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will only use under the direction of the Executive Com- 

 mittee or by a direct vote of the Association. He will also 

 notify all members of their election, as well as promptlv 

 notify members who are in arrears for dues. He shall col- 

 lect all moneys for members' initiation fees or dues, or any 

 other moneys of the Association, except that received at the 

 Annual Pair ; all of which he shall keep a correct account 

 of, and pay over to the Treasurer, taking the receipt of the 

 latter for the same. He shall have his books, papers and 

 accounts always open for the inspection of the Executive 

 Committee, or any one of its members. 

 (To be continued.) 



it*ms fgntfmting ami gwustng. 



jgQf Ancient Lays of Ireland. London eggs. 



(gg= Chickens are only ten cents a piece in Kansas. 



/psg- Lewis P. Allen, Black Eock, N. T., is said to have 

 imported the first Dorkings ever brought to this country. 



J3@= L. P. Allen was elected an honorary member of the 

 American Poultry Association during its late session, at 

 Buffalo, N. Y. 



figg" A dog with two tails was seen in New York the 

 other day. One belonging to an ox, and was carried in the 

 mouth of the canine. 



JOjjp" Hens won't work in Nevada without sufficient in- 

 ducements, and hence travelers have to pay a dollar and a 

 half for two eggs out there. 



flggf A hen stopped a train on a Pennsylvania railroad, 

 her body striking the trigger that put on the air brakes ; but 

 she will never stop another. 



{Ha^- " Yer can't stuff that down this chicken," from a 

 young lady in Indiana, meant that she did not credit her 

 teacher's statement that the sun is larger than the earth. 



jfjgir Duration of Incubation. — Hens' eggs hatch in 

 from 19 to 21 days. Turkeys, from 26 to 29 days. Guinea- 

 fowls, from 25 to 27 days. Pea-fowls, from 28 to 30 days. 

 Ducks, 28 days. Geese, 30 days. 



JgT" A gentleman of Bangor, on hearing that a friend in 

 Houlton was possessed of a hen seventeen years old, sent for 

 the venerable biddy, in order to exhibit her at the Maine 

 Poultry Association's show at Portland, next week. So the 

 aged bird was sent by express on Monday, but, though the 

 agents and messengers treated her with great respect and the 

 tenderest courtesy, the excitement of traveling through a 

 foreign land, and the endeavor to comprehend the customs 

 regulations at Vanborough, were too much for her enfeebled 

 brain, and she expired soon after crossing the State line. 



jfgif The glorious songster of our Southern forests, the 

 mocking-bird, is in danger of extirpation. Thousands are 

 every year taken from the nests, only to die in their cages, 

 like the inhabitants of some plague-stricken city. Many 

 fall beneath the fire of miscalled sportsmen, who shoot each 

 feathered thing, from a humming-bird to a crow, and this 

 slaughter must be stopped. In one sense this noble warbler 

 is the national bird of the South, the pride and glory of that 

 land in which he is alone found. It would disgrace the 

 whole of this Southern country if so excellent a singer were 

 to perish without one arm being put forth for his preserva- 

 tion. 



fi©*- The American Poultry Association Convention, at 

 Buffalo, was one of the most enthusiastic on record. It was 

 well attended every session until the closing hour. 



ggjg- At La Salle, Illinois, a hunter recently killed a wild 

 turkey that weighed 23 pounds. It is called enormous, but 

 one which recently came from'California weighed 34 pounds. 



Cgg"* Paris Pigeons. — A new thing in pigeons is being 

 exhibited on the Paris streets. A Prenehman trundels about 

 a pigeon-house on wheels. The flock— ten or twelve in 

 number— are at full liberty to remain in or out. The loco- 

 motive dove-cot is planted on a corner. The Prenehman 

 blows a trumpet, and off fly the whole flock a quarter of a 

 mile or so, settling eventually on housetops and window 

 sills. Another peculiar blast, and back they come. As they 

 approach, the Prenehman holds up a small red flag. That 

 red flag is for one particular bird, which knows its color, 

 and settles upon the staff as the showman holds it hori- 

 zontally. In like manner are blue, white, and parti-colored 

 flags held up, each one of which seems the exclusive pro- 

 perty or signal of a particular bird, and on which that espe- 

 cial bird, which, meantime, "has been waiting on some win- 

 dow-ledge or house-top, settles. 



6®- Gal-way Pigs.— The pigs of Galway, Ireland, seem 

 to have an uncommon liking for children, according to the 

 following story of a correspondent :— " About a fortnight 

 ago a child in the village of Miner was attacked by one of 

 these brutes, and its hands torn from its body and eaten. 

 The poor creature lingered for a couple of weeks, but, of 

 course, died. It was surely better so. But on Sunday, a 

 worse scene happened on the bowling green of Galway itself. 

 A poor woman went out for a few minutes, leaving her in- 

 fant in the cradle. You may imagine her horror on return- 

 ing, to find the child outside the house with a pig busily 

 tearing its body, he throat and breast already terriblv 

 mangled. It was no easy work driving the pig away, and 

 in a few minutes the infant's sufferings ended in death. Yet 

 it seems that in Galway, it is still the habit of many poor 

 people to keep pigs in their houses. 



J8@p- Training Tumelers to Ply.— It is somewhat diffi- 

 cult to train tumblers to fly, the difficulty being to get them 

 up. This is increased if there are high buildings near, on 

 which they can sit and defy you. We have found the fol- 

 lowing plan answer best : — 1st. Do not let your birds out 

 until you want them to perform. If they are let out early, 

 say six o'clock in summer, by a servant, they take a fly 

 round, and do not care to move again. 2d. Choose a fine, 

 clear morning, put the birds wbiih you intend to fly in one 

 place, say one side of the division in your loft, not letting 

 the setting birds mix with them. 3d. Do not feed them • 

 and at, say nine o'clock, open the trap, and frighten them 

 up -with a carriage-whip, which, being long and making a 

 noise when cracked in the air, we have found answer well. 

 If possible, do not let one idler rest on a building. In a few 

 mornings it is wonderful how they learn to mount. When 

 they come in they will rush to their food and enjoy their 

 breakfast. We are sure that overfeeding is bad. Keep the 

 flyers pretty sharp and anxious to pick up every stray grain. 

 Feeding before flying is a most foolish plan. 



If you want your birds to fly, 

 Tumble well, and mount up high, 

 Don't gin.' them a single grain 

 Till they are in the loft again. 



There is a rhymimg rule for you to remember.— Journal of 

 Horticulture. 



