Poultry fancier . your secretary forhis services and let the premiums go to exhibitors whodo not handle the score cards, if score card show it of the smaller western shows are score card showsand nearly every secretary is showing in competition. I quote from the pages of an Eastern poultry journalas follows, concerning the report of the last MadisonSquare Garden show: The Long lines of Orpingtoncoops were partly explained by the presence of a bigstring of one of New Englands breeders, and somequality stock brought over by an English lady. Nextto the P. Rocks, the Orpington coops got th


Poultry fancier . your secretary forhis services and let the premiums go to exhibitors whodo not handle the score cards, if score card show it of the smaller western shows are score card showsand nearly every secretary is showing in competition. I quote from the pages of an Eastern poultry journalas follows, concerning the report of the last MadisonSquare Garden show: The Long lines of Orpingtoncoops were partly explained by the presence of a bigstring of one of New Englands breeders, and somequality stock brought over by an English lady. Nextto the P. Rocks, the Orpington coops got the crowdedattention of the week. In S. C. Buff Orpingtons the winnings that appealed to us most were those of . In S. C. Whites a . Then the writer goes on to tell the winnings which include one 2nd, one 4th andtwo 6ths. It is needless to say that the parties whosewinnings were reported and commented on were ad-vertisers in the poultry journal from which quotationwas taken. I cannot call such reports a square S. C. Black Minorca hen, Lady Madison 3rd N. Y. 1909- and bred by Metuchen Poultry Farm, Wm. A. Smith,Proprietor, Metuchen, N. J. POULTRY FANCIER 197 It is misleading to say the least. There is an old say-ing that The truth will stand. We fanciers whoare anxious to know the outcome of the big easternshows, and cannot attend in person, want to know thewhole truth. We want to know yho won 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th in each class. What satisfaction wouldone get from reading such a report as above ? I like thestand that Editor DeLancey has taken on a good manypoints concerning shows and their management, and Isay lets clean house from cellar to garret. THE POULTRY JUDGE By F. D. Roger, Elgin, Illinois. The man who chooses the vocation of a PoultryJudge thinking he has found a gold brick, and all hehas to do is to don a duster and proceed to judgebirds, wants to stop right where he is, change the lensin his glasses, and to use the slang phrase, haveanother look. In


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