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Madison Square Poultry 
Show Breaks All Records 
W ITH the opening of the National 
Poultry Show in the Madison 
Square Garden, New York City was 
treated to a barnyard chorus of 7,000 
voices. In fact, when a visitor stopped 
in .to the show from the cold and busy 
streets surrounding the Garden, the at¬ 
mosphere changes immediately. It 
called to mind a bright, balmy, sunshiny 
spring morning when when every bird 
in the farm flock is cackling and mak¬ 
ing a racket in general. The chorus is 
all the more varied, for the caroling of 
the 7,000 birds includes everything from 
“canaries to ostriches,” as one visitor 
rather emphatically described it. 
This year’s show surpasses all former 
exhibits in numbers and in quality of 
birds. Every strain is represented by 
magnificent individuals. It seems as 
though White and , Barred Rocks, Wy- 
andottes and Orpingtons are being bred 
larger every year. Another breed in 
the utility class that is arousing a great 
deal of attention this year is the Jersey 
Black Giant—an ideal utility bird. Its 
feathers are black, its skin is yellow 
and its egg is white. 
The outstanding criticism of the show 
was the lack of proper identifying la¬ 
bels on the cages and pens of the var¬ 
ious birds. Unless the visitor cares to 
pay 50 cents for an official catalog, it 
is impossible to tell anything of the 
exhibit, unless all of the breeds are 
known, and there are very few who 
know all of the various breeds when 
fancy fowls are taken into considera¬ 
tion. The show has overcome this in 
a very small measure by labeling the 
winning pens,,naming the breed when 
designating the premium awarded. 
However, these labels are so small that 
the average visitor will pass by with¬ 
out noticing them. 
This is not only true of Madison 
Square Show, but practically every 
other poultry show. If advertising in 
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the cost of publication, then each indi¬ 
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rata for his space in the catalog. At 
any rate, the tax should not be put on 
the visitors. It is like a double admis¬ 
sion proposition if the whole show is to 
be enjoyed. _ 
VALUE OF MILK PREDOMINATES 
AT HEALTH SHOW 
Probably the most interesting exhibit 
to adults, as well as to children, at the 
Public Health Exposition held in New 
York during the week of January 22-27 
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a reproduction on a huge scale of the 
drawing shown in American Agricul¬ 
turist some weeks ago. 
Over the green palings of the fence 
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vel from childish handling hung chil¬ 
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train which ran around the shining 
track, by the giant milk bottle signal 
towers, the running waterfall at Drink- 
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mous Peter dwelt and the baseball field 
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regular intervals by mechanical milkers 
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Milk posters, milk demonstrations, 
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eye at every turn. It was very nearly 
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with pockets full of literature on the 
wisdom of using it liberally. The only 
other “live stock” at the show consist¬ 
ed of a triple exhibit of rats, puppies 
and pigs, two of each, one milk fed, the 
other “live stock” at the show consist- 
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