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domestic fowls, or who have specimens of choice stock im- 

 ported or otherwise are respectfully invited to be present on 

 the above occasion, and to forward their stock in season for 

 exhibition on that day. The committee suggest, that contrib- 

 utors of fowls shall send them in compact coops, each labelled 

 with the name of the breeder, class of stock, and age, upon a 

 card attached to each box. 



SAMUEL JAQUES, ~] 

 EBEN WIGHT, 



JOHN GILES, > Committee, <3fc. 



TIMOTHY HOUSE, 

 H. L. DEVEREUX,J 

 Boston, Oct. 29, 1849. 



It is well known that, in accordance with the above, the 

 contemplated meeting took place at the Public Gardens, and 

 with the most unexpected results. Upwards of ten thousand 

 persons were estimated to have been in attendance, and there 

 was a general cooperation of fowl breeders and fanciers through- 

 out the country. All who contributed to the show did credit 

 to themselves by the fine samples of fowls produced, and I 

 consider it due to them to publish the entire report of the 

 committee, in order that their names rnay be perpetuated. 

 Great praise is due to Mr. James Pedder, of the Boston Culti- 

 vator, and Mr. George E. White, of the firm of Parker & 

 White, of Boston, for their indefatigable exertions on this 

 occasion. 



The official report is taken from the Boston Cultivator. 



THE COMMITTEE OF SUPERVISION, 



For the exhibition of poultry, held at Boston, on the 15th and 

 16th days of November, 1849, 



REPORT : This exhibition may be said to have been, in its 

 character, unprecedented in this country ; it being, so far as 

 we are informed, the first meeting ever convened here for the 



