Evening star., 1917-10-14

No one will lose and all will be great
gamers by keeping our eyes steadily
toward this high ideal.
Poultry exhibitions will promote an
increased production OF the best fowls
to q larger degree than any other
known agency. The highest authorities
in the world exactly agree in this un-
qualified statement
Without the show the mongrel will
forge more and more to the front. and
present interest in the production on an
immense scale of the best poultry that
can be bred will soon cease. 1t is the
est talent and the deepest and most
widespread interest. The history Of
poultry culture proves this.
Without the show we are all at sea,
with neither compass nor chart We
will sail on. though many will merely
drift: but we will never get to any par
ticular and much-desired harbor. 1t is
the score card that tells poultrymen
where they are.
A local poultry exhibition Is an amaz-
ing stimulus. Better fowls. a largely
increased output and a deeper and more
Intelligent interest in poultry culture,
In all It's phases. will be certain to fol-
low. The man who knows can do much
gatherings. New information Is given
to hundreds. Ideals never before
dreamed Of are caught by the people.
A new bunch OF young and enthusiastic
breeders are swept into line. Many a
community has doubled its poultry in
terests In this way.
This is eminently worth considering.
Rvery pound of flesh, every dozen eggs
Will have something to do with the
winning of the war. the feeding of the
Ing. and with promoting the prosperity
and comfort Of the great public.
The alarming shortage is not SO much
of money as Of meat. Creation and con-
servatton of food Is the supreme need
of the time. The world has plenty of
gold. but not enough grub" AS the
mightiest stimulus known to one Of the
most important food industries of our
nation. poultrymen should count It a
patriotic and public pleasure to pro-
the poultry show. Such bread 'cast upon
the waters" of the worlds troubled life
will be certain to return before many
days multiplied MANIFOLD.
Utility and Fancy Breeds.
Don't be suspicious. Cultivate con-
fidence in your brother man. Poultry
any organization. Poultry judges are
honest men. doing the best they can to
give every one square deal
Pet stock" and freaks of nature are
incidental and ornamental in most
modern poultry exhibitions. The big
breeds.
1t is well to remember, too, that all
pure-bred stock Of the really useful
kind is included under the fancy
breeds" This term is another express
sion for full bloods," or thorough
hreds." Formerly 1t had primary ref
erence to the fowls that were bred for
their beauty. or their picturesque or
grotesque appearances. with little re-
gard to real usefulness.
We have passed beyond the play pc
riod in poultry exhibits. 1t is serious
business today Not that the freaks
and the pets are neglected. But the
sweeping and central purpose of the
modern poultry show is to place ir
comparison and competition hundreds
Of tho finest specimens Of thoroughbred
utility stock. The rest is largely OF
the side.
We have to thank the showroom for
those powerful waves of interest Ii
the breeding of better poultry that
have swept over the land during the
last decade and more. As quickenel
Of interest there is nothing that car
compare with the public exhibit. Like
the horse show and che cattle show
the poultry show Is an annual round
UP Of the best we have in order that We
may have better next year. Do your
bit to help 1t on. You'll get your money
back with usury."