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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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A SPLENDID DOMINIQUE FOWIj. 



We present the reader to-day with the most 

 beautiful illustration of the Dominique cock that 

 we have ever seen. It does not show on paper 

 as coarse as our sheet is, so favorably as it would 

 on that of a finer texture. But it is very beauti- 

 ful even here. We copy it, by permission, from 

 Mr. C. N. Bement's "America?! Poulterer's Com- 

 panion," a work which we heartily commend to 

 all persons interested in the raising of poultry. 

 Mr. Bement says, — 



"The Dominique fowl, well selected and care- 

 fully bred, is a fine and useful bird. They are 

 distinguished as Dominique by their markings 

 and their color, which is generally considered an 

 indication of hardiness and fecundity. They are 

 by some called "Hawk-colored fowls," from their 

 strong resemblance in color lo the birds of that 

 name. In England they are usually called 

 "Cuckoo-fowls," from the fancied resemblance of 

 their plumage to the feathers on the cuckoo's 

 breast. We seldom see bad hens of this variety 

 and take them all in all, we do not hesitate in 

 pronouncing them one of the best and most pro- 

 fitable fowls, being hardy, good layers, careful 

 nurses, and affording excellent eggs and first 

 quality of <lesh. 



"The prevailing and true color of the Domi- 

 n que fowl is a light ground, undulated and softly 

 shaded with a slaty-blue all over the body, as in- 

 dicated in the portrait of the cock, forming bands 

 of various widths. 



"The hens are not large, but plump and full- 

 breasted. Their eggs average about two ounces 

 each, are white, and of porcelain smoothness. 

 They are good layers, good feeders, good sitters, 

 good mothers, hardy, and are well worthy of pro- 

 motion in the poultry-yard." 



American Farmer's Magazine. — This excel- 

 lent journal, under the editorial management of 

 our respected friend. Professor Nash, has been 

 discontinued and "dies," the editor says, "of a 

 collapse in the money drawer," We are sincere- 

 ly sorry that it has not been better sustained. 

 Prof. Nash is an able writer, an upright and 

 high-minded man. We always read his writings 

 with pleasure and profit, and believe that the 

 farmer will rarely find pages so full of sound and 

 practical instruction as were those of his maga- 

 zine. We wish him great success in any new 

 enterprise to which he may give his attention. 



