Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-10-26

The annual poultry show is beneficial
to both the utility farmer and the fancier.
1t Is educational. It points out the t-uo
value of the pure-bred. and does yeoman
work in killing the interests Of cross
breeding and mongrelsm. The fancer
deserves a world Of credit for his pains
taking work. and the poultry show is in
dispensable for it's advertising facilities.
The man who will decry the poultry
exhibitions simply because he raises moth
ing but table poultry and table eggs. 10
not a good utility man He needs the in
fluence of a good show--he lacks wisdom
The true utility breeder is one who o.
poses mongrelism, and employs solely
pure breeds for his purpose. The annual
exhibitions are Of great use in this par
ticuiar. giving strong object lessons. Here,
not alone fine feathers and correct mark
ings are displayed. but the form and the
meat qualifications are at once exposed to
view. It requires hut ordinary inteli
gence to determine whether or not a GER
tain breed would be an advantage to tbs
poulterer's yards
MONGRELISM MUST BE KILLED
Harrison Weir. the famous English au-
thority. in THE Poultry Book" says: 1t
must he clear to every observant MIND
that as the craze for mongrelism is ram
pant and still gains credit with the cred.
ulous, that were it not for our poultry
shows our tried, serviceable in all ways
valuable pure breeds would very soon
cease to exist-these old fowls Of ours. the
work of ages. the perfection Of table
fowls, the abundant layers Of good. white
eggs, the beautiful. the grand, the state
y, well-formed, delicate -feshed, easily
bred and easily fatted. unsurpassed. lJnG
cherished. for all their profitable uses.
say. emphatically, we're il not for the roul-
try shows these. and the like Of these,
would be things Of the past. and to the
lasting disgrace Of the poultryman Of
to-day they would become extinct. Hap
PLY, 90 far there are some who know
the double value OF purity Of breed, and
1t is to these and only these that the
country can look for help to regain what
is already comparatively lost--the old a-d
enviable position Of having the hest and
most perfect table fowls in the world
That was written from an English view
point, and refers to conditions as found
in that country, but it is equally applica ole
to America.
The poultry show has another laudAhle
objective. II il the ins;illng Of a new in
terest it brings poultry lovers together:
II teaches them how TO improve II aNak-
ems enthusiasm in the neighhorhood in
which II is held Therefore, from an edu.
catonal and an advertising standroin-. Il
is the greatest medium We have to-day.
! or especial value is the small show, the
one held in a community that probably
cannot command more than hundred en-
tries. When such show is Judged b. an
expert, especially one who has been Ell
gagged from outside. the interest will he
greater and the education Of higher order
4 good Judge will not only place his
awards in the proper manner. hut he will
stand rendy TO explain it air to those
wishing TO know. Surely. the local poul-
try exhibition is the srea est educator the
community can have.
| For the benefit OF the amateur who de-
sires to try ont his fowls al one Of these