The sun., 1916-12-24
AMERICAN BRED PERSIAN
LAMBS 10 ERlSK
AMID THE CHICKENS


sheep and silver black foxes will be a
feature Of the twentS-eiRhth annual
Madison Square Garden Poultry Show.
which will begin OF Friday and rom
tinue for six consecutive days and
evenings. until Wednesday, January
3. Besides there will be all sorts and
descriptions Of standard bred poultry
and pigeons, with spectacular group-
ings OF rare and costly ornamental and
game birds. Glimpses of the entries
reveal that IN addition to the orna-
mental. display and exhibition pens.
each containing from I'VE to ten birds.
there will be on view $500 poultry.
I 900 bantams. 2.100 pigeons and 500
geese and ducks. The aggregate value
OF the vast flock Of birds Is placed at
$3.50. 900.
All who At this festive season have
thought Of buying holiday gifts Of
furs-a mum Dr. throwor silver black
fox. q Persian lamb coat or something
trimmed with Astrakhan-will not
doubt that the live foxes at the Garden
are insured for s35. 800 and that the
flock Of Karakul sheep Is worth nearly
as much. To see the Persian lamb. n
familiar sight at all fashionable func-
lions. cavorting about in Its natural
state on four hoofs should be a nov.
city.
Since the war the expectation Of
Karakul sheep, which produces the
Persian lamb. Astrakhan and Krimmer
furs, has been forbidden from BOX
hara. Central Asia and Russia. ami
the specimens IN this country. which
were largely owned In Canada. have
been merged into one flock at a ranch
In the late Senator Tom Platt's BALL
wick. near Owego. Tioga county. y. y.
' The silver black foxes are KEEP. on IN,
same ranch. James Forsyth 81 Owego,
a veteran poultry man. who was a
charter member Of the New York
Poultry and Pigeon Association
for the exhibits. He Is a director Of
the concern that Is TO specialize in
raising valuable fur animals in the
United States. the American Karakul
Company.
In addition to the feathercd stars on
the main floor there will he a great
display OF incuhators. breeders filled
with chicks and poultry md pigeon
loft appliances there and in the rom
cert hail and assembly room. There
will be illustrated talks at hourly IN
tcrvals on poultry subjects In the con
cert hall by experts from the colleges
and practical men from the farms and
big poultry distributing plants. a fca-
turc Of the educational department vii
lie a contest for a cup presented 10y
Theodore \. Havemeycr between team,
Of six men from the agricultural col
leges of New York. New Jersey. Della,
ware. Connecticut, Massachusetts and
probably Rhode Island. The student.
will Judge poultry donated for this pur,
pose by several poultry farms. and tn,
contest. which will he decided 10y
points. will take place in the concer
hall. without interfering in any VII,
with the regular judging of the classes
Harry NJ. l.amon. chief ~husbandmas
Of the Bureau Of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agricul
ture. will be in charge OF the Govern,
ment exhibit from the experimental
farm at Beltsville. Nd. There will h,
moving pictures. day and evening. dc
picting the work and methods Mt IN,
farm. supplementary to the displays q
model coops and appliances and liv,
birds. One of the latter is the world
champion pullct, a White Leghorl
named Miss Yankee Doodle. hat ha
laid PA eggs this year and Is ready I,
start fresh when the Garden trip |
ended on her 1917 record.
California and Western exhibits will
be unusually prominent at the Gardel
show. The cowboys OF Ranch l73S
near Kcarny. Neb.. have been tcmpte,
by the high prices to turn from cattl
to poultry and eggs, The exhibit vii
he OF Bun Orpingtons and Rhode Isl
and Reds.
Among the poultry yard equipment
to be shown will be new devices 4
small cold storage egg preservatio
houses. adapted to the use OF larg
poultry farms or OF groups OF sma
poultry raisers. BY their use. in time
when eggs are abundant. the surplu
} stock may be preserved on the HON
farms until the market improves, thu
making possible n more economic;
transfer Of eggs from tho producer I
r the consumers by the elimination ,
: the speculative middleman,
Among new exhibitors this year nj
! Mrs. Payne Whitney, with bantam
: and waterfowl; Il, +. Loree Of We!
, Orange. with White Orpingtone; VI
and Mrs. Il. L. Martin Of Downey, Cal