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coops Plymouth Rocks, one coop Muscovy Ducks, one coop 

 Buff Cochin Fowls, one coop Buff Cochin Chickens, one 

 coop Partridge Cochins. Joseph G. Basford, one coop Sil- 

 ver Sebright Bantams. H. A. Southwick, one coop Part- 

 ridge Cochins, one coop Plymouth Rocks. T. H. Jackman, 

 one coop Black Cochins, one coop Plymouth Rocks. G-. P. 

 Tilton, one coop Light Brahmas. George D. Walton, one 

 coop Dark Brahma Fowls, one coop Light Brahma Fowls, 

 one coop Cinnamon Cochin Fowls, one coop Partridge 

 Cochin Fowls, one coop Plymouth Rock Fowls, one coop 

 White Cochin Chickens, one coop White Leghorn Chick- 

 ens, one coop Brown Leghorn Chickens, one coop Plymouth 

 Rock Chickens, one coop Partridge Cochin Chickens, one 

 coop Light Brahma Chickens, one coop Black Cochin 

 Chickens, one coop Black-breasted Red Game Chickens. 

 W. H. Harrington, one coop Black-breasted Red Game 

 Bantam Fowls, one coop Black-breasted Red Game Bantam 

 Chickens, one coop Duckwing Chickens. A. F. Poor, one 

 coop Partridge Cochins. J. L. Colcord. one coop Clear-leg 

 Light Brahmas. W. N. Brookhouse, one coop Sumatra 

 Games, one coop Sumatra Chickens, one coop Brown Leg- 

 horn Chickens. Geo. W. Taylor, one coop Sumatra Games, 

 one coop Plymouth Rocks, one coop Plymouth Rock 

 Chickens. Samuel Stimpson, one coop Light Brahmas. 



D. B. Wallace, one coop Buff Cochins, one coop White 

 Cochins, one coop Plymouth Rocks, one coop Black Spanish, 

 one coop Black-breasted Red Games, one coop Brown Red 

 Games, one coop Blue Red Games, one coop Ginger Red 

 Games, one coop Red Dunn Games, one coop Earl Derby 

 Games, two coops English White Games, two coops Duck- 

 Wing Games, three coops Muff Games, one coop Irish Gray 

 Games, three coops Pile Games, one coop Clairbourn Games, 

 one coop Brass Back Games, one coop White Georgian 

 Games, two coops Black-breasted Red Games (Bantams). J. 



E. Clement, one coop Brown Leghorns, one coop White 

 Leghorns. Underbill, one coop Brown Leghorns, one coop 

 Light Brahmas, one coop Plymouth Rocks. David Osborne, 

 one coop Plymouth Rock Fowls, one coop Partridge Cochins, 

 one coop Brown Leghorns. F. Johnson, one coop two Dark 

 Leghorn Pullets, for exhibition. 



At noon the Convention was formally opened by an ad- 

 dress from its President, Samuel Newman, Esq., as follows: 



Members of the Peabody Poultry Association : 



Gentlemen : Some twenty-eight years ago there was held 

 in Boston what was then called a "hen show," but more 

 properly speaking a poultry exhibition. 



As we were passing up Tremont Street on that occasion, 

 many persons were noticed wending their way to the Public 

 Garden; there, under a mammoth tent, was a large collec- 

 tion of coops, containing poultry of different varieties, from 

 the small Sebrights, with their golden and silver lace, to the 

 tall and muscular Shanghai ; also the mammoth geese from 

 the farm of Col. Jaquith, to the variety of different breeds 

 of fowls by George P. Burnham, of poultry notoriety, and 

 from whose pen are several treatises connected with the 

 poultry interests ; and among many of the prominent con- 

 tributors from this town, and pioneers on that occasion, I 

 may mention the names of Pierce and Osborn, of the Bux- 

 tons and Southwicks, and many others, some of whom have 

 continued with unabated interest up to the present time; 

 and before you may be seen fine specimens from their poultry 

 yards. 



Although the interest manifested at that exhibition seemed 

 to lull and be dormant with some for a time, nevertheless it 

 has awakened to new life and zeal and effort, until at the 

 present time poultry associations have been and are being 

 formed in almost every State in the Union. Yes, and I may 

 say in some towns and counties also. And when we look 

 back to our early agricultural shows we well remember what 

 little interest was manifested in the exhibition of poultry, 

 in its rearing and improvements. How marked the change I 



Now j T ou can seldom, if ever, attend one of our State or 

 county shows without seeing a place allotted for the poultry 

 stands, without which our agricultural shows would lose one 

 of their prominent features. 



And why should not the poultry interest be considered of 

 great importance to our State and county agricultural shows ? 

 Surely they contribute not a little to the gatherings on these 

 occasions ; for as we were accustomed to pass and repass on 

 the grounds you might see large numbers of the ladies, who 

 make up a considerable part of the visitors, frequenting the 

 tent under which were arranged the poultry stands and coops 

 containing the birds of many colors ; also that wonderful 

 invention, Graves' incubator or hatching machine (and which 

 has been so kindly offered on this occasion), where were to 

 be seen the young birds just emerging from the shell, and as 

 the visitors looked with delight on the new comers to our 

 exhibitions, and hear the sweet notes of the Canary, and the 

 sonorous sounds of the Leghorns, the Polish, the Sebrights, 

 and Hamburgs, and the loud and prolonged crow of the 

 Asiatics, may we not be proud of our interest in this delight- 

 ful employment? 



And now to speak of some of the advantages that are to 

 accrue to the poultry breeder in the health and happiness 

 which it brings to him, as he is accustomed to visit his 

 poultry yards to attend to the wants of his pet birds. How 

 pleasant the employment ! And who that has a few leisure 

 moments, after the cares and perplexities of daily toil, does 

 not find a visit to their yard pleasant and delightful? And 

 again, let me allude to the products of the poultry yard, its 

 extent, its utility as articles of food, and the many ways that 

 we are benefitted from the products of the poultry. 



We have but to turn to the neighboring city of Boston, 

 at this season of the year, to be reminded of the extent of 

 the products that come to us from the State of Maine, with 

 its acres of pines, and from the granite hills of New Hamp- 

 shire, in almost every railroad car and in steamers, to assure 

 us that the raising of poultry is one of the largest, if not the 

 largest, business of those States. And as our annual Thanks- 

 giving and Christmas approaches, how many do we see in 

 our thoroughfares and market-places for the purpose of 

 selecting the well fatted turkey and the plump chicken, with 

 which to furnish their tables on these days of feasting; also 

 the fresh laid eggs, which in the hands of the ladies furnish 

 a large part in preparing the delicacies for the sick and the 

 convalescent, aye (and of which those in health would not 

 object to partake of) ; and form the waving plumes on our 

 soldiers' caps, and the snow white feathers that adorn our 

 ladies' bonnets, if so they may be called. 



I might here mention, also, the profits resulting to the' 

 poultry breeder, from his favored stocks of fowls; but as 

 there are so many journals, some of which are devoted entirely 

 to the poultry interest, and in which are so many articles re- ■ 

 lating to the subject, many of which are in the hands of some 

 of our poultry breeders, one or two will suffice. In our 

 own vicinity I know of parties that have made this business 

 a specialty, and as a result of their labors quite large incomes 

 have accrued. I also know of some ladies who have given 

 their attention to this object, and who have been very much 

 interested in the raising of the birds. I know of one who at 

 one of our Agricultural Exhibitions, exhibited several coops 

 of fowls, and who I heard discussing their merits, bearing off 

 the largest number of prizes for her pet birds ; and why should 

 not the ladies take an active part in the raising and caring for 

 these birds? Surely they can better appreciate their wants 



