BLACK SPANISH FOWLS. 



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J. P. CHILDS BLACK SPANISH FOWLS. 



The above cut represents a Black Spanish cock owned by J. 

 P. Childs, Esq., Woonsocket, R. I. This breed of fowls is very 

 popular as layers. They seldom desire to set, consequently, 

 their eggs must be hatched by other fowls. Mr. Childs writes 

 me as follows : 



"WOONSOCKET, Sept. 20th, 1852. 



MR. T. B. MINER -.Dear Sir: The Black Spanish fowls, which this 

 cut represents, were imported late in the summer of 1850, by Mr. J. 

 Tucker, of "Waterford, through hia father, then a resident of England, 



