Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1912 — JASPER COUNTY AT CHICAGO SHOW [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

JASPER COUNTY AT CHICAGO SHOW

■ «> <» Pullin Bros, and William Hershman Prise Winners in Big Show and Fast Company. Jasper county formerly claimed to be one of the best poultry counties in the country. Now it claims to be the best and it has as proof the fact that at the Chicago show, which has just concluded, two of the Jasper county breeders of fine

poultry,' won in the sharpest competition, and in a show where all the great breeders of the country were represented with the choice' of their carefully prepared birds. The winners were Pullin Bros., of Barkley township, and County Commissioner Hershman, of Walker township. Emmet Pullin was with his exhibit in Chicago and found that his Barred Rocks were to be exhibited against the universally famed exhibits of the Hawkins, Henderson and Owens farms and that one man had an exhibit of birds that had cost him $5,000. But in the face of this competition he won first with his cockerel bred pen and third with his cockerel

bred pullets, securing cash premiums of about $7 and advertising of inestimable value. In addition to this he was offered SBOO for his winning pen but did not accept it. He believes in keeping the best for hii% self. He took orders for 19 settings of eggs at $lO per setting and will be able in the spring to receive this price for about all the eggs he can spare from his championship pens. Mr. Hershman exhibited Black Langshans and Bronze Turkeys. He received one first and one fourth on the chickens and three firsts, four seconds, two thirds and one fourth on his turkeys. Mr. Hershman spent but one day, last Sunday, at the show and does not know what his prizes are, but he was very much elated to have won so decisive a victory in the turkey classes, having virtually cleaned up on everything. Mr. Hershman advertises in poultry journals and has no difficulty in selling his turkey eggs at $1 each and his Black Langshan eggs at $5 a setting of 15 eggs. The priza awards at the big show in Chicago will augment the selling considerably. Jesse Snyder had some Barred Rocks at the show and they were given much favorable attention. He was offered $35 for one pullet, not yet a year old. The pullet was entered'in the pullet class but its appearance of maturity class caused the judges to pass it up, although he was told that it would have won in the hen class. The Rensselaer show is doubtless the best of any show held here. There is a splendid variety "and the classes are better than before, showing the success of careful breeding. The attendance has so Jar not been as large as it should have been, but it is believed that many will visit the show tonight and Friday and Saturday. Wednesday nighjt a pair of good chickens were given away and tonight a turkey and a pair of chickens and a turkey and chickens Friday and Saturday nights. E. YanArsdel go# the chickens “Wednesday evening. H. A. Pickett, Of Green town, who has been the judge here at previous shows and who is recognized as one of best poultry judges in the country, came to Rensselaer from Chicago, where he whs one of the ten judges in that big show. He has completed the awards here. He says that the quality of the birds here is very high and that he notices a marked improvement in poultry here during the last few years. The importance of the poultry industry is such that these exhibits should have the encouragement of every farmer and poultry raiser in the county, for the good stock is the real paying stock and it can be raised-just as cheaply as the “dunghill” breeds that were so common years ago. Let every person in Rensselaer visit the show and prove their appreciation of the effort to procure the very best poultry for Jasper county.

H. A. PICKETT Of Greentown, Ind. Judge at the Rensselaer Poultry Show.