CHAPTEll Xil. 



TABLE POULTIiY EXHIBITIONS. 



Ix another place '•' we have discussed the general 

 question of poultry in connection with agricultural 

 shows, and given various suggested classes, but our 

 present purpose is to consider the subject entirely in 

 its relation to table poultry. 



Whenever possible, and this is certainly desirable 

 at summer agricultural exhibitions, there ought to be 

 classes for live poultry as well as for dead, whilst at 

 the wmter fat stock shows the better plan may be to 

 confine the exhibition to dressed poultry. In connec- 

 tion with the classes for live fowls, we believe that it 

 is much better to confine them to pure breeds, as the 

 basis for lirst-class table fowls should be pure races. 

 As a matter of education, however, it may be worth 

 whUe to give classes for first crosses, in order to show 

 what these are like. The following classes are sug- 

 gested as providing for both live and dead poultry at, 



' " Poultry Keeping as an Industry for Farmers and Cot- 

 tagers" (Edward Arnold), chap. xix. 



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