Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-01-24
joint SHOW
COMES TOEND
Those in Active Manage
ment Poultry and Small
Grain Show are Very
Well Pleased.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Prop. Lapp Gives a Good
Lecture in Chamber
Commerce.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

show. held in the new shoe factor
building since Wednesday, will come t
building last week, closed Saturda.
night.
Standing of Townships.
The townships standing highest il
the corn show follow: Blairsburg, S.
points; Cass, 40 points; Freedom, .
points. 1t is interesting to not tina
] II. Silver of Freedom township. wh'
won two trophies on corn, last yea
won two cups at the state fair and twt
cups at the county fair.
Those who have been in active man
agenent Of the show and those alst
who have participated are very vel
pleased with results and are frank il
expressing the opinion that this years
show is the hest ever held here. The
holding of the poultry show in con
junction with the annual corn show
is new venture and it is thought that
the practice will be continued here
after.
A drive is now being made to secure
new memberships in the Hamilton
County Poultry association and it is
hoped that enough new members will
be secured to swell the assOcia tons
membership to 100. If enough addi-
tional memberships are gained annual
poultry shows will be assured and the
association will receive monetary as
sistance from the state. Every effort
will be made to make the shows edu-
catiOnal in all respects.
Interesting Lecture.
The lecture on Handling Birds in
Town. given by Prof. w. H. Lapp Of
the poultry husbandry department of
Iowa State college in the Chamber of
Commerce Friday evening, was es-
pccially instructive. Mr.. Lapp con-
graduated his audience on the excel
lence of the joint show, declaring it
one of the best he had ever attended.
Among the points stressed by Prof.
Lapp was the proper housing of poul-
try, a subject which he touched on
briefly in his speech of Thursday
evening. He described the various
types of poultry houses in common use
through the state but declared that the
semi-mOnitOr type had been found to be
the most satisfactory. Murray Nc
Murray erected such house last sum
mcr
According to the speakers estimate,
about FIVE pounds of feed is necessary
to feed flock of ~ chickens day.
Two pounds of this amount should be
fed in the morning and the remaining
three pounds in the evening. During
the day time the chickens should be
allowed to pick at dry mash which
can be put in hopper
He also touched briefly on breeding
in line and on the diseases peculiar
to fowl. The most common disease
nCted among chickens is tuberculosis
which most often results from poor ven
tilation and Overcrowded conditions in
poultry houses and also from damp
floors. 1t is chronic, contagious dis
ease characterized by the development
If nodules called tubercles in various
organs of the body, but most frequent
~ in the liver, spleen and intestines.
Fowl affected with this disease general
" become very light in weight.
A practical course to take when the
disease is found in flock is to kill
hose birds affected or else segregate
hem from the rest of the flock. Houses
md runs should be thoroughly disin-
fccted as preventive measure.
The list of poultry awards follows
Special Prizes.
Grand champion male, VIM. Bobzine,
White Leghorn.
Grand champion female, Peter Hove,
Buff Plymouth Rock.
Grand champion pen, L. f. Wilson,
Barred Plymouth Rock.
Barred Plymouth Rocks.
Frank Hall, Webster City. LIST cock.
arel, LIST pullet. 4th cOckerel, 4th pullet |
J. Il. Olmstead, Webster City, 3rd
Bird pullet. md, Bird and 4th
len. 3rd pen.
NJ. c. Stark, Rutland, 2nd cockerel,
18th cockerel. Ind pullet, 1st hen, 9th
outlet, md and 9th pen.
J.. f. Wilson, Eagle Grove, 1st pen
G. r. Faber, Ellsworth, 4th pen.
White Plymouth Rocks.
Ralph Lanahan, Webster City, list
.ock, list, End and 3rd pullet.
Geo p. Klein, Webster City, LIST pen
Buff Plymouth Rocks.
Peter Hove, Stanhope, list and Bird
,ock, 1st and Bird cockerel, 3rd and
It'll pullet, list and 3rd hen, 2nd pen.
Aug. Klepke, Eldora, md cock, End
LIST, 2nd and 4th pullet, LIST
zen.
A. NJ Crosby, Webster City, 4th