The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-04
Eight States TO BE Represent
ed 1T Show Next Week.
Brilliant Array of Cups and
Medals Are Offered.
Topeka Auditorium to ResOund
With Hen Music.
Visitors Will Be Banqueted
Next Wednesday Night.

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| L. H. While, secretary-treasurer OF
! the Kansas State Poultry association,
telephoned today from Chanute that
there are 1900 entries for the big
show that will be held at the Auoi-
forum beginning Monday and contin-
, uing until Friday night. He also
stated that the birds of class will
; come from eight different states: Lou
isiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado
Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kan
sas.
This is EXPECTED to be the greatest
! poultry show of the season Tor Ran
i sas. Never was there such an eiabor-
ate array of silver loving cups ana
medals offered at any show held IN
| the state. The fifty cups are on dis
play in the Hirshorn window.
Program for Show.
Monday will be cOoping day. All
birds will be received and placed In
uniform coops ready for the Judging.
Tuesday Morning. W. "A. Lippincott,
professor Of poultry husbandry at the
Kansas State Agricultural college.
will deliver a lecture Tuesday night
at eight O'Clock on "Why Kansas
Should Produce More and Better
Poultry Special. meetings will be
| held in the commission chamber of the
city building.
Wednesday morning at 1890
o'clock George Beuoy will speak on
What a Capon Is and Why. The
annual meeting of the Kansas branch
of the American Poultry association
will be held at 2:3o o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon. At four. o'clock there
will be a seeing Topeka" auto trip
F, for the visitors.
| Banquet for Visitors.
The most important entertainment
feature of the show will be the banquet
| that will be given at eight O'Clock Wed
nesday night at the ThrOop hotel by the
local poultrymen complimentary to the
| visitors Prof. Lippincott of the Kansas
State Agricultural college will be the
| POSTMASTER.
| George H. Hodges, governor OF KAN
sas. will give an address of welcome
| in behalf OF the state. r. L. Cofran.
mayor, will represent the city, and J.
Will Kelley the Commercial club.
Charles A. Dillon will represent Arthur
Capper, governor-elect, who will be out
| of the city. J. C. Mohler, secretary of
the state board of agriculture will speak
! on What the Hen is Doing for Kan
sas and What Kansas is Doing for the
Hen .lls5
Thursday Events.
Thursday morning at 1880 O'Clock
Mr.. and Mrs. George Beouy Will give
a lecture on caponfzing giving demon
strations. The annual meeting Of the
Kansas State Poultry Federation will
! take place at two o'clock. Friday MORN
| ing at ten o'clock a trip will be taken
to the plant of the Seymour Packing
| company. the largest of its kind in
the world. r. HI. Searle Will have
charge of the expedition.
At two o'clock Friday afternoon there
will be a series of short lectures given
! by such speakers as G. D. McClaSkey,
managing editor OF Poultry Culture;
w. "A. Lippincott, president of the Kan
sas Branch American Poultry associa-
| ton, and r. H. Searle.
Special Meetings.
One of the big meetings to be held in
connection with the show will be that
of the Southwest Branch of the Amer
lean Buff Plymouth club. The MEM
bership of this club is confined to the
/ states of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas,
Arkansas. Louisiana, and Colorado.
| In all seven speciality clubs have
arranged to hold their state meetings
alton show. They are: National
Black Langshan club. National Part
ridge Wyandotte club. American Buff
Wyandotte club. Rhode Island Red
| Club of America, American White
Orpington club. American Barred
Plymouth Rock club. and the Amerf-
can Buff Plymouth. Rock club. In
addition to the regular cash prizes to
be paid in all the classes represented
by these clubs, silver cups, gold and
silver medals. specials and club rib
| bons are being offered
Business Men interested.
Topeka business men and others
are Offering twenty silver cups. The
most elaborate of these is SIS cup
offered by Arthur Capper. governor
| elect. The Topeka Commercial club
| is giving the show support In a ma
terial way.
| For the first time in the history Of
Kansas poultry shows there will be a
woman on the staff of judges. Mrs.
Ben Daelhodsen OF lakewood. Mo-, a
specialist in water fowls. will be here
! to judge that class Of birds. She will
deliver an address while in Topeka on
Methods of Making Goose Culture
Profitable -
Judges and Officers
:! The staff Of judges will also in
clude: Thos. w. Southland, E. w.
| Rankin, Ralph Searle. ]. K Thomp-
son. VIM. A. Lippincott and G. d. Nc
Claskey, and r. p. Krum Of Stafford.
who will judeg the Bantams.
Officers of the Kansas State Pou1-
try federation are: President. Geo.
Beuoy, Cedarvale: secretary-treasur-
er, L. H. While, Chanute.