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graceful airs and dainty step of the Flora McFlimsey's of the 

 Fifth Avenue and Broadway, still, as a question of profit, 

 which is it most to the interest of the farmer to cultivate ? As 

 we do not dine on feathers, nor sell plumage by the pound, it 

 is eggs and solid meat which carries the argument for us at 

 the counter of the grocer ; and when we come to the question 

 of meat for the table, we are apprised that all flesh is not 

 the same flesh; "there is one of beasts, another of birds, 

 and another of fish," with many subdivisions in each. If 

 we are to dine on beef, we have a choice between the plump, 

 tender, and juicy surloin of the Durham, and the coarse and 

 tough-grained texture of a roast from a Buffalo steer; be- 

 tween the buttery richness of the tender, sugar-corned Cin- 

 cinnati ham, or a cut from the hind leg of a Eocky Moun- 

 tain bear ; and we confess to a fastidious taste for fish. We 

 can upon a pinch make a meal from a codfish ; at the same 

 time we have a weakness, if we pay the same price per 

 pound for brook trout, and if it is just as convenient to our 

 landlady, when we send our plate to the carver for a 

 choice cut from a Canvas-back, preferring it always to the 

 tender side of an overgrown Muscovy duck. The practical 

 question then is, for general purposes of profit, what breed 

 is the best, considering all points, for us to produce? 1 

 answer : that variety that earliest matures and produces the 

 best meat for the table, at the lowest cost of feed. 



If we can produce twenty pound of chickens, on three 

 months' feed, from the egg, even though they average hut 

 three or four pounds a piece, are they not better than the 

 same weight produced in the carcass of two overgrown, 

 coarse, and stringy muscle of a Cochin or Brahma weighing 

 ten or twelve pounds each, taking feed for eight to twelve 

 months to mature them fit for market? 



As for eggs, I know of no variety that will upon an aver- 

 age, lay more than one egg per day. Taking all things into 

 the account, and from my own experience, though some- 

 what limited, I do not know of any variety that can excel 

 in all desirable qualities, both for fine flavored meat, tender, 

 and full breasted, the Plymouth Kock and American Dom- 

 inique. I believe any farmer can produce, on the same 

 feed, one hundred pounds of chickens, at less expense for 

 feed and care, than the same weight of pork or beef, say- 

 ing nothing of the return in eggs, to cover the cost of pro- 

 duction. The time will come when poultry will more large- 

 ly enter into our meat consumption, to the exclusion of 

 pork, and prices will he governed by the quality of fowls 

 yielding the best meat for the table, and eggs sold by the 

 pound, and not by the dozen. It would be as sensible to 

 sell sugar by measure as eggs by the dozen, or meat by the 

 slice, regardless of the thickness of the cut. 



If there are other breeds that excel the Plymouth Bock 

 and Dominique in these desirable points of early maturity, 

 richness of egg, and sweet and gamey flavor of their meat 

 for the table, I should be glad to hear of them through 

 your Journal, as we farmers desire the best variety to breed 

 for market and profit, paying but little attention to the 

 points of beauty or enormous weight, if to produce them 

 costs more than they will bring us by the pound. 



Yours in the country, Amos G. Day. 



Ithaca, March 2, 1874. 



EGGS FOR HATCHING. 



Light Brahma— with Felch & Buzzell cross, $3.00 per doz. 



Partridge Cochin — very finely marked birds. 3.00 " 



White Leghorn— took premium at Boston Show, Feb., 1874, 3.00 " 

 Brown Leghorn — stock from the best strains in the country, 3.00 " 



Orders tilled in rotation, and nothing sent C.O.D. 

 Address with stamp, A. & E. WHITMAN, 



Fitchburg, Mass. 



(Kxtltanp (ffiolutnu. 



J&£~ Advertisements in this Column, of Five Lines, or Forty- 

 Eight Words, describing and offering for exchange only, will 

 be allowed at 25 cents for each and every insertion. 



WILL EXCHANGE Tegetmeir's Poultry Book, and very choice 

 Stereoscopic Views lor a trio of either S. Penciled Hamburgs.W. C. Black 

 Polish, B. Leghorns, or Golden Polish. Stock must be standard. 



Address G. O. BROWN, Brooklandville, Md. 



WRIGHT'S NEW POULTRY ROOK (in parts), complete, 

 to exchange tor EGGS lor hatching, from good .strains of ( 'revecceurs or 

 Golden Polands. Address J. HENRY SYMOND8, 



Box 57, Boston, Mass. 



WILL EXCHANGE ADVERTISING in the "Northwestern 

 Poultry Journal," at, regular cash rales, lor trios of pure, well-marked 

 Brown or Black Leghorns, Black or Silver-Spangled Hamburgs, Domi- 

 niques, or Plymouth Rocks. The expressage to be prepaid, and both 

 expressage and a fair cash price for the fowls to be paid for in advertis- 

 ing as above. This oiler for thirty days from March 5th. 



Address T. T. BACHELLER, Minneapolis, Minn. 



ONE TRIO OF SILVER SEBRIGHT BANTAMS, wanted in ex- 

 change for cash. Address, with description and price, 



T. A. WINFIELD, Hubbard, Ohio. 



GOLDEN POLANDS.— One trio, very nice; will exchange for 

 one trio ol nice Rouen Ducks. 

 Address SAMUEL HASTINGS, Amherst, Mass. 



GAME FOWLS A few pairs of Black B. Reds and Dusty Miller 



Games will be exchanged fOT Earl of Derby Games, or Brown Leghorns. 

 Address G. W. WARNE & CO., 1305 Chestnut St., St. Louis, Mo. 



CURRANT ROOTS OR CUTTINGS WANTED in ex- 

 change tor Fancy Pigeons, or Light and Dark Brahma Cocks. 



Address JOS. M. WADE, 39 N. Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



SHADE TREES WANTED in exchange for Light or Dark 

 iiahiuas, or l-ancy Pigeons. Address JOS. M. WAIlE, 



39 N. Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



TWO DARK BRAHJIA HENS to exchange for 

 gora Rabbits, or Five Dollar Greenback. Address 

 Address M. W. MINER, Peoria, 111. 



I WISH TO EXCHANGE Buff Cochin Hens or Pullets for a Cock 

 of same breed. Hens are hue. Cock must be same. Address 



JOHN L. RICE, Rensselaerville, N. Y. 



WANTED TO EXCHANGE S. G. Dorking, and Buff Cochin 

 Hen„, and pairs or trios of Bolton Grays, for White, Yellow, or Black 



Fantail, Jacobin, or Pouter Pigeons. Address 



JOHN L. RICE, Rensselaerville, N. Y. 



TO EXCHANGE, Bolton Grays or Partridge Cochins for good 

 Lop-Eared Rabbits. Address J. L. RICE, Rensselaerville, N. Y. 



JOS. 51. BROOKS, COLUMBUS, INDIANA, will exchange a Key 

 Check Outfit, Dies, Ornamenting Stamps, Stock, &c, for Light Brahma 

 Hens. A good chance for some man or boy to make money that has the 

 time to attend to this business. No hens wanted weighing less than 10 

 lbs. each. Write for full particulars. JOS. M. BROOKS, Columbus, Ind. 



PARTRIDGE COCHINS A pair of choice Partridge Cochins 



will be exchanged for Fancy Pigeons. Address 



G. F. McCONNELL, Hudson, Col. Co., N. Y. 



DULL DOG, extra fine, 

 .ny other property except do 



nd a good watchdog— will exchange for 

 JOS. M. WADE, Philadelphia, Pa. 



FOR EXCHANGE, or will SELL, a thoroughbred English Grey- 

 hound Slut, mouse color, about 15 months old, measures 63 inches from 

 point of nose to tip of tail, 27 inches high at shoulder; price, $50, or will 

 exchange for other dogs. EBEN P. DAY, Hazleton, Pa. 



INDIAN DELHI SCARF SHAWL.— A magnificent, specimen 

 of this wonderful embroidered work- purchased in Calcutta — 6 it. x 2 ft., 

 cost fifty guineas. Will exchange for first-class poultry, tit for exhibition. 



Address ' Dr. MUNROE, Newark, New York. 



WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS.— A lady will exchange her 

 beautiful set (bruoch ear-rings and sleeve studs), of Etruscan gold jewelry, 

 cost $30.00; also, a set of coral (brooch and ear-rings), very pretty, cost 

 Sir.. on, for White Leghorn Pullets. Must he first class. 



Address E. M., Box 335, Newark, New York 



The THOROUGHBRED BERKSHIRE BOAR " DEXTER" 

 is now ottered in exchange for first-class Fancy Fowls of reliable strains, 

 or will sell very low. Pedigree sent on application. Also, EGGS for 

 hatching, packed in very best manner, from Littht Brahmas, Houdans, 

 and G. S. Sebright Bantams, of the very best prize-winning and imported 

 strains. Circular free. Address CHAS. O. MORRISON, 



New Albany, Ind. 



