NELSON POULTRY SHOW

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 26 June 1943, Page 2

NELSON POULTRY SHOW

FINE EXHIBITION OF BIRDS There was a good attendance of the public at the annual show of the Nelson Poultry Association which opened yesterday. The show will be open this evening until 11 o’clock. The judges for the show were as follows: Old English Game, Mr E. H. Harkness; Old English Game coloured bantams and all pigeons, Mr J. L. Liddle; ducks, Mr G. W. Best; duckwing and pile bantams, novice class, etc., Mr A. Hollyman; Rosecombs and Pekin bantams, Mr H. Simpson; fancy and children’s class bantams, Mr C. Stone; modern game bantams and Rhode Island Reds, Mr S. Tyrell-Baxter; Andalusian Standard Leghorns, Mr A. G. Betts; Standard Ancona Leghorns, Mr G. E. Manning; Utility White Leghorns, Mr S. T. Bright; canaries and finches, Mr A. Huggins; and budgerigars, Mr J. .S Walter. Mr E. H. Harkness judge of game bantams said that the birds this year were much better in quality than in the past and were more true to the game type. The prize cock was a very fine bird. All winners had handled hard which was an essential. The spangled bantams had improved very much this year and the winning hen and cockerel were outstanding birds. The standard of ducks this year was rather poor said the judge, Mr G. W. Best. The winning white, however, was well worth its place. The two drakes which secured first and second awards in the Khaki Campbell class were fine birds and their colouring was good. The Rouen drake was well worth its special. Mr A. Huggins, judge of canaries and finches remarked that since the last time he had judged these classes the canaries had a little more stance, and on the whole were a fair collection. The outstanding bird, a Norwich canary, was about the best bird seen in the Nelson show for 20 years. The quality of the birds was particularly good but the numbers shown had probably been greater in the past. The Yorkshire canaries, said Mr Huggins, though not great in numbers, had improved both in stance and in quality since last he had judged them. The prize goldfinch was a very fine bird. Trouble had been experienced this year in getting the Roller canaries, which were judged only on their singing, to sing. Fanciers should prepare their birds for singing and for five or six rolls each. The judge of the fancy and children’s class bantams said that the birds this year were a great improvement on anything seen in Nelson previously. The children’s classes were definitely superior in quality to those of past years. The winner of the fancy bantam class, a pullet, was outstanding in colour. The winning bird, a modern game pullet, was also an outstanding bird. There were some very fine Rosecombs in the children’s classes.