Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-26
LOCAL BREEDERS
HEAVIEST WINNERS

The Judging was finished Thursday
as was expected and the list Of awards
that we're not previously published will
| be announced today Ottumwa exhibit
ors have been big winners In the show
although some of the visiting bird
fanciers have made excellent show
ings and taken large number OF the
awards.
The expense the breeders go to in
lshowing the various types, the interest
manifested and the amount Of study
and attention given the industry Is
much bigger and worth more in and
about Wapello county than most peo
pie realize. Many of the local breed.
ers sell hundreds of dollars worth OF
chickens aside from the egg, settings
each. year and every show held
+, emphasizes more than the past, the
interest being taken in good poultry
stock. ..,s ..sg.,s.ef I'll
The following awards were made
since the previous list was published:
Barred Plymouth Rocks.
C. N. Davis, Mystic-Fo Fourth. pullet;
first. second. third and fourth. hen;
fourth and fifth, cockerel; fourth pull
let bred cockerel; third. cockerel bred
pen; second, pullet bred pen.
F, E. s. ,Popham. MuI.ay-First, pull
let bred cockerel; first pullet bred
pen; first cockerel bred pen; first
cockerel bred ypullet: first, second
third and foyfth pullet.
A. ]. Ringer, Observation-Disclosures
cock.
F. l.. Reinhard & Son, ottumwa-
Fifth, hen.
E. w. Collins, Mt. Pleasant-Third
and fourth cockerel bred hen: first
cock, and third cockerel.
o. L. Stockberger, Ottumwa-Sec
ond and third, pullet bred cockerel;
first and second, cockerel bred pen
second and fifth. cockerel bred hen;
third, fourth and fifth, cockerel bred
pullet, and first cockerel
The two biggest prize winners Of
4 the 1916 show Of the Ottumwa Poultry
association are Mrs. Louis Montague
and Charles H. Orman. The former IL
breeder of White Orpingtons and
i the latter, single comb Rhode Island
Reds. Mrs. Montague has twenty-five
birds showing while Mr.. Orman has
twenty-four. Both have exceptionally
fine exhibits and took majority 81
the wins in their respective classes.
Among the notable prize winners al
the local show this week is the win
ner of the first cock prize in the White
lOrpington class. This is Mrs. Mon
ltagne's best bird although a son o.
this valuable sire is looked upon by
the owner and Judge Hale as a can
didate for greater honors than his
father. The latter bird has won mrs
cockerel in the local show and thu
elder bird took that prize at the Chi
cago show in competition with sew
enteen other birds last January.
From January 10 tc Is the l9lI
show will be on in Chicago and IN
spired by her winning last year and tn
excellent cockerel sired by last year:
winner, Mrs. Montague plans to ente1
both these birds in the Chicago show
next month.
The male birds are not the Eofly
prize winners in the MonIAsne pens
for the winnings include first hen ant
first pullet The former scored 94A
and the latter 94k.
Mrs. Montague hass been breeding
these birds for the past four year
and for three years has been showing
them. IN that time she has won more
than 100 prizes including seven sill
| yer cups. She has 200 White Orping
tons and during the breeding seasor
lis unable to supply the demand TO-
them. l
| Charles H. Orman who leads in thu
|colored birds has more than $50 bird
lin his pens and has been specialfzin,
lin these chickens for the past sever
Iyears.
His flock OF Rhode Island Reds in
cludes old Chief Wapello,f the sire o
many of his prize winners although
the Is not showing this year. Thi
noted prize winner suffered from froe
last winter and his appearance IL I'm
naired hut his progeny sh0XR eplen