The Lamar register., 1922-02-01
BIG POULTRY SHOW
The First Annual Poultry Show Pro-
NOTED by the Rotary Club Assist
ed by Poultry Association
and Sherman Mere.
Co. Big Success.

The poultry show given in Lamar
last Thursday and Friday was one of
the banner events of the season. 1t
was promoted by joint action of the
Rotary Club and the Prowers County
Poultry Association, and they were
greatly assisted by the Sherman Mer-
ers both as buyers and sellers of poul-
try and eggs in southern Colorado.
They moved out of their big poultry
house themselves and turned the whole
works over to the committee to use
in handling the big show. This liberal
action on the part of the company was
large factor in making the. show the
big success it was. The active work
of the live wire members of the club
and association and the hearty Coop
GRAFTON of the many farmers interest
ed in the industry made the show the
biggest of its kind ever held in the
valley. There were fifty per cent
more poultry displays than at either
the Arkansas Valley Fair at Rocky
Ford or the State Fair at Pueblo. One
hundred and fifteen coops were Sc
cured for the displays and it was deem
ed far more than would be used, but
it was found before the show opened
that they were short of the needed
number and several had to put two
and three displays in one coop. There
were displays of dozens of finest var
ieties of chickens and turkeys ranging
all the way from the little bantams
to big bronze turkeys weighing nearly
fifty pounds. There were seventy-nine
different prize winners, and the many
prizes were given by the various bust
ness houses of Lamar. In addition the
Helvetia Milk Condensing Co. gave a
tall can of Pet Milk to each exhibit
including the extras on the side. There
were side exhibits of rabbits and pet
stock, fine collection Of dogs and
even two pigs.
The judging for the prizes was done
by p. C. Jameson, poultry expert of
the state agricultural college at Fort
Collins, who came here for the pur-
pose and delivered several addresses
to poultry raisers while attending the
show.
There were large crowds attending
the show all day Thursday and Fri
day and in the evening the place was
crowded. The ladies served refresh
ments and sold candy in the evening
at special booths.
The success of the big show has al
ready caused the revival of the Prov
ers County Poultry Association which
had dwindled almost to the disappear
ing point. Many new members are
coming in and the organization will
be enlarged to take in the counties of
Kiowa, Bent and Baca and be called
the Southeastern Colorado Poultry AS
sociation. 1t will make the big show
an annual event of the winter season.
1t is not generally known but both
the federal census and the state as
SCISSORS reports of the immigration
board show that Prowers county leads
all the counties in the southern part
of the state in the poultry industry
and Baca county comes second. Esti-
mates made by the government ex-
perts show that in the past twenty
years the poultry industry has been
the most consistent dividend payers of
any of the varied farming industries
with the dairy industry second on the
list. The poultry industry is the only
one that has never in that period fail
ed to pay reasonable return on the
investment.