Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-08
70 IMPROVE POULTRY CQNDi.i
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.Tl0NS. "
J. s. Bitner, the state n food in
Ispector< OF Ceuar Rapids, is going to
START a poultry contest in ten couns
gies of east tern Iowa. namely, Della
ware, Dubuque, ones, Linn, Buchan:
an, -Benton, Jackson, Johnson ana
Iowa. There will be approximate
one hundred and fifty cities repre-
sented in these different counties.
Mr.. Bittner has been making ar
rangements with the sLoyett & DAY.
is Produce Company OF this city and
che egg produce merchants in each
one OF the respective counties. ask
I ing them to furnish two settings of
eggs Of standard breeds, to the pu-
pills OF the nearest rural school, with
the understanding that the pupils,
with the assistance of their teacher,
Il they so desire, will supervise and
attend to the Matching Of the eggs
given them. After the hatch, the
chicks will be under the care OF some
pupil or pupils Of the school until
maturity, at which time they will be
asked to exhibit the birds from re-
spective schools atttheir poultry show
which will be held in each one Of the
above named counties some time
this fall. s. 4 I ..s..;. .ss 53 Z
Mr., Bittner outlines his llan as sfi. fol
lows: ;,s3lS ,5 5a5-,
after being scored at their coun.
| ty show, we advise that the best
birds from differents schools be
brought to Cedar Rapids where the
annual poultry show will be held from
the eleventh to the seventeenth Of
January, 1915, at which place there
will be national, as well as state
Judges OF repute to judge this rural
district poultry contest, and award
the prizes i ,ysg
There will be eleven silver cups
given away in this contest. Ten OF
these will be known as the county
rural school district prize cups, and
another cup, the largest Of them all,
will be known as the grand SWEEP
stake cup The rural prize cup will
be given to the school, whose birds
! or pen receive the highest score
/ within their counties. The grand
sweepstake cup will be given to the
pen receiving the highest score with
IN the ten counties.
This contest is for the purpose ol
creating more interest in the better
lment of poultry conditions in oul
rural districts, by encouraging bet
ter breeds which will result in bet
tier birds, double production OF
larger eggs, besides greatly increas
ing the financial receipts OF the
merchant and the farmer. S
n, 'sWe expect to have an annual con
4 test hereafter, and do our best to in
Icrease the egg crop of our Iowa her
from the forty to fifty eggs which
she now produces yearly, ITO one
4 hundred or to one hundred and fifty
which she is easily capable Of pro
i ducing. Any merchant or person re
siding in any of the above named
counties, can if he or she wishes, do
nate couple settings of eggs of SOM
standard breed, to any ruralmschoo
in his or her county. The more thu
merrier.
MT. Bittner states that it is yer.
important for him to know as sool
as the eggs are placed, the name o
; the teacher, school, county, near wha
city and the merchant orSpersons do
mating the eggs! A number of cities
; the inspector. says, already have beel
heard from, which represents hun
dreds of eggs under incubation a
present, preparatory to this poultr
contest. There will be no entranc
fee charged at any of the shows con
nected with the contest. Any com
munication may. be sent to Mr.. Bit
! ner in Cedar Rapids. =, s3s
? Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Sherwood