The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-02
POULTRY SHOW
WILL Be HELD
JANUARY 40
Annual Exhibition Oldest
Of Kind in Coun-
try.

The sfifty-third annual exhibition
OF the Indianapolis Poultry Show
will be held in Tomlinson Hall Jan.
z to 10, inclusive. This is the oldest
poultry show in America and the
that has held fifty-three consecutive
exhibitions. Tonlinson Hall. long
the scene of the show, is as well
known to the poultrymen OF this and
foreign countries as the Soldiers and
Sailors Monument,
1t was In this Hall, at an exhibit
ton more than thirty-five years ago
that the late Sidney Conger OF
Shelbyville, Ind. sold Barred Ply
mouth Rock cockerel for $500, That
was the highest price paid for a
single male bird Of any breed up to
that time Some fifteen years later
u. r. FisheL Hope, Ind, sold five
white Plymouth Rocks in the same
show for $1,750, and every year
there is a demand for the best that
can be produced in the Hoosier State.
The prices mentioned, no doubt,
have been doubled many times over
IN the past ten years.
Leading Poultry State
Indiana Is looked up by the poultry
fanciers Of the United States and
Canada as having more up-to-date
breeders than any other one State In
the Union. There are more proml-
nent poultry breeders who are MAX
ing the breeding of standard fowls
their exclusive business than in any
other one State, and there are moro
breeders in Indiana winning highest
honors in the big national shows Of
the United States and Canada than
in any other State. In fact, the State
seems to be adapted to the breeding
of the best quality of poultry of the
many different varieties, and for that
reason a winning at this exhibition
is looked upon as having a greater
value than shows Of the same size
held in other parts of the country.
Realizing the Importance Of the
educational feature, arrangements
have been made with the poultry de-
partment of Purdue at Lafayette,
Ind, to have theirs representatives
on hand during the four days of the
show. There will be demonstrations
in culling, short talks on feeding,
housing, incubating and brooding,
and every visitor at this exhibition
Is privileged to ask questions on any
phase of poultry culture about which
he may be in doubt
Exhihif PLANNED
Among other features that have
been added this year is an exhibit
of the McMillen Feed Company of
FIT Wayne, Ind. Indianapolis will
have a chance to see a big mill in
operation, with moving trains, ele-
vators, train sheds, mixing and dis
trfbuting poultry feeds in carload and
trainload lots.
In addition to the poultry exhibit
ton there win be held the fifth
championship cat show of the In
dianapolis Cat Club, and this exhi-
bition, like the poultry, is attract
ing national attention and bringing
the best fanciers from all parts of
the country to compete for prizes
The judges selected for the poul-
Z, try department are w. w. like of
Morristown, Ind, and Herman Rik-
hoff Of Indianapolis Mrs. Carl L.
Honing has been selected to Judge
the cats. Entries in both the poul-
try and cat show closed Dec. 2S. Theo
Hewes, 2515 w. Washington ST., is
secretary of the poultry show, and
Mrs Ernest Fleming, 221 N War
man Ave, secretary Of the cat show.