Arizona republican., 1921-09-12
Poultry Show To Be Held Here October 7-lO Decided Upon By
 Maricopa County Association

the number of hens in each entry will be increased and each owner will have the privilege of mating his | entry. Eggs from the best producing | hens will be marked with the hen number and date and sold to the owner of the pen at a price only suf ficient to cover expenses. At the ear Hest time when incubation facilities are adequate for the purpose, the poultry department will hatch and pedigree the chicks for those owners who desire it. This will be done at a cost only sufficient to cover ex- penses.
 Rules and Regulations
 l. This contest shall be known as the University of Arizona Poultry Breeding Contest
 ?. The first year of the contest win open November l, 1921, and close October 31. 1922.
 The contest shall be held at Tue son, Arizona, and the University of Arizona shall have complete charge of the administration. All records. including eggs laid, weight of eggs. amount of feed, duration of mott, fre- quency of breeding periods. etc, will become records of the experiment. station, and monthly reports will be issued summarizing these data. A more complete and detailed report VIII 6e lSSQCQ At lt1G COllGluSlOn Ol the contest
 1. An entry shall consist of six purebred bullets. matched after Janu- ary l. 1921. The cumulative trapnest record of the five highest shall con- | stitute the pen record for the year. 5. A fee of six dollars shall accom- pany each entry from poultrymen of Arizona. This fee will be used to | help defray expenses of the contest
 Fees will be refunded If entries can not be accepted.
 l 6. No contestant shall be permitted ! to enter more than one pen of any one variety. unless by October Is.
 1921. thirty entries have not been received. Prior to October 15. appli-
 cation for entry of second pens will
 be received and will be entered in order of their receipt after that date
 until thirty pens have been accepted.
 T. All entries must be shipped ex-
 press prepaid. to arrive in Tucson not l earlier than October 2S. 1921, not l later than October 30, 1921.
 Two addressed shipping tags will l be mailed between October 1 and 15. 1 1921, for each entry.
 | 8. No contestant will be permitted I to withdraw any bird during the con- test year. The poultryman in charge \ may remove from the pen any bird which develops vicious habits or dis ease or is in any way incapacitated T for laying.
 g. It shall be the duty of the poul- tryman in charge of the contest to re- l turn to the owner at the owners expense any bird which upon its ar- l rival is found to be affected with any infction or contagious disease or in verminous condition The owner may replace such bird without any other expenses than express charges T 10. Trapnest records will be kept for each individual hen. II. During the contest. all birds will be scored on the American Poul- try Association score card. a copy ] of which will be returned to the owner of each pen.
 12. Any egg under 15k ounces ir ! weight or soft-shelled shall not be
 counted. If the eggs from any per .i 22 ounces per dozen by the end of the sixth month of the contest. said pen or hen shall be ineligible for ar award.
 13. All eggs laid during the contest are to become the property of tho : University of Arizona and the pro- ceeds from their sale as market eggs will be used toward maintenance ex. pense
 
 on account of sickness or contagioui disease during the contest Is reserved : by the university.
 Is. Every precaution possible vii be taken to avoid loss by disease. ac- cident or other causes. but the man. agement will not be responsible fo losses which may occur Is. Full right to determine upol
 the the feeding and management | retained by the University IT. The right to clip the wing O 2 any hen which consistently flies tn r fence is reserved by the university. l IS. Every contestants name mus :. be given and shown on the monthl. report
 ] 1s. Record of performance will b. 1 maintained according to the require ,. ments of the American Record O s Performance Council Hens makinl e a record of 200 eggs or more durins their first year are eligible for regis tration with the American Record O Performance Council
 20. There shall be no appeal iron