The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-25
Department Of Agriculture viii
Teach New York How to Re-
duce Living Cost.
TO SHOW TH0R0UGHBREDS
Chickens for Table Use and
Those for Laying Purposes
Take Prominent Place,

A Government exhibit OF standard
egg layers will bo n new feature OF
the twcnty.eighth annual Madison
Square Garden poultry and pigeon
show. which opens In New York next
Friday, and ends on "Wednesday, Jan
uary ., tho dates including Sunday
and New Year Day, when special fea.
turof OF general public Interest Will
be pApvided.
Tha Bureau OF Animal Industry OF
the United states Department OF Az.
ficulturo offers It's exhibit to New
Workers as timely hint that the
best way TO offset eNcessive market
prices In for as many folks as pos
Hible to raise their own table chicken
and egg crops.
The Government display will be OF
pure types OF Plymouth Rocks, Or
pingtons. Lcghorna, and other stand
ard market fowls. raised at the ex'
perimcntal poultry farm at Beltrvillc,
Nd, which has been In operation for
several years, together with hybrids
meant Ia bNS OF super.eleRnnce "a
table fowl. or as super-efficient egg
producers. over the pens OF the ny.
birds will be charted pedigrecr. trac-
Ing the family lines, with figures
demonstrating the value OF the mixed.
pedigreed stock Tor the purpose In
tended.
Lazy Birds heat Food.
Pouitrymcu have always had clear
conceptions OF the fact that tho ever
hustiing egg layer II never 30 good
To eat as the hen of less strenuous
inclinations In the way Of hard work.
Tho Government exhibit IL intended
to teach the beginners at poultry
raising. ar well rs the old hands. the
surest way to raise fowls best
adapted for the desired objects. The
breeder will be taught to strive for
the full platter OF tender meat. or
else for the heaping full egg basket.
and not To mix his aspirations.
Besides adult fowls and chicks, the
display viii include
models OF the farms laying houses, !
equipped with trap nests, that regis. !
ter how often a hen 10 on the job: col I
ony brooder coops, model runs, and 1
feeding and water devices. II viii be /
In charge of Henry VI, Lamon, chief /
h usbandman of the bureau, who will (
lecture twice daily and illustrate his I
talks by moving pictures taken espe. I
eiaiiy for the Garden Poultry show.
Essry breaks Record.
A worlds record has been made In
the way Of entries. and 1900 single
birds OF the standard pigeon AMI
poultry types. inclusive ~ big bronze,
bum. and blue turkeys. tat geese and
plump ducks will crowd the pens. ac.
rording To Information received from
New York. There will also be a won.
ierful showing OF rare ornamental
birds. odd cranes. geese, and quaint
iuckE, peafowl, phessants, and costly
swans. Pit games and utility breeds
brought as high as 81 900 apiece at
asst winters Garden Poultry Show,
Ind ON this basis a conservative esti.
nate OF the money value OF the
'oloIsts In the gigantic barnyard
'horus that viii bid the New Year
Welcome ON Madison Square IL
i25O. 900.
The National bantam Association
will celebrate its twenty.ifth ami
'ersary during the exhibition. IL was
tarted At the Garden n quarter OF a
CENTURY ago, when bantams were aS
i'd sights as n blue canary, and has
'een factor In bringing TO the shows
miniature types OF all the standard
reeds. Some OF the pigeons on view
viii be as small as a humming bird;
theirs as large as roasting chickens.