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No. 16. — One pair of wild turkeys, owned by E. P. Hollis, West Needham. 

 17. — One cage of Aylesbury ducks, owned by William Bent, Cochituate. 

 18. — Two geese and one gander, Bremen, owned by Samuel Jaques, Ten 



Hills Farm, Somerville. 

 19. — One pair of wild geese, owned by Samuel Jaques, Somerville. 

 20. — One pair of Chincliu, owned by Samuel Jaques, Somerville. 

 21. — One pair of Chinese, owned by Samuel Jaques, Somerville. 

 22. — One pair of Bremen geese, owned by W. G. Lewis, Framingham. 

 23. — One pair of wild geese, owned by W. G. Lewis, Framingham. 

 24. — Three pairs of Bremen geese, owned by A. S. Lewis, Framingham. 

 25. — One pair of -wild geese, owned by A. S. Lewis, Framingham. 

 26. — One pair of Bremen geese, owned by E. B. Metcalf, Franklin. 

 27. — One pair of swans, mute, owned by Eben Wight, Dedham. 



The committee on poultry submitted the following valuable 



REPORT: 



Under the head of the largest and best collections, the committee 

 awarded the first premium to S. Southwick, South. Danvers. The 

 fowls shown by Mr. Southwick, were pure bred fowls of the several 

 various breeds shown, and we were glad to see that they had been 

 so carefully bred. 



The second premium under this head was awarded to E. P. Hollis, 

 West Needham. From the fowls belonging to Mr. Hollis we had a 

 mixture of pure bred fowls, with the common or barnyard fowl, 

 which Mr. Hollis had been judiciously crossing for years, and he has 

 always been careful to secure a pure bred Dorking cock, selecting 

 the hens from the best models of his own stock, always rejecting 

 every pullet which had not a good form and other requisite qualities. 

 This course is adopted by many of the farmers in this vicinity. If 

 early maturity for market is desired, this is a very judicious course to 

 adopt. But to the accomplishment of this, no other cock than a Dor- 

 king, Spanish or Game, should ever be used. 



Laege Asiatic Fowls. — Only one entry was made under this 

 head, and that was by Thomas Smith, Dedham. His fowls (Chitta- 

 gong,) were very large, the rooster weighing some twelve pounds, 

 while the hens drew ten pounds each. They were fine looking birds, 

 and in the days of " the fancy," would have commanded an extraor- 

 dinary price. The Asiatic fowl is a good layer, and a most deter- 

 mined sitter, it being a matter of indifi'erence whether she sits on an 

 egg, a stone, or any other substance. It would be hard to say whether 

 the introduction of the Shanghjc has been beneficial or not — though 



