Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-29
GEORGIA CHICK
SHOW IS VOTED
DIXIE 8 BEST
Asa Gambler, Jr., Exhibit Most
Complete Housed for ANY
Similar Attraction.

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4 merits and the-World in general on the
ninth annual show of the Georgia Poul-
n try association, which threw open its
h doors esterday afternoon.
More than that. it has more genuine
n features than any show ever known in
Dixie
h Chief among the novelties is the ex-
hibit ~ Asa G. Gambler, Jr..'s BriarcIiH
a Farm Never before outside of pub
n lie park in a large city has such a
Il showing of fancy fowls been made
Il Never before has a poultry snow
North or South, had anything to beat
IT,
The Georgia Poultry association has
given the whole stage over to Mi Can.
Ter and the Briarcliff Farm exhibit
N This stage has been set for the occa
q sion aitl a semi circle Of coops and
cages containing all sorts of things
from brown bears to tiny bantams In
the center of the stage an aviarv has
been built, big enough to hold a flock
4 of elephants and in the center a sheet
metal tank affords an aquatic plav
ground for the water fowl.
4 Strange Fowls Shown.
In ,.'S aviary Mr.. Gambler placed
n Yesterday more strange sorts of birds
B t.aa most men ever saw in a lifetime
Ilel>auts, pelicars, cranes. canaries.
ducks, co"katoos gathered rom the
four corners of the world for the pur-
pose of making his Atlanta farm the
a poultry 40" place of all Dixie. These
DIS. .9 ne main, have just been re-
CNet from the importers in New York
and ay" never been shown before.
Hen. Is a partial list of what Briar-
diff RIM is showing. Thirty-one va
4 cite. of bantams, Salmon Favorelles.
Iaok Eavorelles, White Leghorns. An
conas. one black bear from Japan. one
GeNb bear from British Columbia. four
w".Er five Demoselle cranes. one
4 white Himalayan crane one Antopea
4 crane from. India, six Japanese Golden
peasants, two Chinese Silver pleas
ants one SWinHoe pheasant. an. ex-
i teme.E rare bird from The West In
Cies, Of which only three are Oh ex-
loition now in the United States: one
Lady Amherst pheasant from China.
f'Ir English Ringnecked pheasants. one
German stork, one pair of pelicans from
i ~H'ca. one pair White African guineas.
one pair Chinese Mandarin ducks. one
I~r formosa teal one pair White
all ducks. four Virginia Ringnecked
doves one Malacca Cockatoo from the.
Ha,ay peninsula, one Panama parrot,
Two t"Se Cockatoos from Africa, and
Dig showing of canary birds.
Ito collect these rare fowls and un-
O>dH animals cost a small fortune and
O'e local poultry association was for
l'hate in getting them for the ex-
MOTT They will prove the strongest
'ia"lns card ever offered by any
southern show.
Last Entries Placed.
'h addition to the exhibition fowls
+. '"n'ler has in competition Buff,
Faek. White, Jubilee and Blue Or
"S.D's These birds won % out Of
possible '25 ftrsts in Macon at the
STATE "a If and 1G ftrsts at the Birming-
nam snow, where the competition was
exceptionally fierce. They were gather
'0 from all over America and Europe
"l Dig expense and they represent the
'.S' mat has been produced in the or
l'hgtors. The Blue Orpingtons shown
are the most sensational kind of a
''e.N and are bound to make stir
D." iAe Southern poultry world.
owing to a train wreck and several
varieties of hard luck. the last of the
'"'IIes We're not placed in their Coops
Until little after o'clock Monday,
!'o Judging began at that time, with
II. SAella5arger, f. j. Marshall and
MI bertiing on the job. Judge w. c..
'IsF'e Of Carmel, Ind, was delayed by
U1m wreck near Knoxville and did
No' reach Atlanta until late Monday
afternoon.
Judge Pierce's coming had been wait
I'D with GREATNESS interest by the poul-
'|men. for to him was delegated the
".SN of judging the Orpingtons, the
,osJ difficult class in the show, Judge
e"e'Iabarger gets the second most diff
I'uIt assignment, for he has to handle
' ., Eeds-a large and evenly balanced
division.
Judging was finished in only two
'SSeS sterday-Barred Plymouth
l'o'hS and White Plymouth Rocks Es-
'e''a' interest centered in these two
asses because the famous owen
arms was among the entrants. The
'"]ald Haven folks took down good
"0Pofuon of the prizes, but at that
with some unexpected reverses at
hands of Southern breeders.
III the Barred Rock division, w, p.
D'IheS' Of Griffin, Ga, took first hen
'''o hrst pullet; Owen Farms took first
o'NereI; Atlanta Poultry Yards fur
S'ed the first cock, and William Nc
"'ISon, Athens, Ga, first pen. This
vas good, even distribution and dem
pn"slrated that all the best breeding of
barred Rocks is not done in the North.
White Rock Glass Keen.
III the White Rock class Bacon
''7y"ood, of Guyton, had first cock
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