CHAPTER XXV 

 SHALL I EXHIBIT AND WHERE? 



The Shows the Best Place to Learn Quality of Birds — Advertisement 

 to be Gained by Exhibiting — Attending Shows Personally — Seeing 

 the Jtidges at Work — Shows Building up Pigeon Industry — Select- 

 ing a Place to Exhibit. 



The average pigeon breeder \\aiits to exhibit liis birds in 

 competition with otliers in order that lie may learn how hiri 

 eoniiiare with tlie standard in the eye of a competent judge. 

 We are all more or less eager to hreetl better birds than our 

 fellow lireeder; \\'e are wanting to do just a trifle better than 

 tlie other man. Of course there are some who are indifferent and 

 who do not care. These are the ones that never get very far. 

 By all means get the hal)it of exhibiting your birds at three 

 sliows, at least, each year. It is the arena in which the best are 

 picked out and awards placed on them. It is the place where 

 we ttnd out \\ ho has l)een successful in producing birds that 

 can win. The man a\ ho sits down in his own plant and con- 

 tents himself with merely breeding birds and not showing 

 them can never hope to make much of a success unless he is 

 fortunate enough to have his Iiirds win in the hands of his 

 customers. I know of no better place for the "know all" novice 

 to be bi'ought to his senses tlian in the show room. It is there 

 that he learns that he must work hard to produce birds that 

 can win. It is an easy matt(>r for a l)eginner to go through his 

 jjlant and as he looks oxer his birds picture them as the best 

 there are, but if he will exhibit them in keen competition he 

 will soon find out and having found out he will be in a better 

 position to size u]) his birds and be governed accordingly. It 

 is to the advantage of the Ijeginner to exhibit his birds as soon 

 as possible. 



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