Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-08
.y|RG|N|A POULTRY SHOW
1T STATE FAIR THIS WEEK
a Growing Industry VIII BE in Fine
Feathers at Great ENhibi-
ton This Time.
EDUcAT1oNALB BOOTH IT WILL BE
Poultry Raiscrs Will Teach and BE
Taught About the big Money to
Come From Chickens and Other
Understanding Worth Seeing.

The poultry educational booth at
tho State Fair which Is u part Of the
exhibit Of the extension division Of the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute this year
Will be interesting TO both producers
and consumers Of poultry.
This exhibit will have AS 4 special
feature representation OF the work
done by Farmers Cooperative poul-
try Organizations. These farmers or
CARNATIONS are standardiziur their
communities on one breed of poultry
for the sake OF uniformity in their
poultry and poultry products, which
fact enables them TO handle the pro
duct TO a better advantage
This work Will be illustrated by =
display of crates OF eggs showing
methods of packing ana shipping az
we'll as the quality OF the product.
The product VIII he shown in con-
trast TO the average shipment OF eggs
from unframed producers.
The eggs shipped by these farmers
organizations are all produced under
specifications. copies Of which Will he
displayed, These specifications cover
weight per dozen. uniformity in size
and color, infcrtility and other dcsr-
able market features.
In addition to the egg display there
will be Il display OF live capons the
production of capons being one OF the
features OF these organizations. The
farmers have found this Il profitable
line OF production as capons are in
demand at good prices. and arc raised
with little trouble or expense. CaponS
often bring as much - cents per
pound and Will weigh sometimes hf-
teen pounds at eleven months old.
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS
on DRESS PARADE
There will also be exhibited in this
booth twenty-five large photographs,
hand colorcd in oil. These photographs
illustrate the work being done on the
government farm at Bcltsvillc. Md.
and will include portraits Of some OF
the birds on the government farm.
These pictures were part OF the gov
ernment exhibit at the Madison square
Garden Poultry Show last winter
Models of poultry houses suitable
for average farm conditions will be
seen. as well as charts instructive in
the matter Of feeding poultry and gen
eral poultry management. The Boys
and Girls Poultry Club work, which
is playing an important part In the
DEVELOPMENT OF the poultry industry in
Virginia, will he represented hy charts
showing tho history and growth Of
these clubs in Virginia and the South
ern States.
The Boys and Girls Poultry Club
work will be also represented In the
poultry building by an exhibit of pure
bred poultry raised BY the members
of these clubs. This display presents
a marked Improvement over last years
exhibit, both as to number OF birds and
the quality. a new development in
the poultry club work is the colored
poultry clubs. The colored poultry
clubs OF HcnriCo County will have :,
display Of barred plymouth rocks rails
ed from eggs purchased by these mem
hers from the Hampton Institute. The
poultry clubs Will also have All on
hibit of eggs in the poultry building.