The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-11-10

chickens as much - they pleased TO
interested listeners.
AZ this show. after noting the en-
thusiaNm shown. I talked 20 the e1-
hihitors apout organizing a local poul-
Try association. which idea met their
universal approval. and nhe following
week the Escambia Couaty Poultry
Association was organised with ATTY
enc members
THE Nest Vsur.
The enthusiasm Of the menbers
kept up wei and the following SEASON
We succeeded in making arrmnwnments
with the Interstate Pair Association
% hold the poultry show under our
auspices. and from the arss showing IN
1908 % Es birds (some ~ them not
even thorouEhbrsdsl ia coops of all
kinds end sizes and each exhibitor
having 20 care Cor his own fowin. ths
entries increased 20 fse hiFdN al
shown IN q uniform LOT ~ exhibition
coopa and cared Tor ~ the superin-
tsnssnt thus relieving the exhibitors
% The trouble Of the previous ye2r.
A. this show ! hrE met Mr.. y. J.
Marshall. - College PARK. Ca. one %
the foremost poultry Judges In the
weFid who had been snEaeed 70 place
the awards. and who Judges a. some
twenty-five ~ nry poultry shows
eaeal year. After the judging wa over
asked ar Marshall his opinion %
our show and was agreeably surprised
" hen he told me we had a muca 3et-
Ter show % every respect than he hs1
expected % find. stains 100 that IN
the shnw were some birds hat we're
exceptionally nne.
At this snow We had. az vel a.
refnembar. seventeen varieties ~
chickens. two 81 ducks and one 81
turkeys. rhc poultry association had
gotten up quite a iot 81 silver cupa.
etc. for special premiums. the coznpe.
tlfion % which was open 70 the world
"a order ~ try and draw cut birds
from other states In order that We
might compare them AZ least with the
home grown btSda These special
premiums. however. only drew out en-
tries from I've fanciera IN Gadaden.
Alabama. Who sent IN q very ine lot
~ white and Bur Plymouth Rocks.
q silver cup.
We had ne iudre remain over =
half day after TIE judging was over
"a order % give tlAe exhibitors present
an the information they might desire
30 A. % enable them % mate their
birds IN such q way as 20 produce bet
ter stock the coming year. and most
of them evidently derived much bens-
ne from the Information Eiveu them
a. wa had a much better class 81
birds as a whole the uext year Cisiil
and almost double the uuuber
Mr. Marshall also judged the 1911
show and spent almost an satire dag
with the exhibitors after finishing his
work and oommeuted on the show 3
Improvement over the preceding year
and when he returned home ne save
oar show q very nice e'rite-up IN the
southern Rurnlist Of which paper he
is poultry editor.
The isia She's.
The 1919 show vac the beat ina,
\ aas yet been held here. there beins
more birds and 81 far better qualiz
than We have ever had before. ane
7 being shown IN the new coops. 81 the
very beet design. bought ~ the fair
/ association. presented q much bettei
/ appearance than shows ~ tie past
and from what I can read Ia ths
POULTRY Journals and from what Judgs
Marshall tells me We lad one % ths
I beat shawn held 20 date Ia the souta
Z TITS year While wa didn't have "a
many BIRDS a. she Tennessee stats
I Fair OF the Atlantis shows we hae
birds AZ high On quality az have eve
BEEN shown in the south.
Az the fair association this veAi
opened the competition on al prizes
10 the entire world which jumtinee
I ire aut-of-to town hrce4crs 20 send theli
birds rs. We had them from All owe.
I the south and even az Ear north A
7 Vineyard Haven. Mass. ! am pleaset
20 sav that ga the local breeders cams
/ Ia Tor their share % the premiums.
7 have always advocated open ecm'
I petition. a. m givea the Local sxhihiioi
q chance 81 comparinE Ms birds VII
Y those 81 the leading breeders Of othei
states and. while the foreign breede'
may have better birds sometimes ant
take away the money. the local sx'
2 hlhitor sees what must ee produced 4
I win the blue and knows better whai
\ ta a. nexi time. and while a few q
I the exhfbnors o. last yenr staysd ou
i this year through fear q being de-.
I feated. they have nov seer TIE hes
4 birds of the various kinds and I BE-
ueve they wlI an come On neKf yeul
Z confident 81 winning their share q a.,
/ rlhlona and 40 g.
I feel conndent TIE 1914 pouitrl
show has done more Eocd Tor taos
Who entered birds and othera inter
aatsa IN poultry raising In this rectic'
than any We have had heretofore an
neat year I expect - 49, az fna ]
poultry show So has ever been held j
the Houfh.-har none.