Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-12-16
,r,TRY EXPERT BOOSTS
FOR SPOKANE SHOW

larry H. Collier. South Tacoma,
IN was in Pullman Tuesday Wis
~ state Chemist st. John. Mr..
..,iier is secretary of the Washing
state poultry breeders associa-
I. also is well known as a poultry
ndge.
sueaking of poultry, Mr.. Collier
sId
} The annual meeting of the Wash
zion State Poultry Breeders assoc
stion will be held at Spokane.
snuary 26, in connection with the
nokane poultry show, the dates Of
n show being January % to %.
mis- organization is branch of the
american Poultry association, the
4oternational organization that
Makes the standard by which all
7oultry is judged. The annual con-
#pntion was held in Seattle last Aug
31st and was one of the most success
Nm conventions the writer ever at
Tended.
"The state convention at Spokane
3s1l take up the Chinese egg ques-
Won and try and get a good duty on
Igs. Chinese eggs are coming into
lie market of the United States in
ueat quantities. One steamer ar
! dyed in New York last winter with
1900, 900 dollars worth of eggs on
board. This big shipment broke the
i New York market and caused eggs
10 drop % cents in four days. The
american Poultry association sent a
.ommittee to Washington in Janu-
/ ny which went before the ways and
means committee of congress and
This committee asked for protection
las follows, Eggs in she'll, ~ cents
|per dozen; frozen eggs, Is cents per
pound and powdered eggs, As cents
per pound. When the tariff bill
passed the house it carried a duty
Of 4 cents on frozen eggs, Is cents
on powdered eggs and cents per
dozen on eggs in shell. The poultry
men all over the United States have
protested this low duty and asked
the senate to increase it to the
amount asked by the poultrymen'
committee
Il recently received a letter from
Senator Miles Poindexter that the
western senators had agreed on an
amendment to the bill fixing the duty
al the figure named by the poultry
mems committee. The agricultural
block of senators have been very
successful in getting legislation on
which they combined and the poultry
men have every hope of getting
protective measure in their favor.
The committee sent back to
Washington was composed of John
Lawler, Petaluma, Calf; Professor
James e. Rice, Cornell, New York;
Charles H. Burnett, Seattle, and the
writer. Our committee met in Wash
hgton on the 25th of January and
spent the week getting up their brief
and going before the ways and means
At the Spokane convention l hope
to get resolution which will show
the people of Washington what the
Chinese eggs are doing in this state.
Puget Sound is shipping nearly a car
Of eggs a day to the New York mar
Ret and our eggs sell at the top price
paid for hens products in that great
egg market.
The Spokane show will be the
largest show held in Washington for
years. The American Poultry asso-
cation gold and silver medals will
De given as premiums at Spokane
and the Washington State Poultry
BREEDERS association will give $40
Tor the best cockerel in the largest
class and SIS for the best pullet in
me show. The Spokane association
mas set aside 800 for special prem
lnms to be given to members of the
Poultry association who
show their fowls. These premiums
VIII be open to all poultrymen who
JOIN the American Poultry associa-
uOn before January Is, 1921.
l often wonder why Pullman does
not give poultry show. I judged
Splendid shows in Pullman 20 years
ago. have judged all over this
section, Colfax, Pullman, Palouse
ana Moscow, Idaho, and l can not
Understand why good shows are not
peing held in this section now. |
lVpe that the Palouse country will
nave lots of poultrymen at the big
spokane show and that they will all
euend the convention. Whether they
are members of the American Poul-
al No