Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-12-27
900 FOWLS ARE ON
EXHIBITION At
POULTRY SHOW
Entries Total Three Times the
Number Association Expect
ed; Judge c, H. Rhodes to
Begin Scoring Today.

When entries were closed yostet
dal morning Cor thc Aliuqucrm
Poultry associations first winter a..
hihiteu, i00 birds weie roopcd in d,
SHOW room, i05 South Second street
This is more than three times the
number The association expected. M
fact, the association had decided that
unless 150 fowls were entered lt
would not make the show an annual
affair SO that a repetition in 1919 la
certain.
Members of the association also. iu
planning The eooping of birds. de-
clded that II the number OF birds cx-
tcedel their expectations. they could
place the coops tn two tiers. one on
top of the other Yesterday, they
found it necessary 10 set the coops in
three tiers There are four rows Of
,oOps, three running the length Of
tho hall and one across the room at
the rear This caused them 20 de-
eide TO hold tho 1919 show in the Ma
tIonal Guard armory
The showing is complete. II in
cludcs eight aud ion-pound Orplng
tons and Langghans chat suggest n way
Of beating The beef trust If the poul-
uy ashocmtion succeeds IN It's pu-
nose of educating uernaliuo county
people In chicken raising on biz
scale.
Neither the Orpingtous nor Gang
shans although they are biggest of
the chickens, possess the giant Of the
show This honor belongs To Tom,
forty-pound bronze turkey. The
showing of gobblers. by the way ST
the best ever made in New Mexico.
members of the association assert
The Rhode Island Reds have the
biggest representation, as usual, with
Orpingt0ns Of all Kinds q close Sec
ond The Barred Rocks. the farm
crs' friends. have the third largest /
delegation. Perhaps the reason that
they do not lead Is that practically I
every bird was entered By a resident |
Of Albuquerque, and only few from |
farmers In the immediate vicinity.
The Mediterranean class, consisting /
Of Black Minorcas ana Leghorns,
also is well represented
AS matter of fact, none of the
standard strains is without represen-
ation. The number Of fancy breeds
Is surprisingly large. In this class is
4 pair of Buttarcups a comparatively
new breed. This. however, is not the
.irst display of Buuercups in Albu-
iuorquc. In the fancy class also are
d.. H,tt,fet .,I fH.1a., ktf....,,1..tt....
While these birds undoubtedly are
hc mirror Of beauty in hen circles,
hey cannot rival the pheasants
owing 10 the number of entries re-
'eived yesterday morning. the sho#
sas not opened unul 8 O'Clock yes
erday afternoon. The management
To start thc show at noon.
mt the cooping " the birds was not
nished until evening
G. II. Rho los. of Topeka Kan, viii
.egln scoring this merning Tho
'irds are Identified by number now.
nd MS the managers will have To find ,
he names corresponding Co the num-
er tags on the entry records first, :
he announcement Of the prize win
ers probably VIII not be made until i,
he close OF the show The special
remium winners viii be announced
{ the same time
Last night William f. Twgg 1919 q
.orth Second street, was awarded "a a
en- OF notified Anconas Buff Orp.
igtons viii be given away tonight
nd White Leghorns Sunday night.
The number Of admissions last
light was 200. The number today
robahly will be more than double
lat, because the hall will be open
MS afternoon