The Detroit times., 1915-01-22
OF
POULTRY WORLD
ON EXHIBITION
State Breeders Association
I Gathers Freaks of Feathered
. Kingdom in Armory
FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S
THE TOULOUSE GOOSE
And Right Beside Him is One of
The Only Breed of Quackless
Ducks in the World

The Detroit armory Is jammed full
with about 1000 different kinds OF
artistic temperments. Meaning that
the NTH show OF the Michigan State
Poultry Breeders association Is in
full swing. and that there are that
many entries. Each entry has some
particularly exclusive distinction all
its own.
Take for instance, the big Tou-
louise goose. They built q special
cage for him, and rumor has II that
block and tackle was used to haul
him into the armory.
He raised his head towards the
roof, Thursday morning, and quack-
ed. Then he noted the effect. Every
thing else became quiet, and persons
who don't know the characteristics
lof Toulouse geese said they thought
they had gone to poultry show. and
didn't know that they got mixed up
In an exhibition where warning sig
mails for motor cars are being dem
onstrated, as Is the case out in the
west end of the town.
Right, next cage to the big Tou-
louise. IL a duck. He Is OF the Mus
covy family. The Toulouse rocked
the building with single Quack
The Muscovy also looked upward
opened It's bili-and didn't quack.
For the Muscovy, ladies and
gentlemen. is the only quackless
duck in the world. He is incapable
~ ,,ttaripo N oounA opd that'a his
chief claim to distinction.
In q large pen near the entrance
there is family OF newcomers
They are called Light Sussex, and
they are reputed to be some of the
best egg-laying chickens that were
ever raised. They were imported
from England by C. w. Case, Of
Rochester. They look SO different
from any breed that has become
Americanized that you can't blams
'em for being stuck up.
j. j. Spracklin, OF Windsor. II
showing what is regarded by many
as the finest Black Leghorn cockrel
In the world. Az cockrels go, he has
batting average Of close TO LOCO
for shape, color, and pedigree. Nc
cockrel that ever competed hin
! In q poultry show has beaten hin
in the score. His poultry league
standing IL 9S per cent.
THAT bird IL three years old, and
has never been beaten" said Sprack
lin. ."His father is almost as goot
as he. I looked the daddy over thi'
morning, and I says to him, 'Olt
imam, you could beat 'em all yet, n
lyour boy wasn't In the running"
| Spracklin has received numeroui
offers from fanciers who wish 4
purchase his cockrels. but he has de
iclined all OF them.
/ r. w. Grove, of Owosso, is one o
1.-THE prominent White Wyandotte ex
lhibitors. His birds are said to b.
1.-THE best, because, with some sligh
moderations. they resemble a glas
tgfUbe, IN shape. WAeH-judgan
4 White wyandottes. you think or
globe, make allowances for a den
flor the tail and slight bulge TO
the breast, and II the remainder o
the chickens physique resembles tn
globe. they're supposed to be OF tn
laristocracy
Now. with Leghorns, like Sprack
llin's, it's different. They're good be
cause they look like cigar boxes, witt
a slender head and tail stuck on them
That, at least, Is the way the judges
figure.
Stretched out In poses OF indiffei
ence, are some New Zealand ret
hares, exhibited by w. ]. and e. c
lWelters, of Detroit. They are said t
be the first hares Of the New Zealan
breed brought to Michigan. Thei
} flesh, 1t La said, has been assayed a
being 80 per cent nutritious by III
| provincial government Of New Zes
Hand.
i E. II. Donnelly, mayor OF Sandwich
: lCnt, has a large collection OF dwarf
lat the show The mayor specialize
lin bantams, and be has one Blac
cochin that ranks az well in Its ow
Iclass az Joe Spracklin's does anon
1.-The Leghorns. Some OF the Donnell
lbaptams are of such size that the
would lock well as watch charms.
Around the corner from the dwarf
are more exhibits OF the circus VARIETY
There are pens OF bearded ladies
They are called Crested Polish chicl
ems. Their heads are covered wit