Milford chronicle., 1916-11-17
THE MANY ADVANTAGES
OF THE SHOW ROOM
By J. H. McFAUL, Jr.
L4H Rights Reseyzea1

With the coming of the bleak winter
comes the opening of the fall and winter
shows, where all of the many varieties oi
the feathery kingdom are exhibited in
the hope of capturing some of the many
valuable prizes offered or to create a de-
mani for the breeders special produc-
tions, that they may eventually reap a
profit from their business
The show room is the one best bet for
the exhibition of chickens and every per
son who aims at the production Of good
birds should enter it with much enthusi-
asm. The show room, too. has other ad-
vantages than those of direct benefit to
the individual breeder II stimulates an
interest in the poultry industry generally
to such an extent that, after the close of
each exhibit, the enthusiasm and love
for the feathered beauties which it has
created causes many persons to adopt the
'Cackling Of the hen" as a means Of
making money.
Oh, yes, it is true that all who enter
the business do not make money, nor do
they all remain in the business, but then,
there is large percentage who do. These
are the ones who do not claim TO know
all about the business from the very start,
but who are satisfied to live and learn, to
take heed of the instructions given them.
The show room of today is by far the
greatest educational institution, insofar
as chicken. knowledge is concerned, that
1t is possible TO attend and one rarely
ever leaves the show room without ac-
quiring some new knowledge.
Almost every known variety of chicken
is exhibited in all of the larger shows of
today and there are always plenty of men
and TOO hot
show room who are capable and willing (
to impart all the information about the /
various breeds at their disposal. Then |
too, the matter of raising and care is /
touched upon in regular poultry courses
held in every show, as well as by the in
dividuals who are interested in particular 4
breeds
There are many persons, and particu
larly the smaller breeders, vino labor un-
der the impression that the show room is
no place for the amateur, and conse- T.
qEently, they not only refrain from en-
tering any of their stock, but on the other
hand often do not even attend the ex-
hibition
This is wrong l would as soon do
business without clerks as engage in the
poultry business without shows for the t
reason that much knowledge is gained ]
through this channel {
Remember that the show room holds {
place for the breeder of utility birds Just a
as well as it does for the fellow who i
stakes his holdings on the fancy lot b
Keep in mind that fine feathers do not
always make fine birds, and it is not
always the man who engages in the rails v
ing OF fancy fowls that makes the most Z
money. Money turks in utility stock c.
aud there is much to be learned in the ri
show room concerning the breeding and S,
raising of this class of fowls which can
be put to good use in your own plant
Poultrydom today contains more men n
engaged in the utility end of the game al
Than the fancy, which shows where the W
money lays, but it is also a fact that those II;
who are making their mark in this direc- vC
ion will always be found in the show is
Dom and they will be always as ready to CO
.ive as they are ready to receive informa re
ion. ie
OF course. this information can be got yo