The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-19
DID EXHIBIT OF POULTRY-S1OW OPENS TUESDAY

Madison Square Garden will again
sage a mammoth farm yard on Tues
day morning for the opening of the
,hir;ieth annual show OF the New York
Poultry and Pigeon Association. There
will be over $4,000 exhibits. Abou,
1000 OF the entries are poultry or
water fowl. and the remainder viii DO
pigeons. The doors will be open to III.
yublf, at O'Clock on Tuesday morn
ing, when every bird will caokls or COO
after the manner OF its kind in a ri-
ranti' chorus. welcome home. Bows,
II Will be the peace show" and an
exceptionally prosperous one. for tho
entries are In excess OF last year. wh,,s
the presence OF foreign buyers and ~
hundreds OF beginners at poultry rails.
ing are both assured. Mime. Hen is "a
ne cultivated more assiduously in the
future than ever before, for hundreds
~ suburbanites believe to do so IL tho
hest way to combat the existing high
prices Of eggs. In the same way there
are hundreds of other rural residents
who intend to keep down their
Butchers bills by raising their own
chickens for potpies and roasts.
All the requirements OF the begin.
ners at poultry or pigeon raising will
10 on exhibition Mt Madison Sousre
Garden during the show, and, whether
he buyer is only seeking an eouip.
In"nt FOR back yard chicken farm. or
seeks the stock and fixtures for n
900 acre chicken ranch, his needs can
he supplied. a new feature will be tho
maintenance OF an information booth
ny representatives of the American
Poultry Association to answer queries
from beginners at poultry raising.
EEVTe Will be moving picture talks
- different aspects OF poultry and
pigeon raising every afternoon and
evening in the concert hall. The talks
viii be by eminent Government and
agricultural college experts, the lat.
ter representing the States Of New
Jersey, pennsylvania and New York.
The entire programme will be ar
ranged by Prof Rice OF Cornell Uni
rersity, and Prof. Allen S. Williams
VII introduce the speakers.
An unforeseen situation created hy
me number of beginners at poultry
raising Is that the visible stock or in.
CREATORS has been exhausted While
samples OF every size and model of in
curator will be on view at the Garden,
i IS said that orders will only be &C.
cepted Tor future delivery. One nov
city OF the show will he a huge tank"
incubator with a capacity of 10000
chicks. The eggs have been placed In
II in advance ana the tank" has been
timed to deliver its crop of little fluffs
on Wednesday morning. This big in
cuhator will occupy display space
near the Fourth avenue end Of the
Garden.
lncubators will be exhibited by
many firms, but 1t is unusual to have
over one hundred eggs Matched at one
time in one of them. Within twelve
hours after breaking through the
shells the little chickens are placed in
the breeders and thereafter they play
an active part at the show. Hundreds
are sold during the show and are taken
home by suburban residents as the
nucleus OF a poultry plant. Young
chicks are very lusty, and are carried
home in n pasteooard box that sug-
costs a dozen fried oysters.
Homer pigeons will be very promi-
nent il the pigeon displays. Besides
the many classes for show. homers and
exhibition homers there will he twenty
classes for birds with attested flight
records guaranteed by TIC american
Federation Of Homer Pigeons Fanciers.
These begin with a class for cock birds
NTH a one hundred mile record and
tor hens with a similar distance rec
orr. and increase by raises OF fifty
miles to the maximum distances Of 500
and 1000 mile flights.
Birds that have been in active ser
r!ce with the Army Signal Corps dur
ing the war, both at the military
pigeonries in this country and on the
firing lines abroad. will be among the
entries in the classes for record hon.
ers. August de Corte OF Rosehank.
N:atsu Island. who is the inventor of
devices used ny the army for carrying
mcs~rnger pigeons and Of coops used
hN tho Government, will make a spe-
rsl display OF his models and birds.
Daring the show he will fly birds daily
from the Garden with messages TO
his lots on Staten Island and to the
military lofts on Governors Island.
portable pigeon coop on wheels