The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on January 6, 1905.
Birds Score High
Many Fine Specimens are Exhibited
Event Was a Big Success
Fourth Annual Show of Luverne Poultry Association Came to an End Saturday—Majority of Purses Won by Luverne Exhibitors—List of the Prize Winners
(This article is continued from last week)
Below we give the official list of the prizes won by the various exhibitors; in every instance where a first prize is awarded for pen it indicates that there were at least three pens in competition in that class:
White Plymouth Rocks—Winnie Babcock, Sioux City, 3rd and 4th pen, 2nd cock; 3rd, 4th and 5th hen; Wm. Grossenburg, Rock Valley, Ia., 5th pen; John Vickerman, Ellsworth, 1st and 2nd hen, 2nd pullet; Sam Foight, Luverne, 4th cockerel, 2nd pen; N. R. Reynolds, Luverne, 1st pen, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th cockerel, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, an 4th pullet.
Light Brahmas—S. L. Chapm, Luverne, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd pen, 2nd, 3rd and 4th cockerel, 1st, 2nd and 3rd pullet, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th hen, 1st cock; G. W. Law, Mitchell, S. D., 4th pen, 4th pullet, 5th cockerel, 5th pullet.
White Wyandottes—Mrs. W. A. Schelhamer, Luverne, 1st and 2nd pen, 1st and 2nd cockerel, 1st, 2nd 3rd and 5th cockerel, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th hen, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th pullet; W. A. Jones, Luverne, 4th cockerel, 5th pullet, 3rd pen; J. H. Adams, Luverne, 4th pen, 4th cockerel; Wm. Scallin, Mitchell, S. D., 5th pen, 3rd cock.
Single Comb Brown Leghorns—H. P. Larson Beresford, S. D. 1st pen, 1st cock, 1st hen, 1st, 2nd and 3rd pullet, 1st and 3rd cockerel; F. H. Windsor, Jr., Mitchell, S. D. 2nd cockerel, 4th and 5th pullet, 2nd and 3rd hen, 2nd pen.
Single Comb Buff Opingtons—R. W. Sherwood, Sioux Falls, S. D., 1st pen 1st and 2nd cockerel, 2nd and 4th pullet; W. B. Engle, Sioux Falls, S. D., 2nd pen, 1st, 3rd and 5th pullet, 3rd cockerel.
Partridge Wyandottes—L. J. Stick, Sioux Falls, all awards.
Silver Wyandotes—Mrs. M. Swedberg, Luverne, all awards.
Buff Wyandottes—Mrs. M. Swedberg, Luverne, all awards.
Golden Wyandotes—J. H. Adams, Luverne, all awards.
Buff Plymouth Rocks—H. P. Larson, Beresford, S. D. all awards.
Black Wyandotes—H. M. Avery, Sioux Falls, all awards.
White Langshans—E. C. Brooks, Beaver Creek, 1st cockerel, 1st and 2nd pullet, 1st and 2nd hen.
Black Langshans—E. C. Brooks, Beaver Creek, 1st and 2nd pen, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th cockerel, 1st, 2nd. 3rd, 4th and 5th pullet, 1st and 2nd hen; S. S. Metcalf, Sioux Falls, 3rd hen.
Partridge Cochins—I. J. Jargo, Luverne, all awards.