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appearance. My stock has also greatly increased, having 

 raised over fifty Chickens; both of the White and Brown 

 Shanghaes. Several of these are two months old, the largest, 

 most beautiful and hardy Chickens, for their age, I have ever 

 seen. They command general admiration. Though late in 

 the season when hatched, yet we have lost but two of the whole 

 number. They are heavily feathered, and have all the ap- 

 pearance of our common Pullets of three and four months 

 old. 



I hazard nothing in saying, that, if the farmers of Penn- 

 sylvania knew the worth of these Fowls, no effort would be 

 spared to obtain them. Of the various breeds, none can ex- 

 ceed (so far as my experience goes) the Shanghaes and the 

 Cochin China Hens for laying. In the month of September, 

 I received from Frederick H. Whitney, Esq., of Dedham, Mass. 

 (who had a large assortment of imported Fowls), three Cochin 

 China, and two White Shanghae Fowls, and since that time, 

 they have laid more Eggs than the whole of my common 

 Fowls together. These Hens have laid almost daily, since 

 that time, and have hatched out five broods ; and for three 

 weeks past, there is not a day but they give me an Egg. One 

 of the White Shanghae Hens, though smaller in size than 

 the others, lays a very large Egg her Eggs are of a chocolate 

 colour, and very rich. She is emphatically the Hen that lays 

 the golden Egg. And though I place no confidence in the 

 statement of those who assert that the Cochin China Hen fre- 

 quently lays two Eggs on the same day, yet I must say she 

 comes the next thing to it. 



I have in my possession a Cochin China Cockerel, of a yel- 

 lowish-brown colour, a most perfectly formed bird his plu- 

 mage the most glossy and beautiful and though, but six months 

 old, of great size and power. The double joint of the wing 

 peculiar to this class of Fowls, is quite perceptible. He is 

 my pet bird, and consequently is treated with great kindness. 



