South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-20
ALL STAR CAST
At CHICKEN SHOW
Annual Display of Poultry and
Other Small Stock is Above
Average and is Attracting
CroWdS-ChiIdren Free.

If any person doubts that nature
speaks a varied language, let that
person attend the poultry show in full
blast in. the new Livingston building
at Nos. 315-19 S. Michigan ST. There
cOngregatcd together on two airy and
roomy floors are 1000 magnificent
birds of various breeds and, incident
ally, of various degrees OF ability in
vocal expression.
one does not need to be d poultry
fancier TO appreciate the show; one
needs only TO enjoy animal life and
TO find contentment in dreaming OF
the days when they will live on a
farm and will seek out eggs far back
in the recesses OF the hay loft.
So encouraging has the attendance
been TO start with that the manage
ment of the show is considering the
advisability of continuing it over
Sunday. 1t is by far the biggest
poultry show that has ever~been held
here and there are birds exhibited
from distant points in Kentucky,
Ohio, Michigan and Illinois. So large
has been the number of entries that it
was with difficulty that the necessary
number of cOops was found 10 ac-
commodate all. However. everything
was liz perfect running order Wednes-
day morning due largely 10 the all
night work of those in charge and
there Will be no hitch to mar proceed
ingS
Standard Unusually High.
The standard of birds il is claimed,
is decidedly above the standard of
previous shows. The largest entries
are in the barred Plymouth Rocks, the
white Wyandottes, buff Wyandottes
and the white Leghorns. In addition
to these and the other standard strains
there are many newer ones such as
the Dark Cornish, the White Crested
Black Polish. the Salmon Faverolles
and others, all of which are in them
selves worth the 10 cents charged Tor
admission And then there are the
game birds and the wild mallard
ducks. the pheasants the peacocks,
the ducks, the turkeys. the geese and
the pigeons and on Thursday there
will be the cats and other pet stock.
The judging Of the birds was taken
up Wednesday and will continue
through the remainder OF the week.
The birds are being judged by COM
parison rather than by the usual score
card system BY this method the
birds that are readily chosen as the
best exhibits OF a breed are taken out
and individually scored. The process
OF judging is complicated and tedious
for il is necessarily done with the
greatest Oh care DttduSt u TIC NAOSC
competition in entries. The Judging
can be followed each day by the spec
tatOTS.
An innovation at this show will be
the labelling of the various breeds so
that the layman may more Intelligent
~ view the exhibits. 1t will therefore
he profitable as we'll as interesting to
the uninitiated 10 attend the show
where he can make himself acquaint-
ed with the characteristics OF the va
riOus breeds.
Miss Haertel teacher in the agri-
cultural department of the high
school, took 10 OF her pupils TO the
show Tuesday where they were given
instruction along various lines OF the
poultry business by @. II. Northrup,
one Of the judges All school chill
dren under IL years of age will be
admitted TO the show free of charge.
The school board took such an in
terest in the matter that the teachers
were officially instructed 10 inform
their pupils of this arrangement.