A little journey among Anconas . IMOSC . (,1 At The Shows III \\ I- . Ihim proiiil 111 the rcciinl Sluppanls Anconas li:i\o made mthe Show Rooms of Anu-nca. I he\ ha\e \\ tin eonsistentUand hiilhant!>tor 1 ,> years. \t .Americas l*remier Show --Matiison Square Ciardenthev have added hiurel to hiiirel. \ (;reat many people, when the\ lirst heeonie interested in chickens, paylittle attention to the pnze-winninn ability of their stock. But soon a love ot the feathered beauties scs under theirskins and they long to test out their meritsin competition with other birds. 1 he\ ar


A little journey among Anconas . IMOSC . (,1 At The Shows III \\ I- . Ihim proiiil 111 the rcciinl Sluppanls Anconas li:i\o made mthe Show Rooms of Anu-nca. I he\ ha\e \\ tin eonsistentUand hiilhant!>tor 1 ,> years. \t .Americas l*remier Show --Matiison Square Ciardenthev have added hiurel to hiiirel. \ (;reat many people, when the\ lirst heeonie interested in chickens, paylittle attention to the pnze-winninn ability of their stock. But soon a love ot the feathered beauties scs under theirskins and they long to test out their meritsin competition with other birds. 1 he\ areanxious to see how their pets will stack upagainst those oi (riends and neighbors, andafter they have won a few ribbons in localshow-rooms, ambition knows no bounds. Its a s;reat Slmc ?^nJ just to get thespirit ot the thini; across to >ou, Im goini:to quote some ot the comments made byjudges, Poultry Experts, and Poultry Maga-zines. First though, here are my 1921 Wins atMadison Square Garden:. ROSE COMB SINGLE COMB Cock—1. .?. —1. :. 4Cockerel—1. - ^ Pullet—:. .5. .>Pen. Old —1. .^Pen. doling—1. .^Special tor best RoseComb Display CRJ ;;?,-; (... w hsUf hrsi .11! .\D s/UER err u.:r hfil ,ii<p!dy oi Jn-holh sii^!^ iiHii ;„:;:::,:l. My ::\!r.:.-.: Ci:,!- Spi\-:.!:s Cock—1, :. 4. 5 Hen—:. .^ Pullet—1. 4Pen. Old—1. :Pen. ^oung—:. .Special for best SingleComb Dispaly By Judge Piatt Mr. Sheppards first pullet was the star ofthe whole class. Her hackle was nicely tippedwith white, and down over the back the tipp-ing w as evenly divided. While still young,this pullet was. in our opinion, the best .-cona female ever shown in the Garden. HisRose Comb cockerel had the best poise andmost\-lass of an Rose Comb ever seen in a 62 .I JOURNEY


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