The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-16
FIRST ALABAMA ] CONTEST IN EGG LAYlNGPLANNED ! Competition In Novel Ex- pertinent Is Open To
 Whole Nation Y, CHAMPIONS IN CONTEST
 WILL BE GIVEN PRIZES $50 Silver Loving Cup Is Of
 fered Owner Of Win- niEg Hens

AUBURN, Ala, March 15.- Special D-Auburn is to be the scene of national egg laying contest. 1t will begin November 1, 1924, and end October 30, 1925, and will be known as the First Alabama national egg lay ling contest.
 z Funds for it have been provided by the extension service and experiment station of the Alabama Polytechnic in- stitute, by the Alabama Farm Bureau Federation, and by p0ultrymen, manu- featuring companies, business men, and others interested in poultry develop ment.
 All plans for it have been prepared by John N. Ivey, poultry specialist for the extension service, and promoter of the idea. According to Mir. Ivey it will be the only contest of it's kind south of New Jersey and east of Texas, and will be the fourteenth na- tional egg laying contest in the United States. s5 .As
 Open to World
 Competition is open to the world, and entries are expected not only from large number of states but from at least one foreign country. Each Ala bama county is expected to have at least one entry, and many of them will have several. ...
 In making known the plans for this contest Mir. Iyey said that it's, object is sto stimulate greater interest in poultry production and to impress upon the minds of the people the value of proper housing, feeding, breeding, and management of poultry,
 Under the rules and regulations each entry will consist of 10 pure-bred outlets of the same variety of 8 recognized va riety of the following classes Ameri- can, English, Asiatic, Mediterranean, French, Continental, and Hamburg.
 The breeders and the public will be informed continuously as to the prog ress of the contest. Weekly bulletins will be sent to each contestant, and press reports will be given to the news papers of the state. Special reports will be broadcast from Radiophone sta tion WMAV, located here, and reports summarizing progress will be given to the agricultural and poultry journals.
 The contest will be directed by Mir. Ivey, who will have the necessary trained assistants to make it of maxi mum success.
 To Make Awards
 During the first year the following certificates and awards will be made :.
 l. A certificate to high pen in con- tset each month. D
 2. A certificate to high individual in contest each month. 3. A ceftificateoftO high pen in any variety each month where there are more thau three pens of the same va riety. s i't
 
 4. A certificate to high individual in each variety.
 5. A certificate to high pen in. each variety at the end of the year for total production.
 6. A certificate to high individual in each variety at the end of year for total production.
 '. A certificate to each of the four highest pens at the end of the year. All breeds and variety competing.
 S~A certificate to each of the four highest individuals at the end of the year, all breeds and varieties cOmpet- ing.
 Special Awards
 l. The Southern Poultry JouEllal will award beautiful $50 silver loving cup to the highest producing pen in the
 2. The Alabama Poultry Breeders association will award a beautiful silver loving cup to the highest producing in dly1duaI in the contest.
 !. The Bank of Auburn will give a beautiful $50 silver loving cup to the County Farm Bureau of Alabama that brings the largest number of visitors to the contest, the attendance to be fig ured on mileage basis.