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you coop them to ship to the show, powder them thoroughly with 

 cornstarch, which w r ill assist in keeping the plumage clean. Watch 

 your birds carefully after being washed for they are apt to take 

 cold. After you blue them and before placing them in the coop to 

 dry, give each bird two Star Poultry Tablets, which will prevent their 

 catching cold. 



When you enter your birds for competition do so with the firm 

 intention of being satisfied with the judge's decision. Never find 

 fault with the judge's work. If you are not sportsman enough to 

 take defeat good naturedly, never show your birds. My advice to all 

 is "show," for more can be learned in the showroom than anywhere 

 else, but be game enough to take your medicine like a man if the 



other fellow wins over you. Just 

 ask the judge to show you why the 

 other bird was better, and then 

 make up your mind to come again 

 next year and "clean the platter." 

 While conditioning your show 

 birds feed nothing but whole corn 

 or cracked corn, and this is best to 

 keep the birds' bow,els in proper 

 condition. 



Note by the Editor. After the 

 birds have been washed and dried 

 it is well to polish their beaks, 

 shanks and toes by rubbing them 

 with a little sweet oil in which has 

 been mixed a drop or two of car- 

 bolic acid. The comb and face and 

 wattles may be brightened up with 

 a little glycerine and sweet oil. 

 After using the above treatment, 



ditioned before they are placed on ex- take a Soft cloth and carefully 

 hibition in the showroom. All birds ~ -,-, ,-, n j T.C 



should be conditioned before being ex- Wipe Oft all the mild yOU Can. II 



hibited - you have taken the bird from the 



range and placed it in a hot showroom, its comb may fall to one side. 

 If so, bathe it a few times with cold alum water. It is important that 

 your birds be gentle and easy to handle. If the judge goes to your 

 coop and the bird flies about the coop, or squats down in one corner, it 

 is impossible for the judge to get its correct shape, and he cuts your 

 bird several points perhaps that the bird would not have received had 

 you previously handled it and trained it to pose. Put the bird in a 

 coop. Visit it often. Tickle or scratch the bird under the lower beak, 

 between the wattles, and they soon learn that you are their friend, and 

 they really enjoy and expect you to tickle them under the "chin" 

 every time you come about. You must teach your birds to stand 

 handling if you expect to win in hot competition. 



White birds must be washed and con- 



