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Show oo V1 TEN THOUSAND 1 DOLLARS FOR A HEN 1 ; "Peggy" Kellarstrass, world fa- r: mous $10,000 "White Orpington" hen, and her immediato descendants will i. be represented at the Four-Stato Fair ( and International Sheep Show this fall, a number of America's most fa- j mous chicken raisers having notified i the management this weok that they . intend making high class1 exhibits of - their fanciest poultry at the fair. -1 To the uninitiated it may be well to explain why poultry men of such na- '. tional prominence care to send their prize winners from the eastern suites jj for an exhibit in the far west. The .' ,; reason lies In the magnificent prizes , ' which the manageme'nt of the Four- 4 State Fair has decided to offer. Moro a money will be offered In chicken " j prizes at the local fair than at any '' similar show in the United States. : j) The object is not to fill up thev g cages with a conglomeration of chick- pE ens, but to attract only that which is mfr of the highest standard of breeding. sJh There will be more than 300 birds S2 on exhibition and not a single one off; Itt an Inferior origin. In fact, a major-V L ity of them will be prize winners from V E the eastern fairs. - u |