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liibited ; and hare learned since the exhibition, that the owner, fearing 

 lie might lose his fowls, kept his best specimens at home. The fowl ex- 

 hibited was owned by Joseph Carpenter, of Waukesha. 



" Chittago>^gs. — There was a choice lot of fowls entered by this name, 

 all young ones except one pair, which were procured last year in Hart- 

 ford for Chittagongs. It has since been ascertained that they are the 

 Brahma Pootra variety, and the owner now calls them by that name. 

 This variety of fowls is comparatively new in the country, and are among 

 the very best imported. Several pairs have been sold in Massachusetts 

 during the present season, for seventy-five dollars per pair. They weigh 

 from eighteen pounds to twenty-four pounds per pair, are excellent layers, 

 their eggs being nearly twice as heavy as common hen's eggs. A cross 

 between the Brahma Pootra and Dorkino- fowl are decidedlv handsome. 

 There were no Chittao-onu- fowls exhibited. 



" Shanghais. — There was a good show of this kind of fowls, embracing 

 the white, buff or red, brown, and gray varieties ; also, some crosses of 

 the Shanghais with other varieties, which were good specimens. Among 

 the best were those exhibited by Franklin Ripley, Jr., whose stock, taken 

 as a whole, was regarded as superior to any exhibited, embracing white, 

 buff, and brown. Leonard Kennedy exhibited choice buff and brown 

 Shanghais, and Alexander Mitchell a pair of old Shanghais, which, in 

 consequence of moulting, showed badly, but, like many other things, 

 were "better than they looked." John Geib, of ^yauwatosa, exhibited 

 six Shanghai cocks, hatched in May last, which attracted considerable 

 attention, in consequence of their exact resemblance to each other in color 

 and size. The mother of these fowls laid one hundred and twenty-seven 

 very large eggs in the autumn and winter months. The Shanghai fowls 

 are excellent layers. It is not uncommon for them to lay seventy eggs 

 in eighty days. They weigh from seventeen to twenty pounds per pair. 



" CocHix China. — There was a single pair of this variety exhibited by 

 Charles Douglass, of Chicago, with several pair of cross-breeds, all of 

 ■which were good specimens of their kind. The pair of Cochin China 

 fowls were young, but decidedly handsome. The mother cost fifteen 

 dollars. These fowls are not quite so large as the Shanghai fowl, and 

 some other varieties, and by many are regarded as inferior to none of 

 the imported breeds. 



, " There were no Game fowls offered, but it is to be hoped that this 

 variety will not be overlooked another season. The hens are choice 



