The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1921-08-17
FANCIERS
TO EXHIBIT Birds
Plan of Gallatin County Breeders
Formulated TO Show Largest
Collection at State Fair

Poultry breeders and fanciers are
planning to clean up the state at the
exhibits this fall at the state fair if
plans under way mature as expected.
There is a movement under way to
secure the best exhibit of show birds
ever put on the bench and it is hoped
there will be no less than 200 of the
best in the county taken to Helena.
Last year the Gallatin county col
lective exhibit Of poultry came in
third place. This was not because
any other county exhibited any bet
ter birds but because there were
large numbers of them shown. Lewis
and Clark county took first and Sill
Der Bow second place, although they
did not win as many Of the individual
prizes as did the exhibitors from the
Gallatin. The other counties were
enabled to make the larger exhibit
owing to those counties extending the
same financial assistance to the poul-
try exhibitors as was given to grain
and ether departments. In this way
the burden did not fall so heavily
upon the individual making the show
ing and resulted in the larger and
winning series.
= Rather late in the season prior to
2 the taking Of the Gallatin exhibit to
/. The state fair last year, the county
fair board consented to allow the eX-
pense CT the express charges to be in
= cluded in that Of the rest Of the eX-
;. hibits. The result was that many Of
: shcse who had the birds to exhibit
e did not know of this until too late to
. prepare them for the trip. The result
d was that the exhibit was not as large
Y and as representative as it should
g have been 20 properly compare with
e the quality Of the. poultry stock in
l. The county.
= The plan Of the local committee is
It TO take the matter up with The cOun-
2 ty fair board and secure their assist
IN &nce in securing a worthy exhibit OF
IS poultry, with larger and more var
ig ried exhibit Of birds than was dis
le played last year.
Or II is intended to send a man ou
e. over the county who is quail fled tt
as make selections, so that he may as
re sist the breeders in selections and il
making the entries. In this way tn
o. entire county viii be well represent
ne ed and the individual exhibitor will b.
at in a better position to compete fo
nd the prizes, and will aid in the bring
t. ing home to Gallatin county Of tn
O. first prize for the best county ex
1y hibit.
wv In the matter of the poultry indus
IL try in the county, it will be Of inter
est to know that five birds now er
tered by Mr. w. T. Thompson in tn
as laying contest at the Western Wash
ington station at Puyallup, Wash
have been making a wonderful record
In letter just received by him fror
there ne is informed that his bird
are practically laying in unison. Whe
uv one lays they all lay, and at pract
Il ally the same hour each day. 1
III comparing the record of his bird
With those of eastern contests, it
interesting to note that the pen Q
sr- Ir. Thompson's is higher than an
theirs in American contests. Thes
re White Orphingtons and it is pr
licted they will lay an average of 20
.ck eggs.
he IN the contest pen there are fiv
of o'rds and one alternate. The alter
ok late IS kept there for the purpose {
he replacing a bird in the event of
itv lying or suffering from any misfol
-, tune.
=, Most everyone eats poultry an
., veryone eats eggs, so there certain
. y ought to be a good market fl
IN birds at all times. It seems to be I'll
case that they are always in d,
Of mand and most everyone has chic
of ms, few at least, so the exhibit
av. the state fair this year ought to
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