The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-01
FINE POULTRY
BEING SHOWN
18th Annual Exhibition by
Vermont Poultry Assn.
Opens in Barre
600 SPECIMENS
NOW ON DISPLAY
The Old Pavilion Theatre on
Pearl Street Scene
of Activity

Six hundred birds, many OF them crow
ing lusty salute to the New Year, Will,
Others chanted te deum to their escape
| from the rigors of Arctic weather on the
day before the show, were in the corners
at the Pavilion theatre in Pearl street
to-day, when the 18th annual exhibition
of the Vermont Poultry association
opened The gallant 600 are birds that
have weathered the coolest December in
years, birds whose fine qualities have
spared them the humiliation of the axe
and while the first day registration is
not so large as in some former years, it
exceeds the expectation of the show com
mittee. Moreover, more birds are here
than were registered at the opening of
last years show, and by night it is ex-
peeted that 200 late comers will be
cooped under the roof of the old vaude-
vile house.
Judging began late this forenoon and
will continue until tomorrow. The show
will not end until Thursday night, and
in the interim the public will have an
opportunity to inspect one of the finest
exhibitions of blooded birds ever shown
in Vermont. George p. Coffin of Free
port. Me-, whose work as a Judge is well
known TO local poultry fanciers. arrived
in the city last night, and he is to be
joined shortly by his colleague on the
poultry bench. Judge G. A. Ballou of
Worcester, Mass. Judge Coffin is to give
a free lecture on poultry in the court
room at city hall Wednesday evening at
80 o'clock
Despite the drawbacks attending the
exhibition of poultry this year. the local
committee has made an auspicious start
and there is nothing to Indicate that the
show will not measure up TO the stand
ard of former years. Vermont, New
Hampshire and New York are among the
states represented in the exhibitions and
birds of almost every breed are displayed
II is true tnat many poultry growers,
discouraged by the rising cost OF grain,
have killed or disposed of their birds, but
the abnormal condition has tended to
weed out many undesirables first, and it
IS probably true that the present collee-
ion of birds, on the whole. is one of the
finest ever brought together since the
state association began its yearly ex
libits II years ago.
Hotel Barre is being used as head |
quarters for visiting poultrymen and
have been made there for !
he judges. Entries for the show closed |
Dec 81 and only the birds that were on |
he floor to-day were qualified. Much |
interest centers around the $50 cup Of
cred by the association, to be competed /
or three years, to the breeder winning |
he largest number of points in any one
.ariety, The cup, which is to be held by
he association until it is won, went to
Y. b. Scott of Barre last year. The
sarre Board of Trade offers a silver cup
or the best cock, hen, pullet, cockerel
nd pen of any one variety.
The executive committee in charge of
he exhibition consists of W. A. Moir,
r., W A. Drew, c. A. Dodge, John Gel
atty. John Kennedy, r. S. Currier, f. NJ.
won and Harry Burnett. William Oh
ver is superintendent of the hall and
is assistant is Edwin Keast. The secre-
ary is Charles OLIVER.