The Owosso times., 1922-01-27
Poultry and Grain Show Best Ever
First Show Great Success

Poultry and Grain Show Best Ever
First Show Great Success
That the first show put on by the
reorganiZed ShiaWassee County Poul-
try Association with the grain grow
ers was an unqualified success is now
past history.
There were over six hundred birds
on exhibition, COG to be exact, in the
show room. This was over two hum
dred more than some members of the
Poultry Committee expected and
coops had to be borrowed to supple
ment the wire coops rented for the
exhibit. The quality of the exhibits
was exceptionally good. In fact they
were so good that visitor from
Clinton county was very much sur
prised to find such an exhibit from
within the borders of Shiawassee
county and several visitors remarked
that they did not realize that Shia-
wassee county was so strong a pro-
ducer of high class poultry as was
evident by the display.
Utility Men Strong.
However, had it not been for the
men who produce eggs for market,
have seen a different result. These
men came out strong with their lay
ers and egg-machineS and while some
of these birds could not win accord
ing to the Standard requirements
they could and did win in the egg
type classes. In several instances
breeders won first on egg-type as
well as first on standard requirements
as judged by Judge Wise.
Foreman's Work Makes Hit.
Professor Foreman's work in put
ting on lectures on Poultry Culling
and Selection was an outstanding
feature of the show, and many poul-
tryment went home determined to
put into practice the lessons learned.
Prof. Foreman also judged the en-
tries for egg-type and used some of
the winners as well as some Of the
losers to demonstrate with.
The Owosso High School Poultry
Club under the direction of Prof.
r. S. Linton won the special prize of
100 pedigreed Barred Rock baby
chicks offered by L. M. Woodin Of
Corunna. Their exhibit consisted of
small poultry house made along
recent ideas of poultry house con-
struction with trap nests installed
and four biddies with their gallant
mate enjoyed the show while occu-
pying the house. Also feed formulas
were shown together with the separ-
ate ingredients of balanced ration
making the exhibit of helpful and
educational value.
Fl. J. Hankins Efficient Manager.
A record of the show would be in
complete without tribute to the eff
ficient handling Of the show by H j.
Hankins who managed the show and
was untiring in his efforts to make it
a success.
Grain Exhibits Good.
The grain display, while good, was
not so gratifying. The number of
entries fell below expectations. Prof.
Putnam Of M. A. c., who judged the
grain entries, took the place of Prof.
Cox who had expected to be with us
and gave an address on the Use and
He emphasized the fact that we need
to raise certified seeds in securing
better yields in Shiawassee county as
commonly as we breed registered cat
tie and use good sires. His address
was well TeCelNeu.
An outstanding feature of the
grain exhibit was the display put on
by the Morrice Boys Corn Club and
the Morrice Girls Canning Club un-
der the supervision of Prof. C. J.
Shufelt of the Morrice High School.
The boys and girls of the Morrice
high school who are members of the
Corn Club and Canning Club are cer- ;
tainly to be commended upon their
exhibit. Besides their regular entries
of corn arranged neatly about a
table surrounding the fruit canned
by the girls, they showed corn test
ers and corn-drying racks made by /
themselves. The boys also showed |
many an older farmer some tricks in |
and showing corn for when
the smoke of the battle cleared away
the fact was revealed that Robert
Booth, a member Of the corn club,
had won the first prize for the best
ten ears of corn shown. Also club
members won first, second and third
in the Early Yellow Dent class, sec
ond on White Dent and second on
White Cap Dent. A complete list of
all the winners is given elsewhere. 1t
is believed that much more interest
will be taken in putting the grain
end of the show on a par with the
poultry exhibits another year al
though the quality Of the grain shown
was very good