66 ON POULTRY. 



ON POULTRY. 



The Committee were pleased to see so large a collection of 

 choice fowls on the ground, notwithstanding the unfavorable 

 state of the weather, and have every reason to believe that 

 there would have been a much larger number, if the day had 

 been fine and suitable to show poultry to advantage. The 

 evident improvement in this branch of rural economy was 

 highly gratifying to the contributors and spectators generally, 

 as well as to the committee, who feel under many obligations 

 to the various contributors for the admirable manner in which 

 their birds were arranged, and to the spectators for the interest 

 manifested by them in what we consider one of the most prof- 

 itable of our agricultural interests. We would impress upon 

 the minds of our agricultural friends, and others, the impor- 

 tance of bestoAving more attention upon this kind of stock than 

 has hitherto been done. It is not, as many suppose, a small 

 item, and not worthy of more than a passing notice, — it is a 

 fruitful source of wealth and comfort to every one. Our fowls 

 furnish us with the choicest luxuries of the most wholesome 

 nature, and where can a person be found, that would not take 

 pleasure in tending a few choice fowls, and feel themselves 

 amply repaid by the large number of rich eggs that such birds 

 would be sure to return them for their kind attentions ? Where 

 could we find a substitute for their meat at our tables, or for 

 their delicate and wholesome nutriment to the invalid ? And 

 the puddings, and good old fashioned pumpkin pies, that can- 

 not be produced without their share in the matter ? It is not 

 our purpose to recommend any one particular variety to the 

 exclusion of all others, but would earnestly request each one 

 to prove by personal experience the merits of many, if not all 

 of the different varieties of our standard fowls, and of such of 

 the fancy ones as he may have time or inclination to do, so as 

 to be able to impart information of benefit to others who are, 

 or who may wish to be interested in the subject. If any 

 should feel inclined to doubt the importance of poultry, as one 

 of our products, we would respectfully point his attention to 

 figures, not fictitious ones, but those gathered from the most 



