Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-24
POULTRY SHOW ENDS;
WAS A HUGE SUCCESS
Sales Amounting to $4,000
: Were Made During Closing
DayS-Another Next Year

The second annual exhibition OF the
Southern International Poultry associa-
ton closed TT 1880 o'clock Saturday
night ana Immediately the officials
commenced their tremendous job OF
shipping the $500 fowls. which were
on exhibition. back to their owners in
every part of the country
More than 10000 faneiers inspected
the wonderful array of the country's
best fowl5 during the week Of the show
and the exhibition was such a tremen-
dous success that the orncials have al
ready announced that another great
show will be given the first week in
December, 1918.
According to Secretary T. NJ. Poole
sales amounting to approximately
$4,000 were made during the last three
ness being done by local breeders and
also by the agents Of the big eastern
and western farms. whose fowls We're
on exhibition here. In addition the
vendors of incubators and other poul-
try appliances were busy throughout
the several days of the show and doz-,
ems of orders were booked.
A HUGE SUCCESS.
Many os the 5big eastern breeders and
the judges, all of whom are well known
fanciers. Joined with the officials or
the Southern, International in declar-
ing this one of the most successful
shows in every way ever held in the
country.
Superintendent Harry E. Jennings
day afternoon before the auditorium
will be cleared of the hundreds OF ex-
hibition coops, and the thousands or
owners, for many of them have earned
important ribbons and awards
Among the many fine birds which
will soon be back in the hands of own
ers again are several hens of the
Beallwood Poultry yards, of Columbus,
that attracted so much attention at the
show. Four of these birds laid LOSS
eggs in "a year or an average OF III
apie ce.
GAVE BIRDS AWAY.
During the last day of the show the
officials and fanciers generally were
astounded to find one breeder who
perfectly willing to give them away
The fanciers were accustomed to the
occasional enthusiast who refuses to
part with his fowls at any price after
they have taken away high honors,
but the man who would refuse to sell
them and then give away was GER
tainly a novelty.
This strange man was H A. Blake,
of Ball Ground Ca, who came to the
show with seventeen new varieties Of
chickens, and some of his breeds will
become as popular in time as Orping-
tons. Leghorns and the other estab-
lished varieties. according to many Of
the fanciers who have seen them.
Mr.. Blake, who has spent a number
of years and thousands of dollars and
has crossed the ocean several times
even going to India, to get the cross
breeds to make mis- poultry ideal, gave
away nearly a dozen pens of hand
some fowls. A pen went to the Geor-
gia Experiment Station. another to the
poultry department of the State Col
lege of Agriculture, another to Loring
Brown, still another to Tom Poole, sec
rotary of the show, and others to a
number of different breeders.
Mr.. Blake's only string to his gift
was that the recipient should not sell
any of the original pen. and Whenever
exhibiting them would have the
breed marked with the originators
name.
A number Of admirers of the new
breed, which are Ebons, Black Ply
mouth Rocks, Cherokee Indians, Ameri-
can Indians, Black Indians and many
others, offered to pay Mr.. Blake. fancy
prices for the birds, but he refused
all offers.
In each instance. however. he told
the fanciers that if he would furnish
references showing that he was an
established and experienced breeder, he
could have the birds on the conditions
named.
A CORRECTION.
In a recent announcement Of the
awards of the show in The Journal, the
honor of the ownership of the first
prize cockerel in the White Runner
duck class was given to two fanciers
by mistake, neither of them really
owning the prize cockerel, which is the
property of ]. c. Patton. Of Charlotte,
n. c., who mad one of the biggest ex-
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