The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-10-13
TO THE POULTRY BREEDERS OF
DILLON COUNTY.

AS our County Fair will be held
commencing October 18th and contin-
uing through the 21st, giving us four
full days of pleasure and benefit and
being vitality interested in the success
OF our Fair and particularly desiri-
Gus of having the largest possible ex-
hibit OF thoroughbred poultry, am
taking this opportunity of reminding
those who expect to help US by send
inc us some birds to get them in
shape at once. If you expect to exhib-
it white birds, and they are not en-
tirely clean, by all means wash them
two or three days before the open
ing Of the Fair and keep them in a
pen where they cannot get dirty again.
Just use ivory soap and tepid water.
Use sweet oil to polish the legs, rub
bing it until it produces luster Give
plenty of fresh water at all times and
keep before the grit, charcoal and
only fresh food.
AS all entries will positively close
on Monday. October 18th, it is abso-
lutely imperative that you get your
birds to the fair grounds on that day
when w. E. Hall (who has charge OF
all fowls) will receive hem, properly
tag each and every bird and give you
u receipt therefor
| We have assessed a small entrance
fee OF rs cents for each bird We
did this so that we might supplement
the amount allowed the Poultry De-
partment by the Fair Association and
thereby be in a position to give more
, and better premiums. With the boil
= weevil menance here 1t behooves all
| OF us to begin Immediately to find
. other sources Of income than cotton
and successful thoroughbred poultry
raising offers one Of the many afterns-
, tivee. 1t costs no more and certainly
affords great pleasure (aside from
the profit that accrues as q result OF
breeding pure bred poultry 10 owl
Z uniform flock of birds and ! hope
that our Department will 80 clearly
? demonstrate these contentious that
, another year will find pure bred
e chickens in almost every homo
throughout Dillon county. We hope
and expect to have with us b. Il.
Adams, probably the best informed
poultry judge in the state, who will
Judge our poultry and at the same
time point out defects in our birds
which will enable each Of us TO pro
duce better stock another year. Mr..
Adams being practical poultry
breeder can and will give us much
valuable information as to the man
ner OF breeding and handling our
flocks.
want to ask every breeder and
prospective breeder in Dillon County
to join our Poultry Association. The
dues are small, only one dollar ($1.)
and 1 am sure will yield many times
this amount in information and pleas
ure to the members.
\ Just send w. f. Hall. treasurer,
Dillon, s. c. one dollar and ask him to
! enroll you.
We propose TO make our AssOcia-
ore of the best if not the best in the
State
If there is any information of any
kind you wish let any member OF our
committee composed of Col. c. G.
McLaurin, w. E. Hall or myself at
Dillon) hear from you. 1t will be a
genuine pleasure to serve you in any
capacity that we can. If you tive near
Latta, call on any of the following
me mbers of the recently organized As
sociation for information:
E. A. Bethea, Johnson Brown. Tom
Bass, w. f. Allen.
Hoping TO have the hearty cO-Opera-
tion of every breeder OF Thoroughbred
poultry in Dillon county at our Fair
by sending us some exhibits and again
assuring you OF my interest I'm every
thing that pertains to the Fair As
scciation and particularly the poultry
department.
! Jno. R. Watson, Chairman.
| Anyone wishing a Fair Catalog can
ctll on me.