Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1909 — Remington Poultry Show Will Be Held All Next Week. [ARTICLE]

Remington Poultry Show Will Be Held All Next Week.

The Remington poultry show will take place next week, and promises to be a fine show. In addition to poultry, the show includes dogs, ponies, gold fish, cakes, bread, butter, corn and babies. Expert disinterested judges will make the awards. In the catalogue the members make the following statement: “The increasing interest of the citizens of Remington and vicinity has caused us to do our best to make this show the best of them all. We desire to call the attention of the farmers to the splendid prizes offered in the corn show. We will devote the afternoon of Friday, Dec. 30, to the corn judging and talk by Prof. Christy.” The bread, cake and butter show will take place on Dec. 30th, being Thursday of next week, entries to close on noon of that day. Each night at 9 o’clock one pure bred fowl will be given away to some person who attended the show that day. Each evening there will be an auction show of pure bred birds. The baby show has been divided into two classes and for two different days. The first class includes babies under 12 months of age, and takes place Thursday, Dec. 30th, the second class includes all between one and two years and takes place Saturday, Jan. Ist. Prizes will be given to the handsomest girl and handsomest boy babies and all babies entered will receive a prize. No entrance fee is charged. The premiums offered are for all kinds of poultry, and the prizes are liberal. The show deserves the attendance of not only Carpenter township but of all farmers and poultrymen in the- vicinity of Remington.