The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
r |NE FOWLS WILL BE PUT ON EXHIBIT
Poultry Breeders Of County Announce Plans For Show
 Next Month

First annual exhibition of the Jef- ferson County Poultry Breeders as- sociation is to be held in the old postoffice building in Birmingham ] December II. r, 3 and IA. Member of the organization are planning tc make it great affair to show what can be done in the day of raising poultry in Birmingham and Jeffer- son county. For this reason the show will be free to the public and everyone is invited 10 come and see the fine examples of fowls, which will be placed on display. Valua ble premiums are being offered and those with birds of which they are espe cially proud, are urged to get them entered in order to assist in maE- ing the affair the success which is promised
 Officers of the Jefferson County Poultry Breeders association are. President, Miles Bradford; state wide poultry judge and specialist and breeder of white leghorns; vice pres ident, J. Murray Norment attorney and assistant manager of the Alabama Home Building & Loan association, and breeder Of blue Andalusiarf and Anconas; secretary, D. M. Ousler, Ousler Sandwich company and breed CT of white leghorns; treasurer, W. F. Martin, secretary Alabama Hom Q Mortgage company, breeder of Rhode Island reds and blue Andalusians.
 Purposes Of Organization.
 J. P. Holm, one of the active spirits in the organization discussing the plans for the coming exhibition said:
 "The subject of poultry and poultry products is or should be one of great interest to everyone. as they constitute an important element in the food supply of the country. The more nearly any district can produce it's own food supply, the better off it will be financially at all tines.
 Jefferson county is particularly adapted to poultry raising and every back yard and every town lot and every farm site should have a flock of poultry. Of course. it is much more desirable to produce standard breed than it is ordinary poultry, but any kind is better than none at all. There have been various ef- forts made in this county for the past 20 years to create interest in this subject, all of which efforts have met with indifferent success. There are, however, number of citizens who have never lost sight of the importance of the subject, and l.dN hGNtI let IlltlT interest 1dS.
 'An important factor Tn creating interest in this subject is to have an annual exhibit where all poultry raisers and fanciers can meet and show results of their years efforts and learn also how to improve the work for the ensuing year how tc choose the strain of strains bes suited to their purposes and to ia. miliar arize themselves with the stand ard of Perfection of the kind they are producing. In fact, the only way in the world that the poultry indus try can be furthered is by making every effort possible to produce fine birds and then comparing them in the show room. It not only intensi fies the interest, but is a material help in every way toward mprov- ing the flocks of any locality.
 To Keep Work Alive.
 "The annual exhibit at the Ala bama state fair in Birmingham
 been source of keeping the sub ject alive. and the poultry fanciers and breeders have also had several annual shows on much larger scale than at the state fair. For the past several years these associations have lost money. and have not been able to meet the payments of premiums. and the state fair likewise has aban- doned the effort to continue holding the fair and poultry exhibition in connection herewith. Facing this situation, lovers of poultry in this county. in 1922. organized themselves into an association known as Jeff ferson County Poultry Breeders as Nociation, the purpose of which is to increase the amount and the qual- ity of poultry produced in this county, and to eventually make the county self-sustaining in this re- spect. At the present time many million dollars a year are sent out of the county and state-from Jeff ferson county alone, in the purcha SC of chickens and eggs. which should or ought not be the case at all.
 AS the first effort in this matter tha association members had an egg