Excerpt from American Turkey Journal, Vol. 7: October, 1938

The Ohio State Fair has the distinction of having the largest exhibit of turkeys of any state fair in America. For the past four or five years the entry has been close to the 300 mark and has been a little above that number. This includes a Utility or Market class in which the entry is from 50 to 60 birds, entered mainly by the same exhibitors who are showing in the exhibition class, and with very little lower standard quality.

The utility class was judged by Mr. Thos. W. Heitz, of the Federal Department otmar kets, who is considered the last word in judg ing Dressed Turkey exhibits. This year I had the pleasure of watching Mr. Heitz judge this division of the show and took note of how closely he applied the same tests for conforma tion we always apply at the exhibition judging table. This was highly pleasing to me and again impressed me that there is nothing gained by having the double competition except to allow for more awards in the turkey classes. But if in other Utility Turkey Shows they would stick to standard bred birds as they do at this big show, there would be no false impression made as is the case in some such exhibits.

In the exhibition classes there were 235 birds, and would have approached 260 had it not been that one large entry arrived too late to be judged. Quality throughout the classes was very good with only a few ordinary birds and none disqualified for lack of quality. There were birds fit to meet the very strongest com petition, in every breed and in almost every class. Most of the mature toms were well molt cd out and made a very good appearance. Most of the mature hens were still wearing their old plumage, yet many of them had enough new feathers. To show their quality. The show taking place the last week in August made it pretty early for young birds to show to advantage, yet they were better developed than at the same show last year, some of them being quite well matured.

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