BHANGHAE FOWLS. 



P. MELLEXDYS WHITE SHANGHAE8. 



MOUNT HEALTHY, Hamilton Co., Ohio. 



This fowl is entirely white, and differs in no material respect from 

 the red, yellow, and dominique, except in color. They are broad on 

 the back and breast, with a body well rounded up, the plumage white, 

 with a downy softness much like the feathering of the Bremen 

 goose in this respect ; the tail feathers short and full; the head small, 

 surmounted by a small, single, serrated comb ; wattles long and wide, 

 overlaying the eheek-piece ; the legs are of a yellow hue, approaching 

 a flesh-color, and featherless. The eggs are larger, and the hens more 

 prolific than those of other colors. 



P. MELLENDT. 



This breed of fowls is very popular. I have a very fine pair, 

 perhaps the best in the State, and shall have a few pairs to dis- 

 pose of in the fall. It costs no more to keep a good fowl than 

 a poor one, and the original cost never deters me from procur- 

 ing the best breeds in the country ; and if I have an indifferent 

 breed, that I cannot truly recommend, they go into the pot, 

 whatever their cost may have been. These fowls now sell at 

 $10 a pair, for good specimens, six months old, and eggs from 

 $3 to $4 a dozen. I refer to the best modeled fowls. There 

 are some that are not worthy taking as a gift. 



