The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-19
POULTRY
SHOW ENDS
TOMORROW
Most Successful in History Of
Association
Great Deal Of Interest IN Egg
Laying Contest
Many Visitors Have Purchased
Blooded Fowls

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will be carefully Grated and shipped
to their homes.
1t may be recorded right now that
the show this year has been more
successful than any in the history
of the association not only in the mat
ter of admissions to the building, but
because the quality of the exhibits hal
been better than ever before and be-
cause there has been more Interest
shown by the exhibitors-and in jus.
tice' to the general visitors to the tri.
state convention 1t should be stated
that they too have paid more atten.
ton to the displays OF barnyarC
a~ristocrats and have purchased many
of the handsome birds to take to theil
own farms.
A great deal Of interest is centeret
in the egg laying contest. the frs
n to be held in connection with the
annual poultry show in Fargo, a fea-
ture eve inaugurated by the First
National bank of Fargo which offered
the required money prizes and a silver
medal for the winner of the first
money. There are five pens occupied
in the contest and five birds In each
pen and the report UP to noon today
was that the eontesting hens were al
doing well. The classes in the con-
test are Barred Plymouth Rocks, Rose
Comb Rhode Island Reds. White
Wyandottes and Rhode Island Reds
mixed. The entries are ]. S. Martin,
Embden. N. D.; N. Peterson, Moor
head. Mimi: Mrs F. c. Mitchell
Crookston. Mimi agricultural college,
Fargo, and C. ID. Perkins, Fargo. AT
noon today Mr. Martin was first and
the A C. and Mr.. Perkins were a tie.
The class with the largest represen-
tation in this show is Plymouth Rocks
and the second largest, Rhode Island
Reds.
Last night and this morning Presi-
dent Crabbe and Secretary Cannlff
were busy decorating the display coops
with blue and other ribbons and cards
showing the score of the winning birds
and the name Of the owners
This afternoon Editor Nourse and
Mr.. Langworthy of The Poultry Her
aid of st. Paul, were busy taking pho-
tographs of a number of the blue rib
boners for the purpose of embellish-
ing the pages Of the paper named, thus
showing to their thousands of readers
that North Dakota and the Red river
valley are both on the map in the
poultry line
Tomorrow will be ehiIdren's day
when the admittance fee for the chill
dren of Fargo and Moorhead will be
5 cents, the young folks to be accom-
panied by an adult.
List of Exhibitors.
The following is the list of exhibitors
at the annual show of the North Da-
kota Poultry association, furnished by
L. d. Canniff, secretary:
F. ]. Martin, Chaffee, N. DIS. c.
White Orpingtons and entry in egg
laying contest.
Nemzek & Son, Moorhead, MINI
White Wyandottes.
Pine Hill Poultry Farm-Hawley,
MINIS. Comb Brown Leghorns and
S. Comb Black orpington.
E. s. Person, Minot, N. DIR. Comb
Rhode Island Reds.
Norman Peterson, Moorhead. MINI
S. Comb Rhode Island Red.
G. B.. Plummer, Hawley, Minn.-Buff
Plymouth Rock.
Mrs. John Paxton Moorhead. MINI
Barred Plymouth Rocks, S. Comb
White Leghorns, S.. Comb Brown Leg
horns.
C. D. Perkins. Fargo. N. DR.. Comm
Rhode Island Reds and Eve birds il
egg laying contest.
Geo. Childs. Casselton n. n-par-
fridge wyandottes and Black plymouth
Rock.
John Cornelleusson, Moorhead MIN
White Turkey.
c. G. Dibley & son. woIverton MINI
white Plymouth Rock ana R,fs wv.
andottes and Columbian Wyandottes.
s. Comb Rho5 island Ped parra5
Plymouth Rock and Light Brahmas
E. III. D~reveskraft. Judson n
Buy Wyandottes. Buff Plymouth Rock
S. Comb BUFF I,eehorn R,,ep rochis
Bantam.
Edgewood Farml Fargo ~ r
Mammoth bronze turkey.
Il. Gulden. Csakis Minn -Mam
moth Bronze turkey
r q Heanas Manlaton ~ =
White Plymouth Rock
Robt. n Reed Armenia n r
Plymouth Rocks.
Sun-Kist c-rninqton yards r,r,s,..
N. D.-Bufr orpingtong s. conoh R.acs,
Orpinrtong
Chas. p. Talbert. Moorhead MIN
Toulouse geese Rronza t,,rLa,,
euAey.