and 20 tae' second
and third.
There are veteran poultry men
here who have met the best in their
lines in the state and made credita-
BILE showings. Some of these vet
eran poultry men are women, to be
more exact. Mrs. E. s. Hill, Miss
Berenice BARNES of Sunnyside and
Mrs. S. B. Readle have demonstrate
ed the class of their birds in many
shows, the breeds favored by them
being buff rock, silver spangled Wy
andotte and white rock respectively.
This years show will see a number
Of recruits to the ranks of poultry
raisers. some of them new corners
to the city, others old residents who
have just come to see the opportun-
tiles in the chicken business. They
have bought good stock, some of
them sending back to well-known
breeders in the east and paying big
prices for the birds to start their
flocks.
Have Special Privileges.
Entries are not confined to men,
bers of the association, though MEM
bers have special privileges and the
entry fees are smaller for them.
Since membership costs only 81. it is
safe to say that most of the exhib-
itrs will ally themselves with the
organization. Entries will close Fri
day, Jan. 10, at midnight, and all
birds must be in the show room by
10 a. m. of the opening day. c. e.
Zinkle is to be the superintendent
For the information Of novices, the
rules declare that a cock shall be
a male bird Matched previous to
January 1. 1910; cockerel male
bird Matched after January /, 1910;
d
vious to January 1, 1910, and pull
let female bird Matched subse-
quently.
Must Score 90.
To receive a first prize, the speci-
men must score 80 or more points,
except barred rock cocks, which
must score 88 points or better. A
pen to win a first must score 1901
except pens containing a barred
rock cock, when a score of 17S is
necessary. A pen consists of a male
and four female birds. For the best
scoring pen in the American class
there is a silver cup, to be won
twice. There Is a cup, under SINH
lar conditions for the highest scor-
ing pen in the Mediterranean class
and one for the English class, all
offered by the association. For the
highest scoring pen in the French
class there is a prize Of lap robe
offered by Wyman & Sheldon, and
the Commercial club has offered a
silver cup for the highest scoring
pen in the show. There are sweep
stakes and special prizes Of money
and merchandise for solid and parti-
color birds and for individuals and
pens.
They Lay Anyway.
IT don't know whether my birds
are good from the show point of
view" declared one Of the new ex-
hibitors, though they come Of
good stock and certainly are healthy.
Perhaps their toes aren't shaped
quite right, r. their tail feathers
don't curl enough, or their combs
are fraction of an inch out of the
way. But they do lay eggs. Twenty
three White Wyandotte pullets. %
barred rock pullets and eight scrub
hens laid curing December for me
$26.50 worth of eggs. The barred
rocks and the hens, thirty fowls,
have laid since Nov. Is $18.75 worth
of eggs and done it on $40 worth
of feed, part of which went to feed
half dozen cockerels. So If they
do not win ribbons, I shall be disap-
pointed, but I shall not scold them"