132 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



POULTRY. 



The elaborate and able report of the committee on this Class, 

 (Y.) precludes the necessity of any extended introductory 

 remarks on the subject. 



The premiums offered for the best collection of different 

 varieties of gallinaceous fowls owned by the exhibitor, were 

 first, $10 ; second, ^5. 



For the best trio of red and buff Shanghse, $Z ; second best, 

 $2 ; for the best and second best trio of black Shanghai, the 

 same ; white Shangha;, do. ; gray Shangha? or Brahma Pootras, 

 do. ; black Spanish, do. ; white Dorking, do. ; gray or speckled 

 Dorking, do. ; Hamburghs, do. ; white crested black Polish, 

 do. ; Games, do. ; Bantams, do. 



For the best and second best pair of wild turkeys, do. ; domes- 

 tic turkeys, do. For the best and second best pair of Guinea 

 fowls, do. For the best and second best trio of domestic 

 ducks, do. ; Muscovy, do. ; Topknot, do, ; common, do. For 

 the best and second best pair of Bremen geese, do. ; domestic 

 geese, do. ; wild, do. For the best and second best pair of 

 swans, do. For the best and second best collection of pigeons, 

 do. The entries of poultry were as follows : — 



No. 1.- — Different varieties of barnyaixl fowls, owned by Charles K. Damon, 

 Cocbituate. 

 2. — One cage of Brahma Pootras, chickens, owned by Daniel Buxton, 



South Danvers. 

 3. — Hamburghs, trio, owned by John W. Hunt, North Bridgewater. 

 4. — One cage of Bolton Grays, owned by John H. Bent, Concord. 

 5. — One cage of Persian Frizzle, owned by Isaac Osgood, West Newton. 

 6. — Two cages of Game fowls, owned by C. F. Curtis, Jamaica Plain. 

 7. — One cage of Bolton Grays, owned by George Dorr, Dorchester. 

 8. — White Dorkings, trio, owned by E. P. Hollis, West Needham. 

 9. — Speckled Dorkings, trio, owned by E. P. Hollis, West Needham. 

 10. — A collection, owned by E. P. Hollis, West Needham. 

 11. — One cage of Bolton Grays, owned by S. Southwick, South Danvers. 

 12. — One cage of Black Spanish, owned by S. Southwick, South 



Danvers. 

 13. — One cage of gold-laced Sebright Bantams, oAvned by E. W. Jacobs, 



South Danvers. 

 14. — One cage of silvei'-laced Sebright Bantams, owned byE. W. Jacobs, 



South Danvers. 

 15. — Three common turkeys, owned by C. F. Curtis, Jamaica Plain. 



