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American Agriculturist, September 27, 1924 
Eggs vs. Fancy Feathers 
State Fair Poultry Exhibit Shows Contrast 
T HERE was a whole lot, more than 
ever, for the poultryman at the State 
Fair this year. It would be'a pretty long- 
drawn-out and dry story to tell who won 
the blue, red and yellow ribbons in all 
the different classes. There was some¬ 
thing a sight more interesting and a great 
deal more educational than mere figures 
and places—more than ever before. 
This year the exhibits of pens of hens 
to be judged on the production basis were 
larger than ever and if a fellow got right 
down to business to make a study of the 
differences between fancy feathers and 
production, he saw something to open his - 
eyes. There is about as much difference 
between the “string” birds and the pro¬ 
duction pens, blues for blues, as there is 
between day and night. Anyone wanting 
to buy blue ribbon stock hereafter, espe¬ 
cially those who saw the exhibit, and 
studied it, will have to specify whether 
they want fancy feathers or eggs. Kent’s 
flock, which took the blue ribbon for 
production, had a different looking lot of 
hens in it compared to the single entries 
of the fanciers. The fancy birds had 
yellow legs, beautiful, sleek feathers, 
while Kent’s birds looked a little rough, 
their tails were whipped out and their 
legs were almost white. But we keep 
hens for eggs, not feathers. You can’t 
eat feathers. 
Egg Laying Types Proven 
That flock belonging to Kent has Vin¬ 
dicated the college, which has been 
preaching the selection of layers and the 
principle of judging on production lines. 
Any man who has doubted the ability of 
Rice, Hurd, Krum, Andrews and the rest 
of the poultrymen from the college, to 
pick out a laying hen by her appearance, 
has no longer an argument in his favor, 
for facts tell the story. Those who 
judged Kent’s birds and gave them first 
award, did not know to whom they be¬ 
longed, but their practiced eye picked 
out layers. After the judging was com¬ 
pleted and the award had been made, the 
records of the hens in Kent’s exhibit were 
revealed. The individual records, trap 
nest, showed that the members of that 
flock had produced anywhere from 200 
to 250 eggs in a year. That shows pretty 
conclusively that a man who knows his 
job can pick out a layer with a pretty 
accurate degree of certainty. There is no 
question but what the man who is in the 
poultry business for the money that is in 
it, has got to learn how to pick his layers 
and discard the boarders. 
It is not reasonable to expect that any 
man is going to keep a flock of 200 to 
300 hens for the fun of it and therefore it 
holds true with every man who keeps hens. 
We have reached the point when we have 
got to stop supporting a lot of non¬ 
producers and the Fair this year shows 
without the semblance of a doubt that it 
is possible to pick them out by their 
physical characteristics.—F. W. Ohm. 
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Getting Down to Rock Bottom 
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on a budget which is considerably less 
than half the average annual rate of the 
last two years. 
These somewhat radical changes which 
also included replacing of the Federated 
sales manager who has handled the busi¬ 
ness since 1920, were not made without 
advising with experienced growers, the 
association’s bankers, experts of the 
State College and others. When finally 
determined upon, they were fully and 
frankly laid before the Board of Represen¬ 
tatives which endorsed and commended 
them. Some representatives even re¬ 
ceived the news enthusiastically as 
indicating progress in the right direction. 
The hard thing for* all was the letting go 
of employees who had served the organiza¬ 
tion so zealously and well through its 
period of early development. In recogni¬ 
tion of services rendered by Messrs. 
Peet, Rees and Blades, a resolution of 
appreciation was adopted by the Board 
of Representatives. 
The Future 
The general feeling of representatives 
and members alike seems to be summed 
up in the phrase, “We are now on rock 
bottom,” a solid foundation. The 
association has been through the period 
of promotion, has weathered the reaction 
which usually comes to new enterprises 
after the cooling of the first enthusiasms. 
Members and directors have gained much 
experience which they have paid for. 
They know some things that are not 
possible or practicable. The organiza¬ 
tion is finding itself. It is functioning 
and solvent. 
Many future policies remain to be 
finally determined. The place of the 
local packing house is generally conceded, 
though it has many problems to solve yet. 
The Federated Sales Agency now seems 
to be giving satisfaction. What are the 
place and functions of the Central be¬ 
tween these two? How much authority 
and responsibility should be turned over 
to it and how much fixed on the locals? 
To what extent is centralization neces¬ 
sary or desirable? Are central or local 
pools most desirable? And many others. 
Some of these, with the Editor’s approval, 
I may discuss in these pages later. 
Horseshoe Pitching Is On the Map 
(Continued from page 207) 
Clark and Ball of Steuben also pitched 
with Brown and Thomas of Allegany one 
game in which neither of the last two 
got a point. 
The ardor of the players and of the 
thousands of horseshoe enthusiasts, who 
watched the games, encouraging their 
favorites, did not seem to wane because 
of the rain and cold weather. However, 
the bad weather conditions Monday, 
Tuesday, and Wednesday, without doubt, 
kept a great many players from coming to 
the tournament and thousands of horse¬ 
shoe fans were kept away who otherwise 
would have come. A great deal of credit 
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and general referee of the tournament. 
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