Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1912 — POULTRY AWARDS OF RENSSELAER SHOW [ARTICLE]

POULTRY AWARDS OF RENSSELAER SHOW

W. R. Geier, of Remington, Won Best Silver Cup for Highest Scoring Bird Exhibited. • " The Republiean,-is late in publishing the awards made at the recent poultry show, for the reason that the list of prize winners was not available until this time. The excellence of the show was commented upon and the names of the cup, prize and ribbon \yinners will be interesting to all poultry raisers: For the best female in the show the largest silver cup being the prize, the winner was W. R. Geier, who is one of the leading White Rock men in the state. The prize was the sweepstakes prize for the highest scoring bird in the show. Other cup winners were: Moores Hill Poultry Farm, for the best male bird in show. This was for an Anaconda cockerel. Max Kepner, for best display in show. W. R. Geier, best pen in show, on his White Rock exhibition. W. R. Geier, for best Rock in show. Riley Snyder, highest scoring Orpington. . J. M. Sauser, highest scoring Wyandotte. , Raymond, 4 McCarthy, highest scoring Rhode Island Red. Max Kepner, highest scoring White Leghorns. W. W. Sage, highest scoring turkey, a young White Holland tom. John highest scoring water fowl, a Buff Orpington duck. Moores Hill Poultry Farm, highest scoring bird not in above classes, on an Anaconda cockerel. The following awards were mainly in ribbons: Barred Plymouth Rocks. (Pullet Bred.) M. I. Adams—l; 2. hens; 1 cock; 1 pullet. Barred Plymouth Rocks. (Cockerel Bred.) Jesse Snyder—l, 4 pullet; 2 cock; 1,2, 4 cockerel; 1, 2 hen. Max Kepner—2, 3 pullet; 1, 4 cock; 3 cockerel; 1,3, 4 hens. Chas. Fleming—3 cock. Max Kepner—l, 3 pen. Jesse Snyder—2 pen. Chas. Fleming—4 pen. Buff Plymouth Rocks. Thos. E. Reed—l, 2, 3 pullet; 2 ckrl; 2 pen. W. D. Pence—4 pullet; 1, 3 ckrl.; 1 pen.

White Wyandottes. J. M. Sauser—l, 4 hen; 1 ckrl.; 1, 2,3, 4 pullet;,l pen. Henry A. Hildebrandt—2, 3 hen; 1 cock; 2 ckrl. Black Langshan. C. W. Spencer—l ckrl.; 1,2, 3 pullet. Whiteßocks. W. R. Jgeier— 1,2, 3 cock; 1,2, 3 ckrl.; 1, %?>, 4 pullet; 1,2, 3, 4 hen; 1, 2 pen. Buff Orpington. C. E. Montgomery—2 cock; 2, 3 hen; 3 pullet; 2 pen. 1,2, 4 pullet; 1 ckrl.; 1 pen. R. L. Budd—2, 3 ckrl.; 3 pen. S. G. Brown Leghorn. , John A. Johnson—2 cock; 1, 3 ckrl.; 1,2, 3, 4 pullet; 1,2, 3 hen. W. H. Wortley—l cock; 4 hen. B. F. LeFevre—2, 4 ckrl. S. C. White Leghorns. Fred Waling—2, 3 hen. Ransom Elijah—l, 4 hen; 1,2, 3, 4 cock; 3 ckrl.; 1, 2 pen. Max Kepner—l, 2,f3, 4 pullet; 1, 2 ckrl.; 1 pen. S. C. Buff Leghorns. Mrs. H. M. Middleton —1 pullet; 1 ckrl. S. C. Anconas. F. W. Middleton—l cock; 1, 2 ckrl.; 1 hen; 1,2, 3 pullets. R. C. Black Minorca. Fred Waling—l, 2 ckrl; 1 hen; 1 pullet. S. C. Black Minorca. M. J. Sanders—l ckrl; 1 hen. Dark Cornish. F. W. Bedford—l ckrl.; 1,2, 3 pullet. " S. C. White Orpington. A. J. Hufty—l hen; 1 cock. Jesse Snyder—2, 3 hen; 1 pullet; 1 ckrl. White Cap Black Polish. J. M. Sauser—l, 2, 3 ckrl.; 1,2, 3, 4 pullet; 1 pen. Henry Eigelsbach—4 ckrl. R. C. Rhode Island Red. I. F. Meader—l, 2 ckrl.; 1,2, 3 pullet; 1 hen: 1 pen. Agatha S. C. Rhode Island Red. Russell Sage—l ckrl.; 4 pullet. Raymond McCarty—l cock; 1,2, 3 pullet, x . R. C. Black Bantams. Lizzie Putts—3 ckrl.; 1 pullet. Max Kepner—l, 2 ckrl. Mrs. H. Luers—l hen. Buff Cochin Bantam. Chas. Fleming—2. 3 hen. H. B. Murray—l hen, 1 cock, 1 pullet. Bronze Turkey. Thos. E. Reed—l cock, 1 hen. E. B. Miller—l,2 ckrl.; 2 hen. Henrj^Paulus—l, 2 pullet. Bourbon Red Turkey. Arthur Mayhew—l hen;-l cock. White Holland Turkey. W. YV. Sage—l cock; 1 ckrl; 1 hen; 1 pullet. H. J. Gowland—2 cock: 2 ckrl; 2 ; 3 hen; 2,3, 4 pullet. Toulouse Gees^e. Fred Linback—l, 2 hen; 1 cock. Muscova Ducks. John, Kohler—l cock; 1 hen. puff Orpington Ducks. Mrs. John Rush—l, 2 pullet; 1, 2 cock; 1 hen. Pekin Ducks. Victor Yeoman—l cock; 1 hen. Miller Bros.—l ckrL; 2, 3 hen.