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Longley's and Parks's horses cannot be excelled as breeders. 

 All who exhibit stallions another year, are urged to show as 

 many of their colts with them as possible. 



H. I. HODGES, Chairman. 



Poultry. 



The exhibition of barnyard fowls was larger, and altogether 

 more interesting, than at any time previous. The whole num- 

 ber of entries was thirty, embracing two hundred and eighteen 

 fowls ; of which there were eighty-four entered as pure Shang- 

 haes, many of them very fine specimens, and perhaps nearly as 

 many more of mixed breeds — partly Shanghae. There were a 

 few good specimens of Dorkings, Polands, and Bantams, and 

 one fine lot of the Plymouth Rock variety. There were also 

 one lot of Capons, and one pair of the English game fowls. Of 

 the pure native breeds, there were none. This omission was 

 regretted, because we incline to think that the old sorts have 

 not had justice done them. 



Interesting statements have been received from Messrs. J. 

 W. Wilson and John Eden, of Northampton, and Rev. J. H. 

 Temple, of Whately, the substance of which, respectively, is 

 presented as follows : 



Mr. Wilson, referring to his specimens of white and red 

 Shanghae and Dorking fowls, says, the oldest Shanghaes were 

 hatched on the 17th of last April, and the Dorkings on the 29th 

 of April and 14th of July. One of the April Shanghaes com- 

 menced laying on the 29th of August, at four months and 

 twelve days old; and laid for the first four days, two eggs a 

 day! The others began to lay at four months and fifteen days 

 old, and have laid every day since. Though from his limited 

 experience, he does not feel prepared to give a decided opinion 

 concerning the character of the Shanghaes, as layers, from 

 what he has seen, he feels confident that they are much supe- 

 rior to the native breeds. As an example, he mentions a pair 

 of his Shanghae pullets, of last year, which commenced laying 

 October 14, 1850, and continued to the middle of June of 1851, 



