Arizona republican., 1914-05-17
FANCY POULTRY
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winning hens were of the highest quality and capable of winning honors in any show on this continent not
 even excepting Madison Square Gar ], den', New York and when we look | over the White Plymouth Rock ex- hibt we find more of the high quail ty birds; White Wyandottes were another nice class, though many of 1 the best birds were in heavy moult. Evi- dently Arizona is partial to white | poultry the exhibit of White Leg horns was immense, but greater care lis needed in conditioning this vr.- | iety and it was evident that egg pro- duction is the chief object of the exhibitors
 The AnConas made a very pretty \ exhibit with some very high quality 1 brds from California in the bunch | this is the breed that is gradually
 creeping into White Leghorn terri | tory, and they breed their layers and exhibition birds from the same | flock too.
 l '"The Rhode Island Reds were not Tout in such great numbers but amongst | the winners were to be found birds kof high quality. this is the difficult fbreed to raise, but has a tremendous hold on Arizona and California, and lis going to be quite one of the lead | ing varities at your future shows SC
 it is satisfactory to see the local I fanciers starting out so well with
 this variety.
 i Evidently Minorcas have lost ground in this section but what few | specimens that were grown were
 good.
 l Barred Plymouth Rocks seem to
 have fallen down this year and miss 1 the great boost California exhibitors have given them at this state fair in i former years. Then again, the old ! question is raised do you want Cal | ifornia exhibits to come in and carry
 off a large share of the wards? That
 is something you must settle for yourselves, remember such exhibits
 always uplift an exhibit and also some of the best specimens remain | in the yards of your breeders dftel 1 the show and are purchased for mucf
 less money than by sending back tC
 a big breeder in the east and paying
 the price for his name.
 But to return to the show, tho
 Bantam exhibit though not large. hat
 some wonderful models in the GOODS
 the Cornish cock was d wonder, nevel
 saw the like before; Black Cochin:
 were another warm class. with som'
 nice Golden Sebrights to fill out thu
 list
 Stepping over into the adjoinint ] building were a large array of tur ] keys, geese, ducks and pigeons, evi ] dently by the size and quality Ari ] zona is a turkey country. the Bronz Turkey exhibit certainly tackled m. strength and adjucating powers. al ways a difficult class where qualit abounds, as the birds are so simila in type and general color, however after consuming about an hour think the awards speak for themselve just here I might say word of eau tion to your turkey raisers, don Ibreed from birds with black feather Tn wing, nor rom crOokeu pIedSts. White Holland and Burbons wer fins exhibits showing that the Bronz has not the field all to themselves. "I don't know what the prospect for the goose industry are in Arizona but I presume very limited, I foun \ the few exhibits on hand of only fai quality.
 Ducks made up good class wit Pekins easily in the lead. "The pigeon display made up as was of a large number of varieties hardly got the cooping advantage it deserved. I not the Carnean hay already made big hit here, so suppose Phoenix has already got he suuab plants to cater to the hig class trade for this community. .Pheasants, Guinea Fowl and Pea fowl added to the long list of ex hits.
 As I have said above, the fai commission are fortunate to have a their elbow d good live poultry or ganization to help boost this sectiOl of exhibits and we all hope for stil greater improvement in buildings am equipment in the near future. evi dently things are moving along safe path