Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-07
CHICKENS HOLD SWAY
At MARSH'S HALL
Big Poultry Exhibition Now ON In
Full Blast. showing Is Largest
Ever Seen IN This Part of
State.
OVER 500 FANCY BIRDS
ON EXHIBIT, MORE COMING.
Exhibitors From Nearby States, as
Well as Local Fanciers Showing
the Cream of the Poultry
Industry.

The doors of the Winneshiek
County Poultry Show were thrown
open to the public Monday. Every
thing is in it's place and Marsh's hall
looks like a palace with the array of
fine feathers. That the high cost OF
living may not strike a notch higher
UP all the hens have been asked by
the management not to stop laying
during the show.
Fred R. Goddard, formerly of De-
corah, but now living at Nekoosa,
Wis.,, has a fine, exhibit of Rose Comb
Rhode Island Reds and Rose Comb
Buff Leghorns. The White Wyan-
dottes, Orpingtons and Reds seem to
predominant.
Assistant Game Warden B. E.
Bucknell has a display from the
state game preserves, of two pairs
of golden and silver necked pleas
ants and II English ringnecks. To
see these handsome birds is worth
the price of admission alone. The
fact of the matter is you can see
more kinds of hens, turkeys, ducks,
geese, pheasants and pigeons than
were ever before assembled under
one roof in Winneshiek county
Yesterday morning there were over
500 birds on exhibition and more
were coming on trains from every di-
rection.
Glen F. Richards, of LIE Grand
Iowa, is the Judge and he's got lots
of work ahead of him.
No lady should miss seeing how
THE Langshang wears her skirts
how the white crested Polish carries
her head piece. If the ladies want
to see themselves as they enter
chuEch on Easter morning they mus
be sure and see the Golden pheasan,
in all his glory strutting about tn.
pen.
There are so many varieties o.
birds and so many facial expression,
that one may even see some wei
known Decorah faces carried b,
these birds.
It's great musical aggregation
and Secretary Larson says Its
strange thing about a chorus o
birds. no matter how strident ,
voice a rooster may have, or how
raucous the voices Of the geese, 1t al
produces harmony when combine,
with the cooling Of the doves, tn,
cackle of the hens and the quackinl
of ducks"
Every man. woman and child II
Winneshick county should take II
the big show. 1t costs only 15c 70
adults and 10c for children.
The show will be open mornings
afternoons and evenings. closing OF
Friday night. This Wednesday eve
ming Judge Richards and Atty E. w
Cutting will make addresses, an,
there will also be musical program
Thursday evening band concert an,
another. good program will be given
"A fine incubator will be given ava
on Friday evening. II you miss thi
great show you will regret it. Tn
management are very jubilant owe
the big showing and are very desir
Gus that every body hereabouts ma
see the show.
The object of a poultry show an,
reasons for holding them is givel
in the following by a well know
poultry man:
In the first pl ace there is a wide
spread love Of poultry and poultr
raising In the average community
Else why do so many cherish the ide
Of sometime owning a piece of Ian
where they can farm in small wa
--and raise chickens? OF cours
they like poultry and poultry rails
ing.
Now we believe it better to rails
throughbreds than mongrels. We be
lieve thoroughbred fowl to be NOR
beautiful and more profitable than
scrub. When breed has been sc
lected for years for. certain charae
teristics. either of beauty or utility
1t is reasonable to suppose they viii
excel fowl Of haphazard origin. S
we would encourage the breeding q
thoroughbreds exclusively. Not fan
cy fowls, as that term is general
understood. but some standard varie
~.
Not every one knows what constj