Show S to be host first time to worlds poultry congress eve and Is site of exposition in 1939 II 11 expect r attendance of by WILLIAM C UTLEY OR the first time the united states state s worlds largest raiser poultry will be host to the rids poultry congress 0 Dri gress and position position ion plans are already 11 under way for the seventh meeting of the big w to take place in cleve to d july 28 to august 7 in 8 9 there will be three days V r preliminary meetings in ington shin sh ton D C R r list how great an interest the ia int ht is likely to create is easy to 11 I 1 w when 1 ell 1 it ft 15 is considered that tha there 3 I 1 farmers raising raising poul yr lm jn this country of these some have flocks averaging li y elinore more hens and pullets american poultry raising raisin g as an stry long ago broke into the 1 I 91 V I 1 I 1 kleet beet ilis his majesty BIa jesty the sultan is the name of this breed of to be exhibited at the grids poultry congress AU all sul iwu have crest beard muffs and added hided comb 10 lion dollar class for the last elve years according to the de torn nt of agriculture reports the Ws income income to farmers has averaged aged approximately farmers are engaged in 0 rising o sing poultry than are engaged in losing any other farm commodity abit ats the poultry business by no jans ans ends with the farmers there are commercial and reder feeder bably baby chick hatcheries ice are re many any thousand agencies 1 pitying mig eggs and poultry from farms processing and packing these ducts and distributing to the bious rious ret retail 11 hotel and restaurant diets estimates of these marg agencies exclusive of small wythers ers and hucksters vary from to 6 engaged in m distribution st there are several hundred cold wage biage warehouses handling p products d uc ts h hundreds u n deeds of feed man Ut ro urs and d dealers d and a large timber jaber of equipment incubator ld remedy manufacturing con ans there are thousands of ennies such as retail stores dairy id poultry stores restaurants ho Js and cafes memberships ember ships of numerous trade use in in one way or an aher her the products of the poultry there are more than late kte regional and national poultry in n addition a 10 to 0 the e gular at poultry and agricultural ess Ss there is scarcely a daily or kly newspaper in the united ates tes which does docs not print regu aly or occasionally columns or ecna having to do with poultry sing U of these factors combined ll 11 the holding of two worlds fairs he e united states in 1939 one in iv york and one in san francisco attract foreign visitors seem to at t to an attendance at the sev h worlds poultry congress and position that will shatter all preus records the department of ri cultures own estimate is a gate al of with visitors in the activity and ying over two or three days nada ada is expected to send 2000 and it is believed there will at least another thousand from r foreign countries afore getting into the details of program which should certain keep beep the time of the visitors well ell aupied pied it might be in order to etch roughly the background of e congress ress it was 25 years ago that janie james rice then head of the poultry part ment of cornell comell university kl sir it edward brown of england nihed the international assoria p of investigators and instructors poultry husbandry later re ned ed the worlds poultry science ocia tion they conceived an in aati onal poultry congress at ch poultry people of the world lid assemble to discuss the as aa acts ts and problems of the indus r he e world wax war halted their plans pora rily but in 1921 the first rids ds poultry congress was W as held the hague netherlands were so satisfactory th that at a gross gress has been conducted every rd d year since e with many couns participating participate mg congress agress attendance records arcelona was host to the conss in 1024 37 countries took part the gate clicked off ad missions forty two nations took part at ottawa canada in 1927 and attended international interest reached its peak in london in 1930 when 60 countries were represented but attendance fell off to no attendance records were kept at rome in 1933 but the tha sixth congress at leipzig germany in 1936 drew 41 countries and an attendance of it is expected that the holding of the next congress in the united states as unanimously decided at leipzig will awaken a tremendous revival of interest and attendance the congress has ever b been cen a colorful allair affair dignitaries of the host nations have served as patrons kings queens princes and dictators have paid homage to the humble hen ben by opening the congresses and participating in in their functions in addition to holding the scientific sessions and exposition it has been customary for the host nation and host city to entertain official delegates and visitors with re receptions cep banquets concerts and short tours to nearby points of interest the congress itself has never included included all of the events which attract poultry raisers but rather acts as the nucleus or stimulus for a great many outside activities following the congress therease ther eare usually tours to points of interest such as experiment stations egg laying contests poultry farms and marketing establishments lish ments and agencies as well as tours of general scenic and historic interest how show Is sponsored in other countries the congress has been sponsored by the national governments but here so many interests m are at stake that the show will be put on by a general committee coordinating co the sponsorship of the poultry industry the federal government the host city and state and the various participating state committees all will contribute to the financing james erice E rice of trumansburg Trum ansburg N Y coauthor co author of the congress idea is chairman of the national poultry industry committee dr C W warburton director of the agricultural extension service of the department of agriculture leads the federal committee of ten members from the state agriculture and commerce departments glenn H campbell is chairman of the cleveland host city co committee with mayor burton as honorary chair 4 J ax 0 the bearded white polish female will be another exhibit at the congress res man A temporary state committee shortly to be reorganized is already functioning in ohio an executive board made up of members of these four committees committee S will actually direct the destinies of the seventh worlds poultry congress and exposition although the big event is nearly two years away state poultry congress committees or councils have been reported organized in califor nia connecticut idaho illinois iowa kansas kentucky maine massachusetts minnesota mississippi missouri new jersey je arsey new york ohio pennsylvania rhode island utah and washington a total of 19 states state organizations are expected to be completed by the first of 0 the year government contributes the federal government will enter the exposition in a big way C congress angress has authorized and the president has ap approved an appropriation of for federal participation this provides for an exhibit for entertaining delegates at washington tor for printing and for translators and interpreters from requests now being made it it appears that at least 40 states will have exhibits and that the average appropriation will be foremost on the program of the congress itself is the triennial al meeting of the worlds poultry science association and a series of five or six sectional scientific meetings meet ings the everyday pou poultry itry raiser will be interested in the large daily open sessions which will be devoted to practical talks of a general nature As it is planned one day may be for poultry men farmer and commercial and another day for poultry breeders bleeders bre eders another for hatch batch erdmen and another for marketers mark eters provisions provision are being made for meetings of any national regional or state poultry organizations or allied groups which desire them many more and colorful events are still of necessity in the planning stage A national convention ila I 1 Z 4 1 it al X one of the strange sights at the worlds poultry congress in cleveland in 1939 will be the yokohama fowl of japan which sometimes has a tail 20 feet long of 4 H club boys and girls and future farmers poultry clubs may be held and in connection with it a national demonstration te team m contest there may be judging contests live poultry eggs dressed poultry and baby chicks for college students and boys and girls club teams there will be a moving picture theater showing educational fil films in s prepared by state and federal workers and commercial agencies agency es tentative plans call for a hall of youth building to house these activities ivi tivi ties activities for consumer too after all it is the consumer who keeps the poultry industry alive and he will not be forgotten there will probably be a series of discussions by leading nutritional workers home economics specialists and chefs in addition to cooking demonstrations showing methods for the use of the indu products well see it they can show mrs american housewife anything new about the use of eggs at least 25 countries other than the united states are expected to have exhibits these will be housed with the federal and state exhibits in a hall of nations nation and states the hall of industry will display the commercial aspects of the poultry industry here will be shown the products and work of hatcheries manufacturers marketing agencies press and radio many commercial firms doing educational or research work will exhibit others will show the history and development of their product exhibits of processes of the industry ind astry will include hatching grading and sexing lexing chicks battery raisin raising g of broilers and hens killing dressing grading and packing oi of chickens eviscerating fowl and breaking canning and drying of eggs on nearby railroad tracks the various types of railroad cars used used in in transporting the indu products will be exhibited large live bird exhibits educational and progress exhibits throughout the hall of industry will break the monotony of a 2 purely trade show here her also booths S wa will be provided for the worlds poultry science P c bence association and the poultry science association of america most fascinating for virtually every visitor will be the hall of poultry which will house the live bird exhibits it may take the form of national government displays of a noncompetitive competitive non nature with possibly 15 or 20 countries showing live birds consideration is being given to the holding of a competitive live bird exhibit of standard breed poultry utility live bird exhibits by record of performance breeders bleeders bre eders are another possibility with increase 4 it visitors to cleveland in 1939 will see the he silky chabo of japan as shown above ing attention being given to the maintenance of our wild game birds and the desirability of displaying various ornamental fowl th this is branch of the industry will likely receive considerable attention an international dressed poultry exhibit particularly to show the various methods of packing poultry can be provided for in the hall of refrigeration which will be set up in a cold storage warehouse A competitive egg ea show and a baby chick show will help to round out the exposition any concerns contacting consumers or various marketing trade associations will be afforded ailor ded the opportunity to participate cl in educational exhibits B Z western newspaper union group were easy to reach but taxed every hunting skill to bring them down it is that wariness which has forced authorities to advance their battle lines into the air normally ranging in the higher elevations frequently beyond the barriers of almost impassable lava flows they have in recent years with greater frequency made forays into the lowlands where considerable areas above the sugar cane plantations are given over ove r to grazing the first encroachment was harmless enough Pa niolas the island term erm for cowboys would see them in scattering groups here and there vegetation was lush there seemed no probable danger of any number of flighty goats stripping the fields on which valuable stock depended for their living the dying island first warning came from the island of almost uninhabited and aloof from the rest of the group it had been tor for years a landmark to residents known locally as the dying island but the significance of that slow death of an island was not generally noticed passengers on inter island steamers and planes had the pinnacled rock pointed out to them bare and brown from its summit constantly drifted a red plume dust of the disintegrating rock blowing down th the trade winds it was picturesque a landmark sufficiently unique to draw the attention of various writers who compared the dying isle to |