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Show POULTRY M HAVE VERY BUSY SESSION Will Endeavor to Make Exhibit Jit, State Fair Excel All Past. Records. Tho Utah State Poultry association hold its first meeting of the season Thursday night at tho Commercial club. Tho mooting was an enthusiastic enthusias-tic one. and many matters of interest v.'oro discussed. Presidont Slrickley says that the annual an-nual bulletin, to be established by-the ouuo Agricultural college, is to De an excellent, publication, and will contain con-tain articles from the market poultry-men poultry-men of tho state. The coming state fair and tho various va-rious mattors of interest connected therewilh were discussed, and it was agreed that the association should cooperate co-operate in all ways possible with the fair management to make the poultry exhibit at I he fair excol all past records. rec-ords. "Siiv to The Tribune." said President Striekiey, "that the exhibit at, the state fair this year will be the biggost and finest yet. m quantity, quality, qual-ity, awl also in variety. There are more good birds of more kinds in the state now than at an' time, and if every department is as well represented represent-ed as the poultry department, it. will be a hummer in all respects." The question of preparing an exhibit ex-hibit of dressed poultry and eggs for tho big January show of the. association associa-tion wa.M discussed, and it is moro than likely that, there will bo n fine exhibit ex-hibit in thnt line al I ho January show. This will be a practical demonstral ion of the fact- that in the. noultrv busi-ncps busi-ncps "fine font hers' make fine birds." for it. is understood that all poultry in this proposed dressed poultry exhibit ex-hibit must bo of .standard breil varieties, va-rieties, and that all the eggs entered must be from some standard breed. "This," says President Striekiey, "will correct tho tendency on the pnrt of some ivory few brooders to lose sight of the "utility end of tho poultry business while breeding for fine feathers. feath-ers. ' ' It is to be hoped that the association will succoed in what it is attempting awl that tho result will be more and better poultry throughout the state. |