POULTRY SHOWS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 40, 17 February 1933, Page 13

POULTRY SHOWS

June is the best month for exhibiting poultry, but already a few shows are scheduled. Those who keep fowls as a hobby for exhibition purposes look forward to the shows with the keenest ambitions. The breeder is always hoping to produeo the perfect bird though after the-shows he finds his pet selection has far more faults than ho over suspected.' Ambition ,/js fired again for the following year and so goes on that fascinating business '6£ mating, breeding,- rearing,' and' conditioning; not overlookirig the importance of knowledge of the standard requirements and the ability to select birds in keeping with^ that standard. All poultrykeepers would improve their knowledge of poultry if they would exhibit, and I think" they would be pleasantly surprised at the ease in which they would win prizes. The pleasure of winning sustains one through, many a troublesome problem. But don't attempt it unless you are really keen oh the Work, and are prepared to make- a whole-time, spare time, study of your fowls. Poultry" shows are for birds bred true to their external standard. Egg-laying competitions are eondueted to find out who has the best layers.