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FANCIER S' JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 



in tin 1 front ran k"di the progressive Association of this coun- 

 try, and though smaHin number, we feel large for our size 

 and age. 



Wishing the Association abundant success and harmony 

 in its councils, I am 



Very respectfully yours, 



C. J. Ward, 



Secretary I. S. P. A. 



Ho I for A Granger's Express, or the Great National 

 Express. 

 Terrebonne Station, La., January 6th, 1874. 

 Jos. M. "Wade, Esq. 



Dear Sir: I "owe you one," as Cornet Ollipod says in 

 the play. Specimens of the Fanciers' Journal and Poultry 

 Exchange have come duly to hand, and contents greedily 

 noted; and this is to return thanks to you for the same; 

 that is, the favor you have thus conferred. May the journal 

 prove a success, as the fever-heat of the fancy should not be 

 allowed to wane because of a scarcity of good reading on 

 the subject. 



A subject which is of vital importance is some cheap sys- 

 tem of transportation. Now the expressage on fowls is in- 

 tolerably heavy. A coop of fowls will cost nearly double 

 their value when shipped across the States. Many who 

 would like to indulge their fancy South find this a great 

 drawback. So it stands all interested in hand to bring about 

 a reduction in prices, and establish a regular schedule of 

 freights on live stock. Thousands and thousands of stock 

 would "change hands", were it not for this oppressive 

 "grinding " on the part of the express companies. How is 

 it that poultry societies do not make an effort to secure some 

 lower and certain rates of charges? 



Now if fowls be sent that are costly, the expressman seems 

 to note the fact, and piles on the big charge. It is true that 

 parties sending fowls may manage to higgle with agents, 

 and get a coop or two through at a reduced price, but if he 

 neglects this precaution look out, for a big bill will be handed 

 in of charges as a consequence. 



I think it stands the Grangers in hand to urge upon the 

 government the establishment of a national express, which 

 being a governmental affair would control the whole system 

 of expressage throughout the country, and which would 

 redound greatly to the benefit of the commonwealth. Then 

 animals, seeds, trees, farm implements, &c, &c, could, 

 at moderate prices, be disseminated over the length and 

 breadth of the land, with great facility, to the great behoof 

 and prosperity of every one. The government has its postal 

 department, its agricultural departments, but it now need 

 the great national express department ; I think it would 

 prove a big thing if run in connection with the mail syste 



In the journal of the 8th instant, J. G. alludes to the 

 statement that "cholera" succeeds to rainy weather. This 

 may be, but in 1872 I lost nearly every fowl I had during a 

 very dry spell, and in spite of all precautions and doctering, 

 the disease persisted until a few heavy showers drenched 

 the ground. The disease then was checked in a day's time. 

 But my opinions and views upon this disease I will en- 

 deavor to give you at another time. 



Respectfully yours, 



L. L. Holcombe, M.D. 



Cedar Rapids, January 14th, 1874. 

 Jos. M. "Wade, Esq., 



Secretary of the American Poultry Association. 

 Dear Sir: At the regular annual meeting of the Iowa 

 State Poultry Association, held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 



December the 18th, 1873, the following resolution was unan- 

 imously adopted, and the Secretary instructed to forward a 

 copy to the Secretary of the American Poultry Association 

 for the consideration of that body, at their meeting, during 

 the continuance of the Poultry Exhibition in Buffalo, N. Y. 



C. J. "Ward, 



Secretary I. S. P. A. 

 Whereas, The development of the poultry interest of this 

 country is being much retarded by the exorbitant charges, 

 and the careless and neglectful manner of the handling of 

 the same by the express companies in its transportation, 

 therefore be it 



Resolved, by the Iowa State Poultry Association, That it 

 is their wish and special request that at the next meeting of 

 the National American Association, to be held in the city of 

 Buffalo, New York, January, 1874, said association take 

 such steps or measures to remedy this evil as may seem to 

 them most expedient and proper in the premises. 



Resolved, That the Secretary of this Association forward 

 to the Secretary of the American Association a copy of these 

 resolutions, with an earnest request that the matter be at an 

 early date placed before said association for their action. 

 H. C. Darrah, 

 Byron Webster, 



Committee. 

 C. J. Ward, 



Secretary I. S. P. A. 



The committee of five next presented their report, which 

 was as follows : 

 The following 



list oe sub-committees 



on the different varieties of fowl were then submitted by the 

 Chairman of the General Committee, Mr. Philander Wil- 

 liams, of Taunton, Mass., and the report was accepted with- 

 out debate. 



Light Brahmas— I. K. Pelch, Natick, Mass. ; J. M. 

 Wade, Philadelphia, Pa. ; P. Williams, Taunton, Mass. 



Dark Brahmas — Wm. H. Churchman, Wilmington, Del. ; 

 E. C. Skinner, Detroit, Mich. ; A. B. Estes, New York. 



Buff Cochins— Geo. L. Williams, Buffalo, N. Y". ; David 

 Jones, Tecumseh, Mich. ; H. M. Thomas, Brooklin, Out. 



Partridge Cochins— C. H. Crosby, Danbury, Ct. ; W. H. 

 Todd, Vermilion, Ohio; P. Williams, Taunton, Mass. 



Black and White Cochins— Daniel Allen, Gait, Ont. ; 

 Wm. Wright, Detroit, Mich. ; A. M. Halsted, Rye, N. Y. 



Plymouth Rocks and Dominiques — Wm. H. Lockwood, 

 Hartford, Ct. ; C. B. Elben, Pittsburg, Pa. ; M. I. Ellis, 

 Norwood, Mass. 



Dorkings— Fred. Sturdy, Guelph, Ont. ; R. M. Griffith, 

 Wilmington, Del. ; H. H. Stoddard, Hartford, Ct. 



Hamburgs — H. H. Stoddard, Hartford, Ct. ; Andrew J. 

 Tuck, Nashua, N. H. ; E. S. Ongley, Auburn, N. Y. 



Black Spanish— A. M. Halsted, Rye, N. Y. ; E. B. Smith, 

 Buffalo, N. Y. ; 1. K. Eelch, Natick, Mass. 



White, Brown, Black, and Dominique Leghorns — Wm. H. 

 Lockwood, Hartford, Ct. ; E. J. Kinney, Worcester, Mass. ; 

 W. B. Atkinson, Erie, Pa. 



Polish— R. M. Griffith, Wilmington, Del. ; E. P. How- 

 lett, Syracuse, N. Y. ; H. M. Thomas, Brooklin, Ont. 



Houdans, Creve Coeurs, La Eleche, and Guilders — Wm. 

 P. Atkinson, Erie, Pa. ;. Geo. W. White, Buffalo, N. Y. ; 

 A. M. Halsted, Rye, N. Y. 



Games and Game Bantams — P. W. Hudson, North Man- 

 chester, Conn. ; M. H. Cryer, Massillon, Ohio ; A. D. War- 

 ren, Worcester, Mass. 



