The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-21
POCL TRY EXHIBITIONS WORTH
MUCH TO BREEDERS OF BIRDS
Shows Are National Means
Of Spreading Methods
and Lore.

you IHuSt lGl tnS RV0stC sec stuem 0uO
pass Judgment on them. This Is the
basis of all your publicity. The test
is made. The high value OF your goods
is prowed. The story Of Your high
class work has gone ont far and wide.
The rest IL easy.
One horse - rsted at $50. aQoHher ut
$4,000. The latter has won his spurs
In life and death races Under the eNss
of tn. best Judges Of horse Slesh in the
world Hundreds Of thousands have
seen him ursRd to thu faftheet DOS
siblc limit Of speed and endurance
year after year. The nAraingss have
been without mercy. The findings
have been authoritative. There - no
other pathway to the fabulous price
and to national or even statewide
pi1hlipity.
The poultryman must take the same
road. Ills stock must nne up neck
to-neck with his neiefrhor's under the
eye of the publicly-licensed Judge in
the public exhibition. Thousands will
view his birds and watch the contest.
His winnings win give him standing.
| Without the ribbons he may cacry
forward a right profitable business
along strictly commercial lines. but
he can hope for no high rating as a
breeder Of pure-bred stock.
The Quality Of Stock.
| Thousa nds Of ponlrymen do not know
the fine points Of thorouehbred stock.
Most Of them care little for such
| their fowls. There is no incentive to
1 r,Ao <.,a
therefore drift. Their ideals are left
to drag along on low gear. There is
| no life in their business.
| The man who has decided to exhibit
| at the Next show Is different. He has
He Is to face an antagonist. There Is
| and he has entered.
Put it as you will, there is a thrill In
his business that he never felt be-
fore. His birds are to he tested side
by side with those of others. Every
atom of his genius for business and
| achievement is appealed to.
The unusual is bound to result. His
rating in business is to be known to
the public. and he il determined to
make it as favorable as possible.
l
culture will be exhanstivcly studied,
forced to yield its 'bit" or its might
In the breeding OF the best fowls that
ever stood in his yards.
The back lot amateur and the small
former are all bu. wholly dependent
on the score card of the poultry judge
If they would reach the best there il
l foy knr no Sv~ae
birds in the state. hut not even they
themselves will know it until after the
show is over. A breeder may have 4
$1,000 worth OF stock in his yards
Without the scoring of the licensed
judge In the public exhibition his @l,00e
flock may have a public rating 80 pei
4 cent short Of Its real vahe. The head
of the 10000 layer poultry plant does
ciple rules In his case.
| Public and Patriotic DUTY.
i We are patriots first Of ALL This
will remain true Of every full .hlooded
American till this world wnr is won
for humanity.
i Every man must have the hero spir.
it. Every day must be lived and ev-
sure the largest possible industrial
output. No one will lose and all will
Ia great gamers by keeping our eyes
steadily toward this high ideal.
l Poultry exhibitions win promote ar
Increased production Of the best fowls
to n larger degree than any other
known agency. The highest authori-
ties in the world exactly agree In this
unqualified statement.
Without the show the mongrcl will
forge more and moro to the front, and
present interest in the production or
Ian immense scale of the best poultry
4 that can be bred will soon cease. II
IL the public exhibition that enlists
the largest talent and the deepest and
most widespread interest. The histor,
R Of poultry culture proves this.
i Without the show We are all at saa
with neither chart nor compass. WI
viii sail on. though many VIII merely
drift. but we will never get to any
particular and much desired harbor
1t is the score card that tells poultry
men where they are.
A locaI poultry exhibition Is an
amazing stimulus. BETTER fowls. a
largely increased outpat and ticcpcs
! and mose. intcili@ent intsssst In .peul-
try culture. in all its phases. will bt
certain to follow. The man who knows
can do much for the public by pro-
noting such l0cal gatherings. ,NaN
infnrRation is given TO hundreds
Ideals never before dreamed 0f arc
eallght BY the people. A aew bunch
Of young and enthusiastic breeders arr
tsyept Into line. Many a ,comluppity
has doubled its poultry interests II
this way.
This Is emincntly worth considering
Every p0uad OF flesh. csery dozes
! eggs viii have somcthing to do with
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