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the tail measures fourteen inches. It usually weighs be- 

 tween twenty and twenty-five pounds, though an instance 

 of the otter weighing forty pounds is mentioned by Mr. 

 Bell. James S. Bailey, M.D. 



HOW SHEPHERD DOGS ARE TRAINED. 



You may go over the plains and hills of southern Cali- 

 fornia for miles and see thousands of sheep, but not a man 

 to watch them. Around each flock or band of, say, a thous- 

 and sheep, are half a dozen dogs, of a peculiar breed ; 

 dogs whose progenitors were imported from the sheep pas- 

 tures of the Old World. These dogs take the entire care of 

 the sheep, drive them out to pasture in the morning, keep 

 them from straying during the day, and bring them home 

 at night. They have inherited a talent for keeping sheep ; 

 but the shepherds do not depend wholly on that. They 

 cultivate it in this way, so at least the old shepherds say : 

 When a lamb is born it is taken away from the mother 

 sheep before she has seen it, and a puppy put in its place. 

 The sheep suckles the puppy and learns to love it. When 

 the puppy grows old enough to eat meat it is fed in the 

 morning and sent out with the sheep. It stays with them 

 because it is accustomed to be with its mother, but it cannot 

 feed with them. As they get full, the dog gets hungry. 

 At length, impatient to return, where it hopes to get another 

 piece of meat, it begins to tease and worry its mother, and 

 finally starts her toward home, the other sheep follow, and 

 thus the whole flock is brought in. If the dog brings the 

 sheep home too soon, or comes without them, he gets no 

 supper, or is punished in some other way. Hence he soon 

 learns when to come, and to see to it that none of his charge 

 are left behind. These animals are trained by taking ad- 

 vantage of their instincts and appetites. 



EXHIBITION OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA 

 POULTRY SOCIETY. 



(Continued from page 108, No. 7.) 

 Black B. E. Game Fowls. 

 1st premium, John H. Flagler, McKeesport, Pa. 



Black B. R. Game Chickens. 

 1st premium, John H. Flagler. 

 2d premium, John H. Flagler. 

 3d premium, John H. Flagler. 



Houdan Chioks. 

 1st premium, B. M. Kelso. 

 2d premium, A. A. Miller. 

 3d premium, B. M. Kelso. 



Golden-Spangled Hamburg Fowls. 

 2d premium, Robert Henderson. 



Silver-Spangled Hamburg Fowls. 

 2d premium, J. S. Halverstadt, Lectonia, Ohio. 

 3d premium, Thomas McKee. 



Silver-Spangled Hamburg Chicks. 

 1st premium, A. A. Miller. 

 3d premium, Charles Flodding. 



Silver-Pencilled Hamburg Fowls. 

 2d premium, Kobert Henderson. 



Silver-Pencilled Hamburg Chicks. 

 3d premium, A. A. Miller. 



Golden-Pencilled Hamburg Chicks. 

 1st premium, Jos. Bamford. 

 2d premium, Jos. Bamford. 

 3d premium, A. A. Miller. 



Golden-Pencilled Hamburg Fowls. 



1st premium, Jos. Bamford. 

 2d premium, A. A. Miller. 

 3d premium, C. A. Stevens, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



B. B. B. Game Bantams. 

 1st premium, C. Reinhart. 

 2d premium, C. B. Elben. 

 3d premium, C. A. Stevens, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Gold-Laced Sebright Bantam Fowls. 

 1st premium, Robert Henderson. 



Gold-Laced Sebright Bantam Chicks. 

 1st premium, George Will. 

 2d premium, G. W. Snaman. 



Black African Bantam Chicks. 

 1st premium, C. B. Elben. 



Duck Wing Games. 

 1st premium, Samuel Cameron. 



Elue Games. 

 1st premium, James Winterbottom, Texas, Pa. 



Baltimore Top-knot Games. 

 1st premiums, G. W. Evans. 



White Pile Games. 

 1st premium, S. Cameron. 



Heathwood Game Fowls. 

 1st premium, Peter Snyder, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Dominique Game Fowls. 

 1st premium, Samuel Cameron. 



Cross Bred Games. 

 1st premium, Samuel Cameron. 



Black Spanish. 

 1st premium, George Will. 



White Leghorn Chickens. 

 1st premium, R. W. Shipman, Allegheny City, Pa 



Silver Polish Fowls. 

 1st premium, Charles Flodding. 

 2d premium, E. S. Isom. 



Silver Polish Chickens. 

 1st premium, E S. Isom. 

 2d premium, E. S. Isom. 



Golden-Spangled Polish Fowls. 

 1st premium, Fred. Schackhardt, Oakdale, Pa. 



Golden-Spangled Polish Chicks. 

 1st premium, Charles Flodding. . 



Crevecoeur Fowls. 

 1st premium, Charles Flodding. 



Houdan Fowls. 

 1st premium, Charles Flodding. 

 2d premium, B. M. Kelso, Noblestown, Pa. 

 3d premium, A. A. Miller. 



White Bantam Fowls. 

 1st premium, Harry Teese. 

 2d premium, Harry Teese. 



Bronze Turkeys. 

 1st premium, S. H. Cook. 

 2d premium, A. A. Miller. 



Wild Turkeys. 

 1st premium, S. H. Cook. 



White Turkeys. 

 1st premium, S. H. Cook. 

 2d premium, A. A. Miller. 



Toulouse Geese. 



1st premium, S. H. Cook. 

 2d premium, A. A. Miller. 



