Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1909 — RENSSELAER POULTRY SHOW THE NEXT ATTRACTION. [ARTICLE]

RENSSELAER POULTRY SHOW THE NEXT ATTRACTION.

Fanciers Are Planning the Greatest Success Ever Held Here and Want AH To Help It Along. One of the friends of the poultry show has lapsed into* rhyme and ground out the following: The hens will cackle, The roosters will crow, And the ducks will quack At the poultry show. 'The women will chat And the men will blow And the girls will flirt At the poultry show. And many a damsel , Without a beau Will be looking for one At the poultry show.

And the turkeys will strut As they pace to and fro And gobble and scratch At the poultry show. You’ll learn some things It’ll pay you to know If you’ll see the sights At the poultry show. So enter your birds And go after the dough And help to boost The big poultry show.

The show will take place week after next in the room formerly occupied by the Rensselaer at the corer of and Cornelia streets. This location was decided upon as preferable to the armory after part of the advertising had been printed. It is on the ground floor, larger and better opportunity for arrangement of the entries, and the coops can be taken in and out much more easily. All entries must be made out on blanks furnished by the secretary. Entries will close on January Bth, at 9 o’clock in the evening. This rule is imperative as the association furnishes coops for all entries and wants all coops ready for the reception of the birds on Monday. The show will be open on Tuesday morning, Jan. 11th, and throughout the week. The baby show will take place Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the Princess Theatre. The association has offered $5 in gold for the handsomest baby, $3 for the second and $2 for the third, and a handsome souvenir will also be given to each baby entered. Other prizes have been offered for the second and third handsomest babies. All babies under two years of age are eligible to compete. The maxim for the baby show is, “If you havn’t a baby of your own, borrow one of your neighbor and come to the show.” It would be impossible for us to give a list of the classes and prizes, but exhibitors can learn these by sending to Bert Brenner, secretary, for a premium list. The show will be a good one, deserving the encouragement of every person and every person in Rensselaer and every farmer living in the territory surrounding Rensselaer should visit the show. Remember the dates, January 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15.