Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-12-31
POULTRY SHOW OPENS
IN DEBORAH NEXT WEEK
Third Annual Show of Winneshiek
County Poultry Association to
he Held at Marsh's Hall Jan
9TH to 9th.
WILL BE GALA EVENT
HUNDREDS OF BIRDS ENTERED
show Promises to Eclipse Anything
of the Kind Ever Given Here.
lt Will be Educational.
TIE opening of the i

TIE opening of the < poul'
try show of the WinneshNc :. 'nty
Poultry Association which o. =
next Monday, January 9Th and STc.
tinues until the 9th, is an eveh'
which is being looked forward to
with keenest interest by hundreds of
people in Decorah and surrounding
country, not simply because it is
show, but because these
shows have come to be regarded as
great educational affairs, demon
strating in a practical manner the
benefits to be derived by breeding of
high grade poultry, it having been
demonstrated over and over again
that it costs no more and probably
less TO raise high grade poultry, in
fact stock of all kinds, than it does
to raise the scrub, while the prices
realized from the high grades is far
and away higher than those realized
from the scrubs.
The officers of the Winneshiek
County Poultry Association are l.. O..
Reed, Pres; r. Bucknell, V. Pres;
Len Larson, Sec; w. C. Ulmer, Asst
Sec; r. H. Tracy, superintendent;
Sam Barth and Will Hauswirth,
Asst Supts. The show was started
by these gentlemen three years
ago, and the two held were fine.
But the past year has developed the
greatest interest imaginable in poul-
try here and the show next week
promises to eclipse anything of the
kind ever given here, that it will take
rank with the big shows of the kind
given at other parts of the country.
The show is not a money making
proposition. 1t is far from that, and
there are a good many days of hard
work for the ones who have it in
charge. However, they believe they
will be paid for their efforts in the
improved grade CT poultry that will
be produced, for in no other line
and profitable as in poultry raising.
The interest is widespread too. Illus
trating that there is an increasing
interest in the matter of poultry
raising throughout the world is the
fact that a month or so ago there
was held in London, England, a
in hn nj r.
ing arrangements for the organiza-
tion of International Association OF
Poultry Instructors and Investiga-
tors Poultry breeders and others
interested in the poultry breeding
business from twenty-siX different
countries attended the meeting and
perfected the organization with Ed
ward Brown, F. l.. S., of England, as
its president.
A perusal of poultry journals re-
veals some startling facts relative tC
the poultry industry. 1t is stated
that more people are directly inter
ested in poultry raising than in the
raising of any other kind OF stock
The value of poultry and its annual
production is greater than that OF
any of the stap.c crops, wheat, corn
etc. 1t is called the billion dollar
industry.
Of the 300,0J0,000 head of poul
try in the United States, Iowa leads
any other state by several million
having approximately 25,000,000
Iowa leads in egg production, pro
ducing annually more than 10000,
OO0 dozen and has more poultry as
sociations and exhibits than any 9th
er state in the union.
Hundreds of fancy birds of al
breeds will be on exhibition here
The show will he held on the second
floor OF the j. j. Marsh building, an6
a nominal admission fee of 8 cents
will be charged The poultry judge
will be Mr. Charles V. Keeler, o
Winamack, Ind, one of the bes
known poultry judges in the coun
try. Exhibitors from many of the
surrounding states will be here, ant
if the people OF Decorah and vicinit,
wish to see the cream of the poultr,
industry a visit 10 Marsh's hall an!
day next week will enable them too
1t will be time well spent, and the
Association should be encouraged
this year by rousing attendance
And on the other hand ii there ar'
any who are contemplating raising {