170 



FANCIERS' JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 



give me fumigation with sulphur before all the physic swal- 

 lowed into the stomach. 



In 1871 I had over one hundred cases of typhoid fever; 

 every one was fumigated twice a day, and I had not one 

 death-record to sign. Of course they had plenty of natural 

 stimulants, in the shape of eggs, beef-tea, and milk, but no 

 spirit/tints liquor. 



Try this new remedy, and report. 



W. C. Munroe, M.D. 

 Newark, New York. 



(For Fanciers' Journal.) 

 Mr. Jos. M. Wade. 



Dear Sir : in your report of Doylestown premiums there 

 is a mistake in the Black Hamburg class. Messrs. Rogers 

 & Dicke took first premium. Please give credit accordingly, 

 and oblige, Respectfully yours, 



"Wm. T. Rogers. 

 Doylestown, Pa., March 2, 1874. 



Importation. — S. H. Seamans, Wowwatosa, Wis., has 

 just received from England one trio of Colored Dorkings; 

 the cock is the winner of six prizes at the principal shows; 

 they are magnificent birds. Also, one trio of Golden Se- 

 bright Bantams; winners at several shows. The above 

 were selected by J. W. Ludlow. Also, from Henry Tom- 

 linson, Birmingham, England, one trio of Buff Cochins and 

 one trio of White Cochins ; all grand birds. We have 

 known Mr. Seamans for many years and sold him many 

 fine birds, and with the above addition to his yards he will 

 be able to supply eggs and fowls second to none in the 

 Northwest. 



(For Fanciers' Journal.) 

 Secretart American Poultry Association. 



Dear Sir: My attention has been called by a friend to 

 the extraordinary action of the Association, in regard to 

 myself, at the special meeting held in Boston the present 

 month. 



I hereby enter my protest against their action : first, that 

 it is without cause ; second, that it is unwarrantable; third, 

 that it is unjust. 



I deny that I introduced any person at the January meet- 

 ing of the Association. I attended the Convention as a 

 delegate from the New York State Poultry Society, in ac- 

 cordance with invitations issued to all Poultry Societies to 

 send delegates to the BufFalo Convention. The delegation 

 from the New York State Poultry Society consisted of Mr. 

 Robert Reid, of Green Point, L. I., Mr. Geo. B. Willis, of 

 New York City, and myself. Mr. A. B. Estes and myself 

 made the journey together, and on our arrival at the Mansion 

 House, Buffalo, I found Mr. Willis already there. We pro- 

 ceeded to the Hall and presented our credentials, duly signed 

 by Mr. Thomas B. Iiingsland as President of the New York 

 State Poultry Seciety, which were accepted, and our names 

 enrolled. After this I was required to become a member of 

 the Association, as, unless I do so (although a delegate duly 

 accredited), I could not retain my seat, nor have a voice in 

 the Convention. 



As you probably are aware, I was obliged to leave for 

 home on the second day of the Convention, on account of 

 sickness in my family, of which I was notified by telegraph ; 

 and whatever transpired after my departure, and may have 

 seemingly led to this action, 1 know of only by hearsay. 



If, as is asserted, there has been any introduction of any 

 party to the Convention under a fictitious name, it surely 

 should not be charged to mo, but to the Society or officers 

 thereof, of which I was simply a delegate. Holding no office 

 in the Society since January, 1873, 1 had nothing whatever 

 to do with the selection or appointment of delegates. 



Had I been given, as was my right, an opportunity of 

 explaining my position, I am confident the members of the 

 Association would never have passed this most unjust resolu- 

 tion; and I doubt not that when their attention is called to 

 this explanation, as I hereby request, and insist as my right 

 it shall be, they will hasten to rescind their action in the 

 matter. Respectfully yours, 



A. M. Halsted. 



Eye, N. Y., February 20th, 1874. 



(For Fanciers' Journal.) 



Joseph M. Wade, Esq. : 



I desire to call out an exchange of ideas through your 

 Journal, on the best and most profitable poultry for us farm- 

 ers to cultivate. I am an amateur breeder, with no special 

 variety or breed to commend. I want by an exchange of 

 opinion to elicit some practical standard for general profit 

 of the farmer. Utility and profit are the first things sought 

 after, by a large majority of the farmers and poultry-raisers 

 of the country. Now, as the scientific cultivation of poul- 

 try is beginning to receive general attention, and assuring 

 that position which so important a production as our coun- 

 try entitles it to, it would be desirable to ventilate the ques- 

 tion of the most productive, taking into the estimate cost of 

 raising, value of meat and eggs, or which gives best returns 

 on investment. While improved cattle, horses, swine and 

 sheep have largely occupied the attention of our farmers and 

 gentlemen of wealth and leisure, until fabulous prices have 

 been paid for a single heifer of a particular pedigree, and a 

 princely fortune is offered for a single piece of horse flesh 

 that can beat Dexter's time on the track, it certainly can- 

 not be beneath the attention of our farmers and stock-raisers 

 to turn a practical inquiry into the best breed of fowls for 

 eggs and the table. 



I am aware that such particular breed has its admirers 

 among the fancy, and breeders are enthusiastic in commend- 

 ing standard points and attractiveness of their several special- 

 ties ; but as a farmer, .and in behalf of my brother farmers, 

 I regard this a question touching our pecuniary interest, 

 not fancy. Those gentlemen who have passed beyond re- 

 garding the profits, may cultivate their refined and esthetic 

 taste in breeding for plumage, and place a high estimate on 

 the shading of a feather, the gloss of a hackle, or point in a 

 comb. This is all very well for those who can indulge their 

 taste. Often a person of fortune and cultivated taste in art, 

 would pay more for a landscape painted by an old master, 

 than they would for the acres it represented ; but as for us 

 practical men, we must forego the pencilling of the artist, 

 and rest content to cultivate the real soil, even though not 

 as enchanting in its native roughness as it may appear on 

 the canvas of the artist. The productiveness of our soil is 

 the first practical inquiry. So with our poultry : While 

 we admire the spirit of the Game, the supercilious strut of 

 the dandy Bantam, the dignified sedateness of the Aldermanic 

 Cochin, the imperious air of the Brahma, the vivacity of the 

 Polish with the imperial crest, the important strut and exas- 

 perating cackle of the family of Hamburgs, who put on the 



