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one coop Plymouth Rocks. C. A. Chace, Killingly, Conn., 

 Partridge Cochins. S. S. Van Buren & Co., Hartford, 

 Conn., one coop Dominique Leghorns. A. H. Rogers, 

 "Worcester, thirteen coops Fowls and Chicks, one cage Ring 

 Doves, one Madagascar Rabbit. George P. Seavey, Cam- 

 bridgeport, four coops Hamburgs, four coops Bantams. 

 Charles H. Pond, Attleboro', two coops Game Chicks, one 

 coop Hamburgs. Robert Harris, Attleboro', two coops 

 Game Chicks. L. R. Lockwood, Worcester, three coops 

 Brahmas and Cochins. E. H. Hero, Milford, nineteen 

 entries, varieties not named. J. L. Carpenter, Attleboro', 

 four coops Fowls and Chicks, one cage Pigeons. H. A. 

 Rhodes, East Greenwich, two coops Cochins. J. H Si- 

 monds, Boston, three coops Fowls. Philip Short, Attle- 

 boro 1 , two coops Chicks. W. Pierce, Jr., South Scituate, 

 seven coops Fowls and Chicks. S. W. Clarke, Apponaug, 

 five coops Fowls and Chicks. James H. Hammett, New- 

 port, five coops Game Fowls. F. A. Todd, New Haven, 

 Conn., twelve coops Fowls and Chicks. D. A. Seager, 

 Westerly, sixteen coops Fowls and Chicks. Robert W. 

 Reid, Greenpoint, Long Island, two coops S P. Hamburgs. 

 Sam'l W. Crossman, North Providence, one coop Brahmas. 

 J. G. Moffitt, Pawtucket, two coops Game Chicks. R. R. 

 Yates, Northboro', one coop White Leghorns. Thomas 

 Richardson, Manton, one coop Hamburgs. Elijah Capron, 

 Attleboro', three coops Chicks. A. D. Lean, Attleboro', 

 one coop Cochin Fowls. A. W. Godding, Providence, one 

 coop Dark Brahma Chicks. Philander Williams, Taunton, 

 nine coops Fowls and Chicks. H. A. Rhodes, East Green- 

 wich, two coops Cochins and Leghorns. H. R. W. Allen & 

 Son, Attleboro', one coop Pearl Guinea Chicks, one coop 

 Cristia Ducks. Samuel W. Clarke, Warwick, three coops 

 Fowls and Chicks. W. V. L. Wilcox, Providence, one 

 coop Buff Cochins. E. H. Hero, Milford, one cage Pigeons. 

 Mr. H. Allen, Cranston, one coop Pea Fowls. 



The following is the list of premiums as far as awarded 

 by the committees : 



GALLENACEOUS DIVISION. 

 CLASS I— ASIATICS. 

 Dominique Fowls — 1st, T. A. Todd, New Haven, Conn., 

 $3. Dominique Chickens — 1st, T. A. Todd, New Haven, 

 Conn., $3. Buff Cochin Fowls— 1st, W. Hazard, North 

 Providence, $3 ; 2d, W. L. Tobey, Valley Falls, $2. Buff- 

 Cochin Chickens — 1st, W. Hazard, North Providence, $3 ; 

 ( To be continued.) 



(&ovvt8\)on&tnct. 



(For Fanciers' Journal.) 



Joseph M. Wade. 



Dear Sir: In the Journal of last week, in the report of 

 premiums at the New Hampshire Poultry Exhibition, you 

 have, " White Cochin Chicks, 1st, C. L. Spaulding ; 2d, D. L. 

 Gilmour " — it should read, 1st, C. L. Spaulding; 2d, C. M. 

 Boynton ; 3d, C. L. Spaulding. 



Yours respectfully, 



Concord, N. H., March 18, 1874. C. M. BOYNTON. 



(For Fanciers' Journal.) 

 Dear Wade : I received last week from England, one 

 pair each Black-breasted Reds, Brown-breasted Reds, Yellow 

 Duckwings, and Red Py les. Th ey are beauties, and very large 

 and strong. They commenced to lay the day after I received 

 them. Yours truly, 



March 18, 1874. P. W. HtTDSON. 



(For Fanciers' Journal.) 



Jos. M. Wade. 



Dear Sir: If "Reader" will mix one part raw carbolic 

 acid with two parts kerosene oil, and thoroughly sprinkle 

 the floor of his henhouse, it will effectually destroy all ver- 



min and purify the house. Of course the floor ought to be 

 cleaned of all droppings, &c, and, if composed of gravel, it 

 ought to be well raked previous to sprinkling. I have used 

 this mixture myself and found it answered first-rate. 



Yours truly, Eben P. Day. 



Hazleton, Pa., March 23, 1874. 



(For Fanciers' Journal.) 



Mr. Jos. M. Wade. 



Dear Sir: One of my Light Brahmas laid an egg the 



other day, the circumference of which the long way was 8 



inches, and the other way 6|- inches ; weight, 4J ounces. 



The eggs I sell at $5 per dozen — are not all guaranteed to be 



of this size. Respectfully yours, 



William Atwood. 

 Big Flats, H". Y. 



(For Fanciers' Journal.) 



Jos. M. Wade, Esq. 



Dear Sir : In your report of the annual exhibition of the 

 Pennsylvania Poultry Society there is an error in the Buff 

 Cochin class. My chicks took second, instead of third, pre- 

 mium ; also special for best pen. Please give credit accord- 

 ingly, and oblige, Yours truly, 



A. P. Groves. 

 Philadelphia, March 24, 1874. 



Mr. Jos. M. Wade. 



Dear Sir : The Fanciers' Journal, always welcome, was 

 doubly so last week (March 12th), when I saw that the 

 philosophers' stone (egg) was discovered to all chicken 

 raisers. So, last evening I got mj' " large kerosene lamp," 

 with a basket of eighty eggs of the Black Hamburgs, Brown 

 Leghorns, Houdans, Dark and Light Brahmas, and sat me 

 down to see what kind of chicks I would have this season. 

 I followed the instructions, fixed my fingers and the egg as 

 directed, and held the egg as near the light as possible — ■ 

 quite near enough, as the blisters show on my little finger — 

 and yet I did not have light enough to find the air chamber 

 in but one of the Black Hamburg eggs, and concluded that 

 it was, as Sothern says, " one of those things no fellow could 

 find out;" but it is too important a matter to give up, and 

 if there is any more light to be had, I would much like to 

 have it. 



After writing so far, I thought that I would make another 

 attempt, and held the egg in the left hand, between the two 

 fore fingers, and bent the little finger and the right hand on 

 the top of the big end, and there was the air chamber as 

 plain as need be. It is surprising how plainly it is to be 

 seen in that position, after trying the way proposed by Mr. 

 Pyle so unsuccessful^'. 



I shall report my success with this discovery, and hope 

 others will. Yours truly, 



Jno. D. Oakford. 



Baltimore, March 18, 1874. 



Mr. Jos. M. Wade. 



Dear Sir: I have received this day a trio of Silver Pen- 

 cilled Hamburgs from Henry Beldon, they are extra fine 

 and valued higher than my Goldens, and I believe the best 

 on the continent, certainly I have never seen better any- 

 where. Very respectfully yours, 



Andrew J. Tuck. 



Nashua, N. H., March 27, 1874. 



