The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-28
OVER 800 BIRDS
IN POULTRY SHOW
Larger by 200 than Poultry
Exhibition of
Last Year j
IT'S SPECIMENS IN
r. I. RED CLASS

ItOG competition III InfS anu Obhoi
Breeds-Secretary of Connecticut As
ISOLATION Enthusiastic Over Excellent
Show.
Poultry fanciers found much to interest
them at the Valley fair, the exhibits IN
the poultry building being numerous and
affording hot competition. Between SOO
and 900 birds were in the pens, which was
200 or more in excess of the number in
last years show and was the largest num-
Der entered since the exhibits were limited
several years ago to those of legitimate
breeders, eliminating those who make
business of going about the country with
large strings of birds solely to make
money.
Paul p Ives of Guilford, Conn, secre-
tary of the Connecticut State Poultry
association, was judge, and he said with
some enthusiasm that the show could not
be beaten outside the large cities. Rhode
Island Reds, 175 in number, constituted
the largest class, and there were remark
able displays of Buff Orpingtons, Leg
HORNS Bantams and Light Brahmas.
The largest exhibitor of Rhode Island
Reds was E. p. TiltOn of Springfield,
Mass. Other prominent exhibitors in this
class were s. Fl. Stone of Greenfield,
Mass, lizard & Bodley of BrattleborO,
Robert Cotton of Hinsdale. \. H, w. j.
Dion of HOlyoke- Mass. ]. ]. Dansro OF
North Clarendon, and Harlan NJ Brown
of Marlboro, \. II.
In Buff Orpingtons the largest exhib-
its were made by Mrs. F. A. Winn of
E,lI RuTnG
Greenfield II. II. Seaver of Templeton.
Mass. and Miss Henrietta +. Hooker of
South Hadley, Mass.
Principal exhibitors of Leghorns were
4. c. Franklin of TOwnshend, W. +.
Blood of Townshend. w. f. Ranney of
Westminster, Stephen o. Packard OF
Hinsdale. \. H, S. w. Parker of keene,
\. H.. Howard s. Rich of Springfield,
Mass. and L. J. Tetlow of Holyoke, Mass.
Elijah Wales of Brattleboro and Har-
Ian NJ Brown of Marlboro, \. H, were
the leading exhibition of Light Brahmas.
There was much rivalry in the bantam
classes, the principal entries in which
were F. A. Miner. F. D. f. Stowe and H.
c. Rice of BrattleborO. George 7. Morris
of PeterbOrO. \. H, Z. G. Freeman of
Springfield, Mass, and the Harris Ban
tam Yards of West Berlin, Mass
Many common and fancy varieties of
pigeons were in big display by c. d.
and were an Interesting feature of the
show.
Waterfowl numbering about 80 birds
were on display at the tanks, conspicuous
among them being a large showing of
geese by w. F. Ranney of Westminster.
There were about p turkeys in compe-
tltlOn, which was an unusually number.
They were in four exhibits, the largest
being owned by Mrs. George Atkins of
Winchester, \. II. Others came from
Wardsboro, Wilmington and Brattleboro.
Many special premium awards were
made in the poultry department. includ-
ing six silver cups by the Valley Fair as
ISOLATION for the best displays of Ply
mouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode Island
Reds. Leghorns, Asiatics and Orpingtons.
The special awards were as follows:
Plymouth ROcks-AssOcatiOn cup, \.
L. Rhode of Brattleboro; So offered by
w. +. Goddard to exhibitor showing larg-
est number of Barred Rocks, Mrs. f. 4.
Scranton, WardsbOrO; $3.50 by Fayette
Miller to owner of best shaped White
Rock male. A. L. Rohde; 50 by assOcia-
ton to owner of best cOlored Buff Rock
male, H. H. Highly of Bernardston,
Mass; ribbons by American White Ply
mouth Rock club, one each for best cock,
hen, cOckerel, pullet and pen, if exhibitor
is member of club, all to A. L. Rohde.
yandOttes-AssOciation cup, J. ].
DansrO of North Clarendon 50 by u. p
Lord to winner of most first prizes on
White WyandOttes, \. A. Hubbard of
Chesterfield, n. H., and Burley Fellows
of Keene, n. H., tied; setting of Buff Wy
andOtte eggs by Sec. ]. II. Clark each ex-
hibitOr showing full display, if a mem
Der of the American Buff Wyandotte club,
j. j. DansrO; ribbons by Buff Wyandotte
club to member showing best shaped male
best colOred male, best shaped female and
best colOred female, all to J. J. Dansro.
Rhode Island Reds-Association cup
E. p. Tilton of Springfield, Mass So
worth of merchandise by Houghton & ST.
mondS to winner of most first prizes in
$. c. Rhode Island Red class, tie between
| three exhibitors, lizard & BOdley of Brat
tleboro, w. ]. Dion of Holyoke, Mass,
and S. II. Stone of Greenfield, Mass, IL
| ard < Bodley winning on the toss-up; So
by +. ID. f. Stowe to owner of best dis
play of r. c. Rhode Island Reds e. 7.
Tilton of Springfield, Mass; ribbons by
Rhode Island Red Club of America to
members-Best shape and best color S. c.