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FANCIERS' JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 



CLAIRBORNE GAME FOWL. 



This is a black -breasted red. In courage, bravery, and 

 style they have no superiors. Prom head to tail and foot 

 they show every faculty that is requisite for thoroughbred 

 game. They may be killed, but not whipped. They never 

 run away. The cock has a small, round head, brilliant, fiery 

 eyes ; neck full, well hackled ; breast black, broad, and 

 full; tail full, wide, and sickled ; wings broad, full, long, 

 hanging low on the shanks ; legs, beak, and claws clear yel- 

 low, and will breed true to color. Dr. Cooper says that they 

 will carry a three or a three and a half inch gaffle with as 

 much ease and sprightliness as an ordinary game cock a 

 pound or a pound and a half their superiors in weight. 



The hens are deep buff or dark red. I am now, and for 

 five years have been breeding them expressly for the pit. 

 Have never known one of them to fail in battle for want of 

 courage. Have often tested them at eight months old. 

 They have invariably met their death without flinching. 

 Weight of cock, from four and a half to six pounds ; al- 

 though I have raised one that weighed seven pounds. He 

 won three shake-bag matches. For beauty, the Clairbornes 

 are superior to all other game fowls. 



S. L. Cummings. 



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?oxes are plenty among the hills of Long Island. 



flggpWiLD cats are plenty in the Catskill mountains this 

 winter. 



Blg^THiKTY foxes were shot in Camden county, N. J., 

 last month. 



Thirty-five foxes have been killed at East Fal- 

 mouth, Mass., this winter. 



gOf Otters are plentiful in Buena Vista County, and 

 their skins are worth $10 each. 



gQj-Six men shot seventy-four rabbits one day last week 

 in a single corn-field out west. 



g@~lN Dauphin county, Pa., six miles from the Schuyl- 

 kill boundary, fifty-four deer have been shot this season. 



B@P=An old-fashioned deer hunt took place at Lower 

 Blue Lick Springs, Ky., on the 7th day of February. 



gJa^MoRE than one hundred deer were killed in St. Clair 

 township, Westmoreland county, Pa., during the month of 

 December. 



fi®"A. A. Miller, Oakdale, Alleghany Co., Pa., has just 

 shipped to Maysville, California, one pair of Bronze Turkeys 

 — Fine Birds. 



J3@- A Sioux City hotel has a black and tan dog that 

 killed a thousand rats in a month. This is a good puff for 

 Jhe dog, but is hard on the hotel. 



J3gg?-A bill is before the Ohio Legislature, which, if pass- 

 ed, will prohibit hunters from shooting any kind of wild 

 game upon any other man's land. 



j8@"Steps are being taken by some Little Falls, N. Y 

 citizens to provide for stocking.the Mohawk with fish, and 

 to prevent the use of seines in the river. 



S&" ^ Dromedary, perfectly white in color, has just 

 been received at the Jardin des Plants. This description of 

 animal is even rarer than the white elephant. 



carrier pigeon arrived in Bridgeport, Conn., re- 

 cently, which was sent up from the deck of a steamer bound 

 for Florida. It was seven hours making the flight from 

 Cape Hatteras. — Exchange. (We don't believe it.) 



BOp-Los Angelos County, Cal., owes for gopher and 

 squirrel scalps the sum of $10,364, and yet the varmints are 

 as thick as ever ; 206,287 have been captured and scalped. 



86?" The Duke of Southerland owns a three year old ox 

 which weighs 2,500 pounds, and measurers in girt nine feet 

 one inch. It was recently on exhibition in Inverness, Scot- 

 land, and attracted great crowds. 



B@*The stringency of the egg market is painful. 

 There is a large falling off in deposits of late ; many of the 

 hens have entirely suspended, while others are holding to 

 their reserves. It is thought, however, that nearly all will 

 be able to resume in the spring. 



8@~ It is a difficult matter to write about the hen without 

 doing so with great her-nest. A Herkimer County farmer 

 who has quite an extensive hennery, took especial care to 

 ascertain what worth there really was in a certain number 

 of hens. January 1, 1873, he selected thirty-six hens, con- 

 sisting of different breeds, and kept an account of the harvest 

 they would yield. January 1, 1874, he found that the thirty- 

 six hens had furnished him with 4,004 eggs, and in addition 

 to this he raised forty-seven hens, which are now at work. 



A citizen of Groveland, Mass , a few days since, 

 made a trip to Haverhill in a sleigh. Arriving at the city, 

 he proceeded to hitch his horse to a post. As he was about 

 leaving to attend to business, one of his hens came out from 

 under the sleigh seat, where she had stolen a nest, and star- 

 ted somewhat briskly round town on a tour of observation. 

 The farmer gave chase, but biddy was too spry, and the pro- 

 prietor concluded that that piece of property had " taken 

 wings and flown away." Eeturning to the sleigh after an 

 hour's absence, he was surprised to find the hen quietly sit- 

 ting on her nest of eggs under the seat, she having returned 

 and found the sleigh. 



DOYLESTOWN POULTRY SHOW. 



List of Premiums. 

 (Continued from page 138, No. 9.) 

 The following is a report of the awards of premiums made 

 by the committees : 



No. 1, Light Brahmas, 7 entries; 1st premium, W. E. 

 Flowers, Shomakertown ; 2d, W. A. Henry, Philadelphia ; 

 3d, Eli Fell, Buckingham. No. 2, Dark Brahmas, 13 en- 

 tries; 1st prem., W. A. Henry; 2d and 3d, T. S. Cooper, 

 Coopersburg. No. 3, Buff Cochins, 8 entries ; 1st to W. A. 

 Henry ; other specimens not worthy of premiums. No. 4, 

 Partridge Cochins, 11 entries; 1st and 2d to T. S. Cooper ; 

 3d, W.A. Henry. No. 6, White Cochins, 1 entry; 2d pr. 

 to B. F. Lewis, Gwynedd ; No. 7, Gray Dorkings, 1 entry ; 

 2d pr. to B F. Lewis. No. 11, Dominiques, 4 entries ; 1st, 

 W. A. Henry ; 2d, Theo. P. Harvey, Doylestown No. 12, 

 Plymouth Bocks, 1st, A. N. Eaub, Lock Haven ; 2d, Edwin 

 Johnson, Dolington; 3d, Dr. A. M. Dickie, Doylestown. 

 No. 12, Mexican Fowls, honorable mention to Reuben 

 Keller, Buckingham. No. 12, Jersey Blues, special to W. 

 A. Henry. No. 13, Gold-Spangled Hamburgs, 3 entries; 1st 

 to Charles Selser, Doylestown ; 2d, W. T. Eisenhart, do. ; 

 3d, Benjamin Connard, New Britain. No. 16, Silver-Pen- 

 cilled Hamburgs, 5 entries ; 1st, 2d, and 3d to W. T. Rogers, 

 Doylestown. No. 14, Silver-Spangled Hamburgs, 4 entries ; 

 1st to W. A. Henry ; 2d, Charles Selser. No. 17, Black 

 Hamburgs, 2 entries ; 1st to Rogers & Dickie ; 2d, Charles 



