Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-01-15
POULTRY SHOW GREAT
Last Years Successful Show Surpas-
sed i'm Opening Days.
OVER FIVE HUNDRED
FANCY BIRDS EXHIBITED
Marsh's Hall Filled With the Cream
of the Poultry Industry of
Northeast Iowa. Well WOr-
thy Inspection.

The Poultry Show of 1913 is an
unqualified success. In this brief
sentence is expressed the realization
of the ambitions and the labors of
many weeks of the officers of the
Winneshiek County Poultry Associ-
alton, to whom is due the credit for
making it the success it is.
The show opened for entries on
Monday morning, and all through
the day and yesterday morning there
arrived poultry by train and by
teams, so that by nightfall the hall
was filled with more birds than were
here during the entire week of last
years show. And they are beauties,
too. The quality of the birds this
year is far in advance of anything
ever shown in this part of the state,
and If you are lover of class and
excellence you will enjoy visiting
this show, whether you are poultry
fancier or. not. There are over five
hundred of the finest chickens on
exhibition, and some of them are
monstrous in size. There are also
some fine ducks, and dozen Hun
garian ring-neck pheasants, shipped
| by the state game warden from Ill
inois to George Mizener, who will
| liberate them after the show.
Arrangements have been made for
a series Of evening programs thro-
out the week, to entertain the Wis
itors. Tonight the Decorah Merch-
ants Band will play. and further an
nouncements will be made later. On
Friday night there will be voting
contest, in which a pen of Barred
Plymouth Rocks will be given to the
boy receiving the most votes and
pen of S. c. Rhode Island Reds to
the most popular girl. The candi-
dates among the boys are Edward
Bear, Jr., Richard Olson, Harold
Knoor ,and Constance Rosenthal
Rosenthal, and the girls Marguerite
Tracy and Florence Thune. Buyers
of tickets to the show are entitled
to votes.
The list Of premiums and prizes
for the show was given in these
columns last week. They comprise
the Longest and most valuable list
offered by any poultry show in the
state. The many beautiful silver
cups, the merchants prizes, etc. are
all of the best, and no exhibitor need
fear the result if he has the right
kinds of birds. The judge, U. ".
Shanklin of Anamosa, is one of the
best in lhis part of the country, and
will give universal satisfaction.
The exhibitors, up to the time this
article is written, are as follows:
E. ]. Stoddard-2 pens b. p. Rocks.
wm. Leach pen B. p. Rocks.
B. A. Chandler pens r.. C. 'R. /.
Reds.
Sever Alstad-1 pen S. C. White
Leghorns.
l.. w. Hamilton, Charles City pen
Silver Laced Wyandottes.
NJ. E. Burchard, Hazelton-2 pens
S. C. R. I. Reds.
Sam Barth-2 Buff Orpingtons.
w. M. Richert, Fayette-1 pen s. C.
White Orpingtons.
Robt. Schwarz-1 pen White Plym-
outh Rocks.
Goddard & Tracy, Nekosha, Wis.-1
pen C. Ruff Ieghorns
H. z. Babcock, New Hampton pen
White Wyandottes.
is. T. Whalen, New Hampton pen
s. P Rocks
Mrs. A. M. Ellingson-3 B. p. Rocks.
L. C. Bolson-1 pen Black Minorcas.
]. J. Schwestka, West Union-1 pen
Black Orpingtons.
Mrs. E. T. Anderson pen B. p.
Rocks
R. Bucknell-2 pens White Wyan-
Jas. A. McCusker, White wyan-
dottes.
Jonas ]. Akre-2 S. C. White Plym-
Outh Rocks.
Len Larson-S pens White Orping-
tons.
l.. o. Reed pens S. c. r. l. Reds.
Miss Jessie F. Gordon, Spring Valley
3 pens S. C. Buff Orpingtons.
Donald Haugen-1 pen S. G. White
Leghorns.
e. w. Cutting pen B. p. Rocks
VIM. j. Hauswirth-3 pens s. C.
White Leghorns; 3 White Holland
turkeys.
Gustav Larson r. C. Black Minor
| cas-.
| ]. H. Hargreaves-1 pen s. G. r. I.
Reds; / White Wyandotte.
]. ]. Rosa pen White Orpingtons.
Mrs. John A. Jewell-2 pens w. p.
Rocks.
Andrew Soland-1 pen s. c. w. p.
| Rocks.
w. C. Ulmer--1 pen s. c. R. I. Reds.
Martin Christopher-2 pens s. C, r.
I. Reds.