AWARDS OF PREMIUMS. 35 



Spanish, Cliittagongs and Dorkings, which comprised the list of 

 Blood Fowls upon exhibition. 



Mr. R. E. Gillett took the premium for the greatest and best 

 variety of fowl, he having exhibited fine specimens of the 

 Cochin China, Brahma, Shanghai, Black Spanish and Dork- 

 ings ; and from my observation he has paid more attention to 

 the raising of Poultry than any other person in the State, and 

 is better calculated to give correct information upon thai sub- 

 ject than any one of my acquaintance. 



C. Blackwcll, of Waulcesha, also received a premium for the 

 best lot of Shanghais, having exhibited a very fine lot of fowl. 



J. A. Carpenter, of "Waukesha, received a premium for the 

 best coop of Bantams. 



J. Curtin, of Greenfield, a premium for a lot of Ducks. 



The committee were gratified with the manifest and growing 

 interest and improvement in this department, so important not 

 only to the farmer, but to every family in our State. 



Your committee would urge attention to the subject of further 

 improvement in raising poultry, for the following reasons: 



1st. Yery little attention is given to changing or crossing 

 the breeds of fowls, therefore they become comparatively value- 

 less as layers. 



2d. The Easter or China fowl are double the size of common 

 fowl ; the improved kind weigh as much as twelve pounds. 



8d. They are much better both as layers and for food. 



-ith. They are always quiet^ and may be kept enclosed much 

 easier than any other kind of fowl. 



5. The crosses with the common produce fine large fowl, 

 and is such an improvement upon the common kind that no 

 person who raises fowls should neglect so great an advantage. 

 We have seen some of the crosses at the age of four months 

 much larger than the common full grown fowl. 



The committee recommend to the favorable notice of all per- 

 sons interested in the raising of poultry, the following breeds, 

 viz : Cochin China, White and Red Shanghai, Brahma, Black 

 Spanish and Dorking. While we regard all of the above kinds 

 good, we decidedly prefer Cochin China as the best, for the fol- 

 lowing reasons, viz : they have no feathers upon their legs, which 



