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growing rapidly and has a fine form, promises to be one of the 

 largest of his kind. He has therefore been selected to breed 

 from during the present year. The pullets, which were hatched 

 earlier, weigh from five and a quarter to six and a quarter 

 pounds, and appear to be still growing. 



They are all quite heavily feathered on their large yellow 

 legs, giving a rich finish to their general appearance, which is 

 cleanly and beautiful. They lay as many eggs as any fowls 

 that I have ever kept, and are good nurses to their young 

 broods. The parents of this stock were imported by my friend, 

 Mr. Osborne, of Lynn, who still has them in his possession. 



It will not, perhaps, be out of place to say, that, notwith- 

 standing the popular opinion, that a white fowl is more delicate 

 than a colored one, I have found the White Shanghaes very 

 hardy. 



Very respectfully yours, 



GEO. E. WHITE." 



Mr. White obtained these fowls from Thomas Thorpe, Esq., 

 of West Cambridge. They are the most beautiful specimens 

 of the kind in America, and commanded universal admiration at 

 the late fair. 



These fowls partake of all the characteristics of the Yellow 

 Shanghaes, with the exception of color. Mr. Spooner, of 

 Plymouth, has some of this breed, obtained from the stock 

 of Mr. N. C. Day, of Leominster. They are large and beau- 

 tiful. 



Mr. Giles, of Providence, writes me that he has the same 

 stock, brought direct from the city of Shanghae, by Captain 

 Palmer, and speaks of them in the highest terms. 



