EXHIBITION OF STANDARD-BRED POULTRY 485 



Arrange the aisles and doors so as to reduce to a minimum 

 the possibihty of strong drafts of air blowing down the aisles 

 and on the birds in the pens. 



Plan for comparatively wide aisles, in order to accommodate 

 the visitors without crowding. 



So arrange the aisles that the visitors can systematically 

 make trips through the entire exhibit with the least possible 

 retracing of steps. 



Previous to the show, the manager should make all prepara- 

 tions for the immediate cooping of the birds when they reach 

 the exhibition hall, also for feeding them during the show. In 

 the larger shows this privilege of feeding the birds is often given 

 to one of the larger concerns that manufacture poultry feed, and 

 they often take the entire responsibility of cooping and feeding 

 for a merely nominal sum, — sometimes for the advertising value 

 alone. 



Arrangements for cleanliness during the show must also 

 be made. This involves the cleaning of the pens and the 

 placing of fresh litter, — usually consisting of shavings or cut 

 straw, — and also the daily spraying of the pens with a good 

 disinfectant. 



As soon as premiums have been awarded, the larger poultry 

 shows publish a catalogue of exhibitors and winners, which is a 

 great advertisement for the exhibitors and a very essential feature 

 of the purel}^ financial show. 



One of the most important duties of the superintendent is 

 to secure competent judges, and the greatest care must be 

 exercised to choose men of experience, integrity, and force of 

 character. 



Selection of Judges. — Realizing the desirability of having 

 reliable judges always available, from among whom secretaries of 

 shows can, if they desire, make their choice, the American Poul- 

 try Association has organized a licensed bureau of judges, composed 

 of all the available judges of poultry of good character who care to 

 register. 



It should be the duty of every secretary so to manage his 

 exhibit that, during the time the judges are performing their 

 work, it will be impossible for any unscrupulous exhibitor pur- 

 posely or otherwise to bias in any way the decision of the judges. 

 The best plan is to bar all persons except the judges and their 

 secretaries from the showroom during the time that judging is 



