Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-12-29 | Page 6 | Judge at Poultry Show Declares Exhibitors Keep down Cost of Eggs

f Judge at Poultry Show Declares Exhibitors Keep Down Cost ol Eggs. V J I I "Through this and similar shows ar-1 'tanged in the last few years by the American Poultry association, and its members, the price of i ggs has been kept under the dollar mark per dozen, whereas the price would be $2, were it not for the shows " This statement was made this morning morn-ing by Judge (). L. McCord, who U to day checking the various displays at the armory, preparatory to the opening open-ing of the poultry show tomorrow. Judge McCord slated that through scientific managouiont, a standard breed oi chickens was being devi 1-oped. 1-oped. Trap nests prove to chicken growers which hens are worthy of Iheir keep and by 4 careful breeding from steady, reliable, good laying hens, a standard of chickens long desired de-sired by American poultry men is being be-ing achieved Regarding the show which will open tomorrow, Judge McCord said: 'The one which will bo hold in Los Angeles Ange-les next week will not be any better and cannol have a groat deal more va-rlety." va-rlety." The local show is composed mainly of standard breeds of poultr, with little regard shown fancy sprr ,, of a freak nature One of the features of the show is Ihe uniform wire canine arrange menta, A tag bearing ihe name and address of the owner, tho leg band and entry number, was proclaimed bj Judge McCord to be an innovation in mid-western poultry shows. No winners of the various varieties have yet been picked. The chickens present a beautiful appearance, having hav-ing been carefully groonvd for the evenl. Probably the most beautiful birds from a color standpoint are the Blue Andelusians. The majority of the displays bear evidence that the sort of birds portrayed por-trayed in poultry catalogues exist in reality in this city.