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Bed— 1st, T. S. Gaddess. Blue (barless)— 1st, T. S. Gad- 

 dess. Black— 1st, T. S. Gaddess. Nuns— Yellow— 1st, H. 

 Colell. Spots.— Yellow— 1st, H. Colell. Magpies.— -Yel- 

 low— 1st, T. S. Gaddess ; 2d, H. Colell. Black— T. S. Gad- 

 dess. Antwerps (short faced). — Silver Dun — 1st, P. C. 

 Antwerps. — Silver Dun — 1st, P. C. Biegel. Arch- 

 i. — 1st, L Schaeffer. 



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FALSE REPRESENTATION OF STOCK. 



One of the dangers in purchasing fancy stock is that one 

 has to rely upon the representations made by the dealer. 

 Should he be a man of character or have a reputation to 

 preserve there is little risk to run. But now and then those 

 who represent their stock most highly are irresponsible, 

 and impose not only upon the public, but also upon the pub- 

 lishers of the journals in whose columns they advertise. 



As a general rule is it too much to say that the man who 

 advertises as having the only pure blood stock in the country 

 when others are breeding just as good, but of a different 

 strain, is a humbug ? I must say here that I am afraid to 

 buy from such a dealer, because he assumes too much. 

 There is too much J in it. I make no allusion here to the 

 man who breeds the only white ear-lobe strain of Brown 

 Leghorns, nor any one else in particular. The application 

 of the principle is meant to be general. 



But it is fair to say, too, that there are two sides to this 

 question, and that while many do not get the stock they ex- 

 pect or hope for, they get from reliable dealers all they 

 should expect for the money. The beginner wants perfect 

 fowls at moderate or even low prices. Now, that is just 

 what the best fancier or breeder in the country wants, but 

 never gets at any price. Perfection for the present is be- 

 yond all price. The article, in fact, is not in the market. 

 The beginner always wants fowls up to the standard, not 

 knowing that fowls of that kind are not for sale. In fact, 

 they are not yet hatched. "We are all doing our best to pro- 

 duce them, but thus far none of us has succeeded. 



I have sometimes thought that it would be well to have a 

 list prepared, and placed in the hands of some person within 

 the reach of all, in which is recorded the name of every one 

 who has been found perpetrating frauds upon his customers. 

 Now that we have a National Association, perhaps the 

 Corresponding Secretary of that body would be the proper 

 depositary. Let him be entitled to a small fee, say ten cents, 

 or any amount sufficient to pay him for his services in an- 

 swering a correspondent as to the reliability of a dealer. All 

 the reply he need give is that the dealer's name is or is 

 not among the list of unreliables. 



Of course no name should be entered upon this list except 

 upon the clearest evidence of fraud. A man who, as your 

 correspondent H. C. says, sends a scrawny gobbler for a 

 twenty-pound hen, cannot mean anything else than fraud, 

 and should be marked. Evidence will not be slow in forth- 

 coming to prove the guilt of the guilty. There are plenty 

 of victims, and I want to say, with your other correspondents 

 on this topic, I am one of them. A. N. E. 



Lock Haven, Pa. 



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FEEDING TURKEYS. 



Last October we purchased a pair of the celebrated Bronze 

 Turkeys of W. Clift, Mystic Bridge, Conn. At that time 

 the cock weighed ten pounds, the hen a little over six. They 



made friends with what chickens were not shut up, seemed 

 happy and contented, and gained well during the first two 

 months; since then, the weather having been cold, they have 

 been kept in the barn, most of the time alone. Having but 

 little appetite they have not gained well, the cock weighing, 

 February 10th, twenty-one pounds, the hen ten. They have 

 been fed according to the best of our knowledge. They do 

 not like dough of any kind ; as it is recommended by all 

 pretending to know how to take care of turkeys to feed them 

 a hot dough, made of mashed potatoes and meal mixed with 

 milk we have tried to learn them to eat it these cold morn- 

 ings, but they prefer dry corn. Does any one recommend 

 meat scraps of any kind for turkeys? "We have on recol- 

 lection of seeing anything about it in our poultry reading. 

 Will some one well posted tell us what will give them an 

 appetite, and whether they should have meat scraps ; if so, 

 what ? Perhaps we have kept them shut up too much ; do 

 they need out-door exercise and air in all kinds of weather, 

 however cold, snowy, or rough? Are they lonesome? "Will 

 some one please give us some information through the 

 columns of this paper, and oblige, S. B. S. 



Essex Co., Mass. 



aUtrvrejSinnuUttfc. 



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PREMIUM. 



Editor Fanciers' Journal. 



I will give to the first person furnishing six subscribers 

 for the Journal, with payment in advance, on or before 

 the first of April, a sitting of thirteen eggs from my two 

 prize hens, Nora and Daisy, mated with the cock "Wright, 2d. 

 This trio took first premium at the Bucks County Exhibition. 

 Yours, &c, "W. E. Flowers. 



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Mr. Jos. M. "Wade. 



Dear Sir: Not being used to a weekly journal devoted to 

 the interests of the fanciers, I am doubly pleased with the 

 welcome visits of the "Fanciers' Journal." I must admit 

 that my opinions coincides with that of the " Rural Home " 

 when stating that a weekly sheet would not pay, yet I am 

 now of the opinion that it will pay, and my decision is forced 

 upon me by the contents of each number. My wonder is 

 that you can succeed in placing so much valuable reading 

 matter before your subscribers four times per month. "When, 

 however, I consider the growing interest in the subject, and 

 the numbers and standing of those who are engaged in the 

 work, it is plain that the amount of intellect is equal to the 

 demand. I am glad to notice that the articles are selected 

 for the general benefit of those interested, instead of being 

 filled up with communications from those who wish to 

 "grind axes on your grindstone," as the farmers very ap- 

 propriately term it. , 



One word regarding Mr. Tatnall's article on ear-lobes. 

 The standard allows "white or creamy white" ear-lobes. 

 My experience with "White Leghorns teaches me that this is 

 correct. I am confident that the creamy ear-lobe is more in 

 keeping with their yellow skins and legs than the white, but 

 I would not disqualify a coop where the cock had creamy 

 and the hens white, because the ear-lobes of the hens are 

 seldom if ever creamy, but white. I think the point too 



small for disqualifications. 



J. Y. Bicknell. 



