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T74NCIERS' JOURNJ^ 



JAN 2 4 2001 J 



AND 



POULTRY EXCHANGE. 



Vol. I. 



PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 2, 1874. 



No. 14. 



The annexed de- 

 sign, by T.P.Chand- 



ler, is for a combina- 

 tion house for fowls, 

 pigeons, and rabbits, 

 or other small pets. 

 The centre building 

 is octagonal and 16 

 feet across, and ra- 

 diating from this are 

 five wings which can 

 be run out to any de- 

 sired length. But 

 in this plan they are 

 calculated to be 20 

 feet long and 6 feet 

 wide, the walls 4 feet 

 high and 7 feet to 

 peak of roof; one 

 side of the roof 

 is to be shingled and 

 the other side is to 

 be made of hot-bed 

 sash, which can be 

 removed atpleasure, 

 as the heat of the 

 summer increases. 

 The angles made by 

 the five wings can 

 be used as yards and 

 easily made larger 

 if thought necessary. 



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The two front wings 

 can be used exclu- 

 sively for water fowl, 

 in locations where a 

 pond can be made, 

 as shown in the en- 

 graving. The build- 

 ing as shown is not 

 expensive and could 

 be made an orna- 

 ment to any gentle- 

 man's establishment 

 and is so arranged 

 that it can be used 

 for the proper keep- 

 ing and breeding of 

 any kind of poultry 

 or other pets; and 

 if the proprietor 

 should tire of all 

 kinds of pets it can, 

 with very little trou- 

 ble and cost, be turn- 

 ed into either a hot- 

 house or green- 

 house, or, for that 

 matter, an orchard 

 house or grapery ; 

 or, if desired, each 

 alternate wing could 

 be used for this pur- 

 pose. 



(For Fanciers' Journal.) 



THE BUFFALO CONVENTION. 



CHURCHMAN VS. BABCOCK. 



J. M. Wade, Esq. 



Dear Sir: I have read Mr. W. H. Churchman's reply 

 to P. "W. Babcock, as printed in your Journal (No. 11). 



I think Mr. C. gets unnecessarily excited over a little 

 adverse criticism, and if not more guarded in his expressions 

 may do more harm to the Association than its enemies can 

 possibly do. 



It is to be expected that the Association and its work will 

 be severely criticised, and if we get excited and angry over 

 it, we will give to many the impression that there is some 

 truth in these charges. 



When Mr. Churchman said in his opening address at 

 Buffalo, in alluding to the charges made against the Associ- 

 ation — "Never was there such a preposterous idea enter- 

 tained by any human mind, that God Almighty gifted with 

 the power of thought and reason " (see Fanciers' Journal, 

 No. 5), I thought the expression unduly strong. 



When, in the article above referred to, he calls the As- 

 sociation which met at Buffalo, " the strongest, most prosper- 

 ous, and dignified body of men ever assembled together for any 

 honorable purpose,'' he evidently shows strong symptoms of 

 brain fever. 



I was much pleased with the Convention, and heartily 

 indorsed all that Bro. Atwood said of it in his article, in 

 your Journal; but when we claim that we were the " stron- 

 gest and most dignified" body of men ever assembled, and 

 fret and worry over criticisms, we do much to make ourselves 

 appear ridiculous. When the revised standard has been 

 generally examined, and the number and nature of the 

 changes noted, it will be evident that the interest at large 

 will be benefited by them, and that no special advantage 

 will accrue therefrom to the members of the Convention. It 

 is true that a ticket signed by the President and Secre- 

 tary of the Association was necessary to gain admission to 

 the hall in which the Convention was held. It is also true 

 that a resolution was passed, and since published, that mem- 

 bership in the Association was necessary to entitle one to 

 vote on the revision of the standard ; the former regula- 



