45 



County. It is a matter of fact, that this disphiy of fine fowl* 

 ■was a prominent feature in the show ; and no one thing attract- 

 ed more notice from tlie assembled multitude. Why not at- 

 tract notice ? These fowls are strongly associated with all the 

 comfoi'ts of life : with the bed on Avhich we sleep, with all our 

 social festivals, with the dainty meats of our Society's dinner, 

 and the puddings, the custards, the cakes, and even the good 

 old fashioned pumpkin pies of every day life. We would 

 suggest to the farmers in this county, the propriety of exter- 

 minating all those puny, ill-looking, mixed up fowls, seen hov- 

 ering round the doors of so many of our good barns, and fill- 

 ing their places with some of tliose beautiful birds, cxhibitecl 

 E. K. Perkins, D. B. Wallace, H. C. Fegan, and a number 

 of others. Fowls that will adorn their pi-emises, spread their 

 tables with luxuries and fill their market baskets with profit. 



We would also suggest to the Society, the propriely of en- 

 couraoing the breedinii: of these choice fowls among farmers, 

 by placing them on the same footing, with regard to the pre- 

 miums, with the cow, the horse, and the swine ; And your 

 Committee can sec no good reason why three premiums should 

 not be offered on each class of fowls, as well as on these ani- 

 mals, or anything else that goes to make up the show. 



Why not weigh tlie produce of the cow, in the scale of do- 

 mestic economy, with the [)roduce of a flock of fowls, and 

 give to each its due in dispensing pi*emiums ? Why not place 

 the good dinners Avhich fowls give us by the side of the good 

 rides Avhich Ave get after our fast horses, and give to each its 

 due ? 



We can see no reason Avhy the breeding of choice foAvlt^ 

 should not Ijc encouraged among farmers, until every valua- 

 ble species be introduced into the county, and e\ery farm yard 

 have its choice flocks, until eggs are abundant, and the mar- 

 ket liberally supi)lied Avith good poultry. I have bred all the 

 choice breeds with success, for the past ten years, and have- 

 found by actual experiment that the breeds Avhich I Avill men- 

 tion below, are tlie most profitable for the farmers to keep- 



