TYPES OF POULTRY EXHIBITIONS 475 
Poultry shows and exhibits have so increased in numbers and 
importance that a professional can now start early in the fall and 
make a circuit of the larger shows, and thus have birds on exhi- 
bition nearly all the show season. 
The exhibitor can choose from two types of shows,—namely, 
county and State fairs and pure poultry exhibitions. The former 
are patronized to quite an extent by the small breeder who has 
not yet attained such a degree of perfection as will permit him 
to compete at the larger and special poultry shows. They are 
also frequented by the breeder on a large scale as a means of 
getting his birds into shape for the winter shows. He has a 
chance to win some prizes, which will offset the need of special 
effort at home. 
Types of Poultry Exhibitions.—There are four distinct classes 
of poultry exhibits: Standard-bred poultry, exhibits which rep- 
resent merely utility value, exhibits of poultry products, and 
educational poultry exhibits. 
Standard-bred poultry predominates, and is found more or 
less in all poultry exhibitions, regardless of the primary object. 
The breeding of standard-bred poultry should be, and is, the chief 
aim of the great majority of poultry breeders, whether they seek 
ultimately to gain distinction by breeding prize winners or by 
producing market eggs or the best market poultry. Hence the 
exhibition of birds which are standard-bred as to color pattern, 
weight, and shape is a matter of vital interest to all. 
Utility Features—Exhibitions of poultry for their utility or 
commercial food value are now enjoying considerable popularity, 
and are becoming a regular side issue of the standard poultry 
exhibition. Prizes are offered, and competent judges appointed to 
award them. ‘The birds are arranged in two classes,—live ‘and 
dressed; each may be subdivided, according to their commercial 
value, as fowls, large roasters, light roasters, large, medium, and 
squab broilers, and capons. Prizes are awarded according to 
weight, shape, and appearance. In view of their increasing popu- 
larity, these exhibitions will no doubt be extensively developed in 
the near future. 
Exhibitions of poultry products now take place in connection 
with regular shows, and are becoming even more popular than 
the utility exhibits. These products are. usually eggs, prizes 
being offered and classes arranged for white and brown eggs, for 
eggs from the different standard breeds, and for commercial eggs 
