Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-06
POULTRY SHOW
 DOES CREDIT
In Quantity and Quality it is Ahead of Expectations and Will Add to
 Interest
JUDGE BIRDS TODAY

hold the center of the stage at the
 Y. M. c. A. building for the first
 annual poultry show. They are dis.
 tinctly in the limelight and are not
 like good little children for they are
 to be heard as well as seen, especially
 a pair of guinea fowl. The show is
 a creditable one both in quantity and
 in quality and the management is
 to be congratulated on what has been
 done and what it will mean for poul-
 try culture in the future.
 The poultry show opened yesterday
 with visitors from all over the coun-
 ty. The poultry formally opened the
 show. When daylight began stream ing through the windows of the gym
 nasium, where the exhibit is being
 held, the day of the opening of the
 First Annual Cochise county poultry
 show was heralded by a score or more chandeliers. prize birds from every corner of Cochise county.
 Exhibits continued to arrive all day yesterday by train and by wagon and wherever there is an entry there is group of admiring fanciers. In the 100 pens are to be found every character of Rostand's play "Chanti- cler." There are a number of en- tries of every variety and the compe- tition is likely to be spirited and close. Leghorns and Plymouth Rocks predominate.
 A pair of dainty little bantams at tracted a good share of the attention of visitors yesterday. The little hen resembles nothing so much as it does hen partridge. As evidencing the benefit that the show will be to poul- try raisers and breeders, a number Of persons made inquiries yesterday as to the owner of certain entries and a number of sales were made.
 Another entry that is attracting a great deal of attention is a pen of black birds with white crests. The largest turkey ever seen in Bisbee. probably, very nearly fills a pen at the back end of the hall.
 Parrots are a feature of the show. There are several entries but the star performer is a Polly entered by N. D. Navarette, who has owned the bird for 16 years. The owner says that the parrot is 90 years of age, having been in his family for four generations. In addition to being a patriarch, the bird likes his morn ing's morning" of brandy and has a vocabulary more or less choice.
 Today the grandmother Poll will have two puppies in its cage with her and all that is necessary to show who is 'mothering' the pups is 10 start something" The parrot is the largest in Bisbee and is claimed by the owner to be the most accom- plished.
 Other interesting entries, not class ed strictly as poultry, are some an gora cats, and tank" of alligators. The medley of voices that comes from the exhibit hall outmedleys anything every produced by composers. Into it enter the crow of the cOckerel, the cackle of the satisfied hen, the par track of the guinea hen, the gobble of the turkey, the honk of the goose, and the screech of the parrot. The alligator alone is silent, wondering, betw%Su maps, whSt all the noise is about.
 The committee of inspection care fully examined every bird that was entered yesterday and those Sbat sZe in the pens all have health certih- cates.
 Those who visited the feathered ex- hibit yesterday and last evening were in their praise of the ex- hibit. It must be taken into consid- eration that this is the first attempt at a poultry show in this county. Thus far those who have kept birds in this section have generally gone in for utility first Later they will pay more attention to breeds, forma- tion, plumage and learn the fine points of the fancy. Despite these facts where there are exhibits that would rank with the best birds in the large shows. These exhibits will be dwelt upon more at length after the judging and the awarding of the prizes today, in tomorrow issue. The judge and committee were looking over the fowls yesterday in a prelim- | mary examination, their real work l coming today.
 There are some empty pens which l It was expected would be filled but | he absence of fowls that were to | occupy these was oecasioned by the | heavy rains of Wednesday night and i yesterday morning. Douglas and | Benson have not near the represen- ation that was expected for that req son. Yet despite this absence of some of the expected exhibits in quantity as well as in quality the | show is excellent and insures still | better results another year.
 Today will witness the organization 1f an association of breeders. There s to be a meeting in the afternoon l1d another in the evening, at the Iattar of which temporary officers will be chosen and bylaws drawn ID. This association will hold meet ngs from time to time and will have he effect of stimulating interest in he fancy and making it possible to continue and improve the exhibition ,ach year.