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POULTRY. 



This department is always interesting, and invites every- 

 body who is anyway engaged in the breeding and rearing of 

 poultry. The number of coops phiced on exhibition were less 

 than last year ; the quality of the poultry very much improved. 

 The docile and handsome Asiatics, the lively Leghorns and 

 Hamburgs, the numerous varieties intermediate, reminded the 

 visitor of tender roast chickens, and a profitable industry. 

 The pigeons were a marked feature along the row of coops, 

 all showing the neatness and care of the owners. We under- 

 stand that this is a growiug industry. Very beautiful ducks* 

 and geese were present. The most tender flesh is secured in 

 the young of this variety. We congratulate our friends on 

 the result of their labor the past year. They not only feed 

 the community, but they work inevitably to moral ends as 

 well. This department is of special value to the Society, and 

 and those who gi.e it study and care are increasing the wealth 

 of the community, and producing a literature of their own. 

 There is no limit to the progress, though we soon find our 

 limitations in the mystery of life which is ever before us. 

 Your Committee are induced to enlarge on this subject, but 

 a valuable paper from Lucius Dunbar, Judge of Poultry at 

 our Fair, and a faithful worker, will be read by our Society 

 with interest, and the statement of Mr. Rankin, which fol- 

 lows, is of special value. \ 

 Kespectfully submitted, 



GEO. J. PETERSON, ) .> .,, . 

 B. W. GOODING, \ ^o'^^«f«««- 



