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Trio Houdan fowls— Hayes & McElvain, Hastings, 1st premium $2 00 



W. K. Barber, Hastings, 2d premium 1 00 



Trio golden spangled Hamburg fowls — W. K. Barber, Hastings, 1st premium.. 2 00 

 Trio silver spangled Hamburg fowls — jS". A. Bennett, Mason, 1st premium 2 00 



Hayes & McElvain, 2d premium 1 00 



Trio silver spangled Hamburg chickens — Ira A. Ladd, Adrian, 1st premium... 2 00 



N. A. Bennett, Mason, 2d premium 1 00 



Trio black breasted red game bantam chickens — W. K.Barber, Hastings, Ist 



premium. 2 00 



Trio black African bantam fowls — C. W. Gillett, Parma, 1st premium 2 00 



N. A. Bennett. Mason, 2d premium 1 00 



Trio silver-laced Seabright bantam fowls — IST. A. Bennett, Maion, 1st pre- 

 mium 2 00 



Pair bronze turkey fowls — C. D. Morse, Napoleon, 1st premium 2 00 



Amos F. Wood, Mason, 2d premium 1 00 



Pair pearl Guinea fowls — Ambrose Purchase, Jny, 1st premi um 2 00 



Pair white Pea fowls — Hayes & McElvain, Hastings, 1st premium 2 00 



Pair Bremen geese — Ed. Driggs, Palmyra, 1st premium 2 00 



Hayes & McElvain, Hastings, 2d premium 1 00 



Pair Toulouse geese — N. A. Bennett, Mason, 1st premium 3 00 



Pair Rouen ducks, chicks — Hayes & McElvain, Hastings, 1st premium 2 00 



Ambrose Purchase, Jay, 2d premium.. 1 00 



Pair Aylesbury ducks, chicks — Hayes & McElvain, Hastings, 1st and 2d pre- 

 mium.. 3 00 



Pair Cayuga ducks — Ambrose Purchase, Jay, 1st i)remium 2 00 



W. A. Holcomb, Francisco, 2d premium 1 00 



Pair Muscovy ducks — Harry George, Jackson, 2d premium 1 00 



Coop of eleven Muscovy ducks— Orville Tripp, Horton, 1st premium 2 00 



Pair German canaries — Mrs. W. W. Andrews, Jackson, 1st premium 2 00 



Cage six ferrets — Geo. Peck, Hillsdale, 1st Diploma 



Pair Sumatra game fowls — N. A. Bennett, Mason Recommend discretionary 



Coop pigeons — N". A. Bennettt, Mason Recommend discretionary 



Jefferson Co. blue duck — W. A. Holcomb, Francisco, recommend premixuii... . $1 00 



Contrivance for raising chickens, artificial mother — C. S. Colgrove, Napoleon Dis. 



Partridge Cochin hen— Hayes & McElvain, Hastings.. Recommend first premium 



Pair brown Leghorn hens — Hayes"& McElvain, Hastings. .Worthy and should be in list 



Trio black Cochin fowls — Hayes & McElvain, Hastings Recommend premium 



Pair brown Chinese geese one year old — G. W. Holcomb, Jackson, " " 



Trio golden Pheasant fowls — Ambrose Purchase, Jay Recommend premium 



Pair bronze geese — Ambrose Purchase, Jay, recommend premium $2 00 



Pair gray geese — Ambrose Purchase, Ja3% recommend premium 1 00 



Pair white silk rabbits — Ambrose Purchase, Jay, recommend premium 50 



Pair white tabby rabbits — Ambrose Purchase, Jay, recommend premium 50 



Pair gray rabbits — Ambrose Purchase, Jay, recommend premium 50 



Trio brown Leghorn fowls — D. W.jGreene, Saginaw City.. recommend pi-em.. 1 00 



One dark Brahma hen — W. K. Barber, Hastings, 1st Discretionary 



Pair white rabbits — J. D. Jenks, Jackson, recommend premium 50 



To Superintendent of Poultry : 



Sir: — Your committee have to say in concluding their work that they believe they 

 have liad the pleasure and labor of examining the largest and best collection of poul- 

 try ever shown at a State Fair in Michigan. The competition was, in many cases, 

 very great, and only by careful examination were we able to decide which were the 

 best. Some classes were shown tliat tlie Executive (Committee have not placed in 

 their lis;s, and we would advise that they do so at their next meeting. We should 

 further advocate that the arrangement be made to show the fowls all upon one plane, 

 as some are too high or too low to show the qualities as they sliould. We recommend 

 but few discretionary premiums, and then only when the classes have been omitted 

 from tlie list. Especially would we notice the " artificial mother," patented and 

 shown by Mrs. S. C. Colgrove, Napoleon. This article is very useful in caring for 

 young chicks from the time they are hatched till they are large enough to cai-e for 

 themselves. Four hundred and twenty (420) chickens were raised this season by this 

 means from thirty-five (35) hens, being taken from the hen as soon ;is they are 

 hatched, leaving the hen to lay again. The article is simple, easily made and used. 



JOHN P. ALLISON, 



Chairman Committee. 



