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writer, who previous to his attendance repeatedly said that 

 there was no breed of fowls in existence like the old Bucks 

 County fowls, but that same party came from the exhibition 

 with a different opinion, occasioned merely through the ex- 

 ternal appearance of what he saw, while if he were to par- 

 take of the huge golden egg of the Cochin, and the delicate 

 sweet flesh of the Houdan, he would undoubtedly be thor- 

 oughly convinced of the absurd expression as above quoted. 

 Again, it has not been such a long time back that when 

 cocks attained seven or eight pounds in weight they were 

 considered unusually fine birds, while now the hens of some 

 of the popular breeds weigh fully that much, and the cocks 

 (within the experience of the writer and with not the best 

 attention) have weighed upwards of twelve pounds apiece. 



In Prance, where poultry raising is more of a specialty 

 than any other country, many have realized handsome re- 

 turns by devoting their entire time to poultry raising, car- 

 rying it on to such an extent that the valuation of poultry 

 exceeds that of any other species of live stock, and the ex- 

 portation of eggs to England alone has amounted to 6,000,- 

 000 dozen a year, while through carefully prepared statistics 

 we have as a fact that the production of eggs in Prance 

 amounts to over 600,000,000 dozen a year, and which, valued 

 at but fifteen cents per dozen, amounts to over $90,000,000. 



While in our great progress in all matters we have not 

 reached the extent in which the French people as producers 

 and consumers excel, we are making rapid strides in the in- 

 troduction and improvement of different breeds of fowls, 

 and when poulterers shall know of the importance of a closer 

 study of the mode of selecting, pairing, breeding, and rear- 

 ing, we will have every reason to believe the interests of 

 poultry breeding shall receive the attention it merits, and 

 become more popular with our people. 



Finally, it may be said that the more judicious way of 

 causing poultry raising to reach that standard of importance 

 that will arouse the lethargic and skeptical to a realization 

 of the advantages and profits in poultry is through enter- 

 prises like the Fanciers' Journal, educating fanciers as to 

 what are the best breeds of fowls, how to improve them, and 

 the mode of treatment necessary to make them a success, for 

 as certain as they exist there is profit in them, which fact 

 will be better known and appreciated when rearers of live 

 stock through journalistic instruction will understand how 

 a pound of poultry flesh can be produced with far less ex- 

 pense, far less trouble, and far greater profits than those at- 

 tendant on the production of beef or mutton. 



Delanco. 



OFFICIAL LIST OF PREMIUMS 



Awarded at the Third Annual Exhibition of the Massachusetts 

 Poultry Association, held at Boston Music Hall, February 

 5th to Uth, 1874. 



(Continued from page 135, No. 9.) 

 prize, H. & F. A. Bisco, Leicester, Mass.; 2d prize, J. W. 

 Hunt, North Bridgewater. Silver-Spangled Polish. — Chicks 

 — 1st prize, W. H. Sylvester, North Bridgewater ; 2d prize, 

 Starkes Whiton, Hingham ; 3d prize, J. W. Hunt, North 

 Bridgewater ; 4th prize, Starkes Whiton, Hingham. Golden 

 Polish.— Chicks — 1st prize, Jacob Graves & Co., Boston ; 

 2d prize, Jacob Graves & Co., Boston ; 3d prize, J. Henry 

 Symonds, Boston. Golden Polish. — Fowls — 1st prize, Jacob 

 Graves & Co., Boston ; 2d prize, J. W. Hunt, North Bridge- 

 water ; 3d prize, William D. Rudd, South Scituate. White- 

 Crested White Polish.— Chicks— 1st prize, H. T. Sperry, 

 Hartford, Conn.; 2d prize, W. & E. Jennings, Newton 



Lower Palls ; 3d prize, W. & E. Jennings, Newton Lower 

 Falls; 4th prize, H. F. Sperry, Hartford. White-Crested 

 White Polish. — Fowls — 1st prize, H. T. Sperry, Hartford; 

 2d prize, H. T. Sperry, Hartford ; 3d prize, H. T. Sperry, 

 Hartford ; 4th prize, W. & E. Jennings, Newton Lower 

 Falls ; special premium No. 61, best collection White-Crested 

 White Polish, H. T. Sperry, Hartford, Conn. 



CLASS VII.— GAME. 

 White Games. — Fowls — 1st prize, M. I. Ellis, Norwood ; 

 2d prize, M. I. Ellis, Norwood. White Games. — Chicks — 

 1st prize, M. I. Ellis, Norwood. White Georgian Games. — 

 Fowls — 1st prize, H. S. Ball, Shrewsbury. White Georgian 

 Games. — Chicks — 1st prize, H. S. Ball, Shrewsbury; 2d 

 prize, H. S. Ball, Shrewsbury ; 3d prize, H. S. Ball, Shrews- 

 bury. Spangled Pile Game. — Fowls — 1st prize, D. B. Wal- 

 lace, Lynnfield. Spangled Pile Game. — Chicks — 1st prize, 

 D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield. Dominique Games. — Fowls — 1st 

 prize, M. I. Ellis, Norwood. Ohio Brass Backs. — Chicks — 

 1st prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield. Malacca Spangled 

 Game. — Fowls — 1st prize, J. H. Brookhouse, North Cam- 

 bridge. Malacca Spangled Game. — Chicks — 1st prize, J. H. 

 Brookhouse, North Cambridge. White Pile Games. — Fowls 

 — 1st prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield. Silver Duck Game. 

 — Fowls — 1st prize, Damon & Marshall, Cochituate. Silver 

 Duck Game. — Chicks — 1st prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield; 

 3d prize, A. H. Trowbridge, Boston. Tartar Games. — 

 Chicks— 1st prize, M. & E. Schwartz, Weston. Wild In- 

 dian Game. — Chicks — M. & E. Schwartz, Weston. Brown- 

 Red Games. — Fowls — 1st prize, H. S. Ball, Shrewsbury, 

 Mass.; 2d prize, Damon & Marshall, Cochituate; 3d prize, 

 D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield. Brown-Red Games. — Chicks — 

 1st prize, P. W. Hudson, North Manchester, Conn.; 2d 

 prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield ; 3d prize, M. & E. Schwartz, 

 Weston, Mass.; 4th prize, J. Wyman, Abington, Mass. 

 Yellow Duckwing Game. — Fowls — 1st prize, P. W. Hudson, 

 North Manchester, Conn.; 2d prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynn- 

 field. Yellow Duckwing Game. — Chicks — 1st prize, Damon 

 & Marshall, Cochituate. BluePileGame. — Chicks — 1st prize, 

 — C. H. Pond, Attleborough, Mass. Java Games. — Chicks 

 — 1st prize, C. H. Pond, Attleborough, Mass.; 3d prize, J. 

 H. Brookhouse, North Cambridge. Irish Muff Games. — 

 Chicks — 1st prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield. Spangled 

 Games. — Fowls — 1st prize, J. Wyman, Arlington, Mass.; 

 Earl of Derby Games.— Chicks— 1st prize, D. B. Wallace, 

 Lynnfield ; 2d prize, Damon & Marshall, Cochituate ; 3d 

 prize, William E. Coffin, Boston. Blue-Red Games. — 

 Chicks — 1st prize, M. & E. Schwartz, Weston, Mass. Red 

 Pile Games. — Chicks — 1st prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield; 

 2d prize, P. W. Hudson, North Manchester, Conn.; 3d 

 prize, George A. Meacham, North Cambridge. Red Pile 

 Games. — Fowls — 2d prize, D. Frank Clark, Manchester, N. 

 H.; 3d prize, George Meacham, North Cambridge. Ginger- 

 Red Games. — Fowls — 1st prize, P. W. Hudson, North Man- 

 chester, Conn.; 2d prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield. Gin- 

 ger-Red Games. — Chicks — 1st prize, A. H. Trowbridge, Bos- 

 ton ; 2d prize, Damon & Marshall, Cochituate. Black- 

 Breasted Red Games. — Fowls — 1st prize, Damon & Mar- 

 shall, Cochituate. Black-Breasted Red Games. — Chicks — 

 1st prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield, Mass.; 2d prize, John 

 Drown, Boston ; 4th prize, J. Wyman, Abington. Black- 

 Breasted Red Games. — Fowls — 3d prize, George D. Hall, 

 Jr., Medford. Sumatra Games. — Fowls — 1st prize, D. B. 

 Wallace, Lynnfield, Mass. Tasselled Games. — Chicks — 1st 

 prize, D. Frank Clark, Manchester, N. H. Red Dun Games. 

 — Fowls — 1st prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield. Red Dun 

 Games. — Chicks — 1st prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield. 

 Clipper Games. — Fowls — 1st prize, William B. Robinson, 

 Groton, Mass. English White Games. — Fowls — 1st prize, 

 D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield ; 2d prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynn- 

 field. Black Games. — Chicks — 1st prize, A. H. Trowbridge, 

 Boston ; 2d prize, A. H. Trowbridge, Boston. Ginger Muff 

 Games. — Chicks — 1st prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield. 

 Irish Gray Games. — Chicks — 1st prize, D. B. Wallace, 

 Lynnfield. Clairborn Games. — Fowls — 1st prize, Damon & 

 Marshall, Cochituate; 2d prize, W. B. Robinson, Groton, 

 Mass.; 3d prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield. Clairborn 

 Games.— Chicks— 1st prize, D.B.Wallace, Lynnfield; 2d 

 prize, M. & E. Schwartz, Weston, Mass.; 3d prize, William 

 B. Robinson, Groton, Mass.; special premium No. 52, best 



