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fowl that has had the " coop itch," or any other disease that 

 disfigures and weakens him ; and I hope all such will be dis- 

 qualified by judges, if not by Associations. 



F. J. Kinney. 

 Worcester, Mass., February 10, 1874. 



(For Fanciers' Journal.) 



RHODE ISLAND POULTRY ASSOCIATION. 



Editor Fanciers' Journal : 



There seems to be a mixed understanding abroad in rela- 

 tion to P.oultry Associations in the State of Rhode Island, 

 that needs a public explanation. 



It appears that what some people have supposed was the 

 Rhode Island State Association, located at Providence, other 

 people have thought was located at Woonsocket, and vice 

 versa. 



The facts seem to be, there are two antagonistic Associa- 

 tions, one at Woonsocket, that has held three exhibitions in 

 past seasons, and holds its fourth this month, and that the 

 last-named Association has applied for a state charter, and 

 advertises its exhibitions as those of the Rhode Island State 

 Association, with headquarters at Woonsocket, R. I.,- and 

 holds its exhibitions at Woonsocket this month. 



■ There is another Association called the Rhode Island 

 Poultry and Columbarian Society, with headquarters at 

 Providence, R. I.; J. P. Peckham, President, and W. L. 

 Toby, Secretary. 



I have an acquaintance with many members and officers 

 of both Associations, and am very sorry there is such a feel- 

 ing between the two as appears to exist; still there may no 

 harm arise from it when the facts are known. 



Both Associations will try hard for a state charter, and 

 one of them will be the State Association, the other a local 

 affair. I have no sympathies with one more than the other, 

 but as the Providence Association holds its exhibition fore 

 part of March, and that time suits me better than the time of 

 the Woonsocket exhibition, I shall have to assist at Provi- 

 dence tli is season. 



My motto is, the more poultry exhibitions the better. 



F. J. Kinney. 

 Worcester, Mass., February 10, 1874. 



(For Fanciers' Journal.) 



WHAT I KNOW ABOUT ROUP. 



Roup is not, as many think, caused by filthy and badly- 

 ventilated houses. It is not necessary to clean out their 

 quarters daily, or weekly, nor even yearly, to prevent roup. 

 If their quarters are not kept clean and well ventilated, you 

 may expect your fowls to be troubled with cholera and 

 diarrhoea, or other diseases, but not roup. I have had some 

 experience with this troublesome disease, and I think I can 

 speak from actual knowledge. It is caused the same as a 

 cold often is in the human family, and in the first stages is 

 nothing more than a cold. My fowls, two years ago last 

 November, were taken with it, and I doctored them all 

 winter in various ways, and by the first of April they all 

 got well; and I then thought if ever I found it again in my 

 yards I would kill all the affected ones at once, and get rid 

 of it without so much trouble, as it would not pay to bother 

 with them so long again; But, as bad luck would have it, 

 in the following year, at about the same time, I discovered 

 it again one evening as I was looking my fowls over with a 

 light, as is my usual custom, so as to detect any ailment that 



may prevail. I think I felt rather crest-fallen at the dis- 

 covery; and I stood there debating in my mind whether 

 I had better really kill the whole lot, and get rid of the 

 disease, or try to cure them. (They were, I thought, a fine 

 lot of dark Brahmas.) 



I began to feel very cold about my feet and limbs, and 

 was very much surprised to find so much cold could come in 

 at the little entrance for the fowls. It occurred to me at 

 once that I had found the cause of the roup, and immediately 

 closed the little door, and kept it closed every cold and 

 windy night, and in less than a week every chick was as 

 well as ever ; and as I followed up the practice of closing 

 the little doors every chilly night, I have never had a case 

 of the roup since. 



My fowls roosted on perches ten inches above a shelf, 

 which is two and a half feet from the ground, and three feet 

 from the little doors, which are in my case unavoidably in 

 front of the roosts, thus allowing the wind to drive in and 

 directly up into the faces of the fowls, thus causing them to 

 take cold. I have made careful inquiry into several cases 

 since, and invariably found that where roup had existed it 

 was caused by either cold wind coming in at broken windows, 

 or holes of some kind, leaks in the roof, allowing the fowls 

 to get damp and chilly, or exposure in open coops or houses 

 to cold winds, thus causing them to have a cold, and die 

 with the roup. 



A cure is easily effected by keeping them in a dry warm 



house, and feeding on warm soft feed, and giving plenty of 



water, not very cold, and a little of Douglass' mixture added 



to it. T. F. Lamb. ' 



New Haven, Conn. 



PENNSYLVANIA POULTRY SOCIETY. 



The Annual Exhibition of this Society, held at the As- 

 sembly Buildings, Tenth and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, 

 was one of the most successful ever given by the Society, 

 considering that it was decided to give an exhibition only a 

 few weeks previous to the opening day. The display of 

 fowls, turkeys, geese, ducks, and pet stock, was very good. 



Of Light Brahma fowls there were six entries ; the first 

 prize pair being undoubtedly the best. 



Of young birds, there was a grand display. Never before 

 were so many really good birds brought together. The first 

 prize was given to a Cockerel, good in size, but bad in color; 

 his hock being very cloudy and indistinct. For a Breed- 

 ing Cockerel, we should have taken the bird which was 

 given the second or even the third prize pen, in preference 

 to first. Entry No. 25, which received no premium, was 

 but little inferior to first entry. No. 297, the first prize 

 Cockerel at Buffalo, was not awarded anything here, which 

 in our opinion was a just decision ; for in length of head and 

 cruelty of expression, he was not exceeded by a Malay. 



Of Dark Brahmas, the display was good ; the estate of 

 H. H. G. Sharpless and D. W. Herstine receiving the lion's 

 share of prizes. 



Young Birds. — William H. Churchman took first with a 

 Cockerel and Pullet that were exhibited by him at Buffalo, 

 and received no award. The Cockerel which took first at Buf- 

 falo, was here placed third, and should have been disquali- 

 fied for a bad comb. 



Buff Cochins. — Some excellent birds were shown by Messrs. 

 Rooke and Chandler. In young Buffs Mr. Rooke again came 

 first. The third premium Cockerel here was the bird that 

 won first at Buffalo. 



