Prizes Offered for Jackson County Poultry Show, Nov. 25, 1925

Third Annual Poultry Show of Jackson County to be Held Dec. 5th

The Tuckasegee Poultry Association, which has done much for the development of better poultry in Jackson County, will hold its third annual Poultry Show for the county at Sylva on Saturday, December 5th. The coming show is predicted to be by far the best one held so far. Competition for these excellent cash prizes is open to everybody in the county. Coops will be furnished here at the show for showing your birds and also trays for egg exhibits. If you have standard bred poultry, bring them and your best dozen eggs to the show, or if you don’t have standard bred birds, come and see the other fellow’s. Either way, you will be well paid for your interest in the show.

The business men and firms of Sylva are, as usual, cooperating with the poultry men of the county and expressing their interest in better poultry by offering the following splendid cash premiums for the poultry and egg shown:

Sylva Supply company offers for the best pen White Leghorns (1 male, 4 females) $4. Best single female (hen or pullet) $1.

J.S. Higdon’s Garage offers the best pen Anconas (1 male, 4 females) $4. Best single female (hen or pullet) $1

Medford Furniture Company offers for best pen Brown Leghorns (1 male, 4 females) $4. Best single female (hen or pullet) $1

J.B. Ensley Feed Company offers for the best pen Barred Rocks (1 male, 4 females) $4. Best single female (hen or pullet) $1

Jackson County Bank offers for the best pen Rhode Island Reds (1 male, 4 females) $4. Best single female (hen or pullet) $1

The Paris offers for the best pen White Wyadottes (1 male, 4 females) $4. Best single female (hen or pullet) $1

Buchanan Pharmacy offers for the best pen Buff Orpingtons (1 male, 4 females) $4. Best single female (hen or pullet) $1

Charles L. Allison offers for the best pen White Rocks (1 male, 4 females) $4. Best single female (hen or pullet) $1

Jackson County Journal offers for the best pen Black Minoreas (1 male, 4 females) $4. Best single female (hen or pullet) $1

Tuckasegee Bank offers for the Sweepstakes pen of above breeds $4. Sweepstakes female of above breeds $1.

Jackson Hardware Company offers for the best single male bird (cock or cockerel) of each of the following breeds $1, White Wyandotte, Buff Orpington, White Rock, Black Minoreas, and Sweepstakes, male of any of the above breeds.

Mercantile Supply Company offers for the best single male bird (cock or cockerel) of each of the following breeds $1, White Wyandotte, Buff Orpington, White Rock, Black Minoreas, and Sweepstakes, male of any of the above breeds.

EGGS

H.E Buchanan offers for the best dozen eggs $5

C.W. Tilson offers for the second best dozen eggs $3

Jno. R. Jones offers for the third best dozen eggs $2

All eggs exhibited will be sold at the end of the show and the money placed into the poultry association to help finance the show.

Program of the day of show: All entries must be in place by 10 o’clock Saturday morning, December 5th.

No entrance fee charged and blue and red ribbons will be awarded 1st and 2nd prize winners besides cash offered.

Judging will start promptly at 10 a.m. and be completed by 1 p.m.

And educational Poultry picture will be shown at the Lyric Theater at 3 p.m.

All prized will be awarded at the picture show and Jackson County Poultry Association reorganized.

We are counting on every purebred poultry keeper in Jackson County cooperating in making this show and program a success and thereby doing their part to promote better poultry.

For further information see or write either of the following, Jno. R. Jones, C.W. Tilson or H. W. Hoffman.

From the front page of the Jackson County Journal, Sylva, N.C., November 25, 1925

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