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These comprise some of the handsomest and best fowls in the 

 world. Fowl-breeders, and the best judges of poultry gener- 

 ally, are respectfully invited to attend, and any person who 

 supposes he has the best specimens of any of those breeds is 

 invited to present them at that time, and compare side by side. 

 And I would here request Col. Josiah Stevens, of Concord, N. 

 H., Mr. S. A. Drake, of Fiskdale, Massachusetts, Mr. John 

 Giles, of Providence, R. I., Mr. Robert Estes, of East Abing- 

 ton, Mass., and Mr. Timothy House, of Boston, Mass., either 

 by themselves, or in conjunction with such others as gentlemen 

 interested may on that occasion appoint, to act as a committee 

 to make an impartial report for the benefit of the public. It 

 would be agreeable to me to have the editors of the agricultural 

 papers in Boston, and others interested in the improvement of 

 domestic fowls, appoint on said committee twice the number 

 that I have done, so that their report may be perfectly satis- 

 factory to all. 



After the exhibition above alluded to, I shall, with your 

 permission, communicate for the Cultivator some additional 

 matter in relation to domestic fowls, which may not prove 

 uninteresting to your patrons. J. C. BENNETT. 



Plymouth, Mass., Oct. 8, 1849. 



P. S. If you approve the plan as an important and benefi- 

 cial one, please make the 15th a great day of gathering of fowl- 

 fanciers, and fowl-breeders, by your influence in the Cultivator. 

 I shall bring my best, and if others can bring better, it will only 

 be for the public good, and I shall be happy to acknowledge it, 

 and as ready to do so as any other man. I shall abide the 

 judgment of the committee, and I want you, and others inter- 

 ested, either to act on the committee, or appoint some others to 

 do so, or both, at your option. 



It is with much pleasure that we add the above postscript, 



