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Mr. Editor. 



On page 312 of your issue of the 14th inst., I noticed an 

 article in reference to young chickens being attacked with 

 a disease which causes blindness. Having had some expe- 

 rience with this malady, I send you my remedy, which, I 

 thiDk, will prove effectual : 



Take the small branches or shoots of sassafras wood, and 

 split them so as to get the pith ; take say a thimbleful of 

 the pith, and put it into about three tablespoonfuls of soft 

 rain-water. In a short time the water will become thick, 

 like the white of an egg ; then it is fit for use. Dip the tip 

 ■of the finger into the water and rub the eyes of the affected 

 chick with it gently, but at the same time rub it into the 

 eye as much as possible. Repeat the operation three times 

 daily (say morning, noon, and night), and a cure will gener- 

 ally be affected in from two to three days. In addition to 

 the above, grease the chick around the eyes with fresh lard 

 or sweet oil, being careful not to get any into the eye. 



I am not satisfied as to the cause of this disease, and 

 would be much obliged to Mr. Fry, or any one else whose 

 chicks have been troubled in this way, if they will an- 

 swer the following questions, either by mail or through the 

 Journal: 1. Did you notice any small white parasites in or 

 around the eyes of the affected chicks ? 2. Were the chicks 

 that had the disease hatched or brooded by a hen that was 

 affected with scurvy legs? W. E. Flower 



Shoemakertown, Pa., May, 1874. 



Mr. J. M. Wade. 



Dear Sir: I have in my collection a hen's egg that 

 measures 8J- by 11 inches, which weighs 12 ounces, and was 

 laid by a medium-sized Dorking. 



If reports be true, the largest hen's egg in the British 

 Museum weighs 9£ ounces, but there are several larger speci- 

 mens in the United States. The Courier and Freeman, of 

 May 7, Pottsdam, N. Y., says: " Mr. Brown, of Stockholm, 

 showed us, last Saturday, the biggest egg of the season, laid 

 by a pullet (Brahma and Houdan), which measured 9J the 

 long way by 7£ the other, weighing 1\ ounces." 



I am frequently in receipt also of small eggs, like those 

 presented to you, and which corroborate your statement in 

 regard to their contents. I have yet to find a yolk in any 

 hen's egg that measures less than f- of an inch in length. 

 Tours, respectfully, Myron W. Lyman. 

 Chicago, May 14, 1874. 



A VERT LIBERAL OFFER. 



Mr. Wade. 



Feeling an interest to support the Journal, I will make 

 the following offer to any person who will send you two new 

 subscribers for the Journal: I will send one dozen White 

 Leghorn Eggs, delivered at express office. 



J. H. Morrison. 



Marlow, N. H., May 18, 1874. 



J. M. Wade. 



Dear Sir: I have a pen of three Light Brahma pullets 

 mated with a Buzzell cock, and I get from them on an 

 average three double-yolk eggs per week. I do not know 

 whether one or more hens lay them, but if any of your 

 readers can give me a remedy, or inform me of the cause, 

 they would confer a favor by answering through your valu- 

 able paper. Yours, J. E. L. 



Baltimore, May 20, 1874. 



Jos. M. Wade, Esq. 



Dear Sir : Your correspondent (Mr. Fry) it seems has 

 the same trouble among his chickens that I have lately had, 

 and I will give you my experience, which, if you think 

 worth while, you are at liberty to publish. 



I had about half of my chickens affected in the same way 

 that Mr. Fry describes, and after losing eight or ten of them, 

 concluded to experiment, and did not lose one after treating 

 them as follows : I commenced by washing their eyes four 

 times a day with diluted rose water, and gave, twice a day, 

 raw egg and brandy, in the proportion of a teaspoonful of 

 brandy to each egg; fed them on nothing but corn meal, 

 seasoned well with red pepper, and gave them a dry, warm 

 place. I have no stronger or better looking chickens on 

 my place to-day than those so treated. 



Yours, respectfully, W. F. Bacon. 



Cambeidgeport, Mass. 



A NEW SOCIETY. 



Jos. M. Wade, Esq., 



Editor " Fanciers' Journal and Poultry Exchange." 



Sir : At a meeting of the breeders and fanciers of poultry 

 of this and neighboring towns, held in this city, May 19th, 

 an organization was effected under the name of " The Key- 

 stone Poultry Association of Western Pennsylvania," and 

 the following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 



President — A. W. Coburn, Titusville. 



Vice-Presidents— J . M.Gifford, Pleasantville ; A. McLaren, 

 Meadville ; S. H. McG-innett, Kerrtown ; Carl Cosolowsky, 

 Titusville. 



Secretary and Treasurer — John D. McFarland, Titusville. 



There is a very encouraging increase in the interest of 

 thoroughbred poultry in our vicinity this spring, one of the 

 gratifying results of which is already reached in the organi- 

 zation announced above, and, though composed mainly of 

 amateurs, the association enters the field under the favorable 

 auspices of a large membership of enthusiastic and earnest 

 lovers of poultry, whose aim will be to stimulate and main- 

 tain an interest in fine poultry and pet stock of all kinds. 



The regular monthly meetings of the association will be 

 held at its rooms, in this city, on the third Tuesday of each 

 month, at which we shall be pleased to welcome visiting 

 members of sister associations, to whom we extend a cordial 

 invitation. 



All correspondence pertaining to poultry shows and the 

 interest of breeding generally, addressed to the undersigned, 

 will receive prompt attention. 



Yours, respectfully, 



John D. McFarland, 

 Titusville, Pa., May 20, 1874. Secretary. 



Mr. Jos. M. Wade. 



Dear Sir: I have just received per steamer Sarmatien, 

 some white and yellow Pouters, Carriers, Isabella Pouters, 

 red, yellow, and blue-winged Turbits ; also ice pigeons. 

 Respectfully yours, A. Gobble. 



Mitchell, Ont. 



Mr. Editor. 



Dear Sir : I have received to-day from Mr. John K. 



Fowler, of Aylesbury, England, per steamer Baltic, one pair 



Houdans, four Colored Dorkings, and one Spanish hen. 



All are fine birds, and some have won premiums in England. 



Yours truly, J. Y. Bicknell. 



Westmoreland, May 21, 1874. 



