Show Keel Keeler Ka Judge r Seems to W HoW to Talk to the Chicks Oz Oz i Y x y i iy y x f t C x A f Af rw Y I Y x xv v A AX 5 4 i X i Y x t j x x r I jr X X Y Y Y f y Y h hi i 1 t trL y t tI tc c i I i i t J iL j LOC f z r V l t I I ONE OF THE RED I It Is the tho gentle touch of oC the tho know how that Is used by Judge C V Keeler who sho Is officiating at the poultry show shea While Mr Ill Keeler Is rr ir young youn man he has had II a great and varied experience in n the big shows or of the chicken chicken world and Is the tue proprietor ot of ota ofa a great ranch near Indianapolis olIs It a pi place nee at which man many of the high class fowls ot of the country are bred Mr work among the coops at al the sho show Is a revelation It Is evl lent dent that the element or of love loe enters Into his efforts Every bird he han handles handies dies with n a soothing touch which nil all of the feathered beauties to tolie tolie lie quiescent and act on their be best Jt be behavIor havIor There Thero Is something about his eyo 00 which seems to be hypnotic to the birds and even the bad actors sue suc succumb cumb readily to the influence Those who have watched the judge at work have noticed that he employs s a regular fire 1110 of subdued guttural ex cx when he Is before one of oC the pens He will eye a big cock askance and have a little talk with the feathered fellow ho reaches In his hand and gently draws him out for Inspection Then he will hold this pride of the walk much as n a mother her babe and the tho fowl will hp ho so as astonished at the unexpected treat treatment mont ment that hIs points are taken and ho he Is thoroughly looked over before ho he realizes what is s going on onNo onNo No I cant say that I understand the chicken language said Mr Keeler smilingly But I think that the they have some seme sort of vocal communication which all of oC thorn them understand I dont know just how I got Into the he habit of talking to the birds but I have havo and andI I find that more and more I seem to he be heable beable able to make myself un understood There Is a graduation of tone which I find very cr effective but for Cor the life of me mc I cannot explain It Is sort ot of In instinctive with me inc and ho stroked a game cock Cocle with fond while the cock strutted about and grunted hIs satisfaction Oh theres a great deal In knowing the birds he contInued You often otten ARISTOCRATS hear nn in expression reflecting upon the brains of a chicken Now I dont mean to say Bay that they are aro noted for their mental capacities but they are area a 0 whole lot moro more knowing than is III or 01 ordinarily believed There Is one thing rh y have a power ot of lovIng that is 13 simply astonishing And the they hare haye the Instinct which tells them the per persons sons eons who like them And In that is 15 much of the secret of oC handling fowls with success NotwithstandIng all his care and nil of his experience Mr is s al almost a most nha always s In possession of a badly badT pecked po pair II of oC hands Many vicIous assaults are made at them as the they en enter enter ter the cases cages of oC fowls Cowls with which ho he hoIs heis Is just establishing an acquaintance And the wound which Is inflIcted by thu tho beak of a husk husky rooster Is not a love tap Mr Keelor says that the they are painful anti and hard to heal The Tho back backor backof or of his right hand bears the scars ol of olman man ninny a battle They take the thc cuticle and ani sale both oil ocr In n a chunk said the tho judge yesterday esterday a as he exhibited a 0 fresh Cresh wound which he had received front from a abig abig big white Wyandotte T which was wal crow crowIng Ing lustily over Its daring deed But bless their souls the they dont mean an any thing b by It Its just their pla play ful ways And then Mr Keeler got talking to the whito fellow and In a 11 little time they were tnt fast friends C V Keeler Is making Do a splendid Impression among the fanciers His judgment seems to be Infallible Noth lag Ing escapes him at the earno time ho works very rapidly He said that the Utah exhibit surprIsed him In the tho matter or of quality b but t seemed to think that the tho exhibit should have been larg larger or er He says that there should be more fowls Cowls raised In the tho state which has n a splendid fowl Cowl climate and predicted that before many years Utah would not be compelled to Import so many fowls for Cor the mar market et I |