Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1903 — AUTUMN POULTRY SHOW. [ARTICLE]

AUTUMN POULTRY SHOW.

That at Ind tana State Fair to be of National Scope* The most important poultry show to be held in America this year will be that at the Indiana State Fair, the week of September 14. In addition to what the State Board of Agriculture is doing for it, the American Poultry Association will hold its annual meeting in connection with the show. Its grounds will be on the State Fair grounds on September 16, and each session will open to Indiana farmers and poultry raisers without extra charge. Under the premiun list offered by the Fair management, it will be posible for hundreds of poultry raisers to win premiums. The number of prizes to be awarded will be 859, or three in each class. The premiun list has been made up with the particular idea in view of arranging classes for poultry that is raised in Indiana. While there may be considerable competition from other States, drawn to Indianapolis by the meeting of the American Poultry Association, the premiuns will be all the more valuable to Indiana men who win them. The poultry exhibt at the State Fair will be under the direction of Sid Conger, of Shelbyville, who is regarded as one of the highest authorities on poultry in the country.