New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-01-22
Noisy Invitation.

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Noisy Invitation.
On nearing the armory during those
| four days, for blocks away the inviting
calls of thesmasters of the chicken yard
lcoild be heard in numberless variations.
a great many New Ulmites and people
from the surrounding country followed
this sound and enjoyed their inspection
OF the show rooms. Practically every
man, woman and child of New Ulm
not kept away by sickness or some other
impeachment visited he-exhibition, ac-
corsGng to the opinion Of those in
charge. And they found their curiosity
satisfied beyond expectation. Nearly
$50 birds OF all descriptions, confined
i'll meat wire pens were eager to be
| looked over and praised for their cx-
cel]ent qualities. And the visitors were
not slow either in acknowledging their
preferences.
Some Big Birds.
4 Two big cocks formed the one special
tattfaction for all Corners. They were
so large that standing erect they
ftoathed ethez upper part OF the coop viii
their combs, and their weight was more
than ten pounds each. The larger was
a Blue Orpington. He wore splendid
| breastplate of beautifully marked blue
gray feathers, large enuf and hand
some enuf to make a muff for milady
His consort was nearly as large and as
handsome as he although not quite sc
snowy a bird. The other big cock was
a Black Orpington. Both pair of birds
were exhibited by A. j. Sievert Of Lake
City, Mimi.
Judge Very Busy.
Prof. c. f. Brown Of the State Agri:
!, cultural College, who had been selected
as judge for the occasion by the Brown
| County Poultry Association, for two
1 days was the busiest man in New Tim
Friday and Saturday he was in the show
rooms from morning to night to judge
the respective values of the different
birds. In quiet and unassuming way
with a keen eye, he judged the general
condition and symmetry Of the speci
mems, the comb, head, eyes, .wattles
neck, wings, back, tail, breast, etc.
marking the scores as he found them
From Many Places.
| Tie birds had been sent in from
many places in the surrounding terri
tory. Some turkeys even came the
lllcng way from Bristol, S. ID. Othcl
places represented in the exhibition
fWere Winthrop, Sleepy Eye, Lake
Crystal, Courtland, Mankato, Lamber
ton, Rochester, Clements, Harmony
Tracy and Caledonia.
Scores 95 Points.
The highest scoring bird was a White
1 plymouth Rock pullet, owned by Mrs
4 a. H. KLEIN of CORTLAND township. II
i received score of 95 points. Mrs
| KLEIN also had the best display and re
/ ceived the Sweepstakes Prize in the
/ American Glass. Together with this
lprize also went the sack Of flour, do
mated by the Eagle Roller Mill com
ipany of New Ulm. .l.5
| Cup Goes to Rochester.
The award for the highest scoring
pen was ansoval shaped silver cup pre-.
1ssented by the Brown County Poultry
Association. 1t went to j. Amos Ken
lnedy of Rochester, NJ linn, for his pen of
SC. Brown Leghorns, the pen score being
ls6.17 The cup bears the inscription:
Won BY Re. ...S.. Brown County
Poultry Association January lib 10
| 20, 1919New Uin, Mimi, and had
'.been ordered from q G. REIN Of New
i Uhn.
The other two Sweepstakes prizes
went to Otto Triton, Sleepy Eye, Medi.
terranem Glass and Henry Ronberg,
Sleepy Eye, English Glass.
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