FANCIERS’ JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 
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Mr. Editor: 
Will you, or some of the readers of your valuable paper, 
be kind enough to inform me what variety of pigeons are 
the best to keep in the city. I have a place on the roof of 
the house to keep them in, and will allow them to fly all the 
time. Yours respectfully, 
S. A. K. 
New York, June 26, 1874 
Editor Fanciers’ Journal. 
Dear Sir : I am very sorry to see by an article in your 
last issue, signed B., that there is one that does not under- 
stand the call for the meeting, July 22d, in New York, of 
the American Poultry Association. 
It seems to me if one will read carefully the call addressed 
to the chairman of the Executive Committee when we say : 
“We would also ask you to cause to be published in the 
World, Bulletin, and Fanciers’ Journal, the announcement 
of the meeting, and inviting any one who has matters of 
interest to himself or to the Association, whether they be 
members or not, to be present in person, or to present their 
communications, when in either case they would he properly 
listened to.” 
The President then says, “ In accordance with the above 
request,” &c., there will be a meeting of the Executive Com- 
mittee, &c. Now, I would ask, what the Committee meet 
for ? It seems to me perfectly plain that they meet to hear 
“ anyone who has matters of interest to himself or to the 
Association, whether they be members or not, to be present 
in person, or present their communications, when they would 
be properly listened to.” How in the world anyone can 
misunderstand the above I for one cannot see. 
Philander Williams. 
Taunton, Mass., June 26, 1873. 
1 J E JV1 S . 
In order to make our “Item ” column as interesting as possible, we 
would be obliged to our readers for contributions of original matter, how- 
ever short — yes, let it be condensed and to the point, in a variety of 
style — facts and fancies interesting to fanciers. 
8f§^" People who believe the current stories about intelli- 
gent dogs, will read with pleasure that a lost dog in Nor- 
folk, having seen his master’s advertisement in a local 
paper, promptly went home. 
8®” Chicken Disease. — A fatal disease is reported as 
having broken out among the fowls in parts of Camden and 
Burlington counties, resembling chicken cholera. Many 
farmers have been quite heavy losers recently by it. 
8@” It is claimed on authority that Dr. Steinberger 
recently captured in the Navigator Islands, a live Dodo, a 
bird supposed to be extinct for centuries. It was the Dodo- 
pigeon which the Doctor secured, so called on account of 
its resemblance in some respects to the genuine Dodo. 
A menagerie exhibitor says lions range in value, 
from $1500 to $4000, and live from eight to twenty years. 
The next most valuable animal is the Bengal tiger, which 
lives from fifteen to eighteen years. African elephants 
range from $800 to 4000, and live to three score years. 
Camels and llamas are worth about $1200. 
8@“ According to a French veterinary surgeon, a simple 
method of preventing flies from annoying horses, consists in 
painting the inside of the ears, or any other part especially 
troubled, with a few drops of empyreumatic oil of juniper. 
It is said that the odor of this substance is unendurable to 
flies, and that they will keep at a distance from the parts so 
anointed. If this treatment should accomplish the alleged 
results, it may, perhaps, be applicable in repelling mosqui- 
toes from the faces and hands of tourists and sportsmen 
when passing through woods or meadows. 
8@“ A large black humpback whale, about forty feet in 
length, and thirty feet in central circumference, ascended 
the Raritan river on Thursday, the 21st ult., and ran on the 
shoals about two miles above Perth Amboy, where the 
receding tide left him high and dry. In his efforts to get 
afloat, the whale lashed the water furiously with his tail 
and flippers, attracting the attention of a number of men 
employed in the surrounding fields, who attacked him with 
guns and axes, without, however, producing much effect. 
Sharp iron rods were then procured, with which the sides 
of the whale were punched, and he bled slowly to death. 
Caj^loqUes, <% c., Received. 
John P. Buzzell, Clinton, Mass. — Circular and price 
list, illustrated. Light and Dark Brahmas and Partridge 
Cochins. 
Henry C. Carter, 720 Broadway, N. Y.— Circular. 
Madame De Lina’s Vermin Eradicator. 
Charles L. Spaulding, Hudson, N. H., Elmwood 
Poultry Yards. — Card. Brown Leghorns. 
Wm. Fitzhugh Miller, Geneva, N. Y., Lochland 
Poultry Yards. — Card. Brahmas, Cochins, Houdans, and 
Games. 
C. W. Chamberlain, Arlington, Mass. — Card. Breeder 
of Light Brahmas, White-faced Black Spanish, and Silver 
Laced Sebright Bantams. 
Duncan McR. Kay, Galt, Ontario, Canada. — Circular. 
Several varieties fancy fowls and eggs, including Ham- 
burgs, Spanish, and Game Bantams. 
A. D. Colegrove, Corry, Erie County, Pa. — Descriptive 
circular and price list. Light and Dark Brahmas, Buff and 
Partridge Cochins. 
R. Y. Fairservioe, East Newark, N. J.— Card. Light 
and Dark Brahmas. 
Geo. E. Peer & Co., Rochester, N. Y. — List of fancy 
pigeons. 
G. M. Sparbeck, Cranesville, N. Y. — Card. Breeder of 
choice fowls, turkeys, fancy pigeons, and Berkshire pigs. 
S. P. IIalleck, Oriskany, N. Y. — Card. Choice fancy 
poultry and non-sitting fowls a specialty. 
W. S. Weymouth, Melrose, Mass. — Card. Breeder of 
fancy fowls. 
Jno. H. Chase, Newport, R. I. — Circular and price list. 
Cochins, Brahmas, Ilamburgs, Polands, Leghorns, Games, 
Bantams, Turkeys, Geese, &c. 
E. J. Worst, Ashland, Ohio. — Illustrated circular. 
Breeder of all the leading varieties of pure bred poultry. 
An attractive sheet. 
A. C. Hunsberger, Portland, Pa. — Circular. Conti- 
nental Poultry Powder, a sure preventive and cure for dis- 
eases of fowls. 
Elijah Loy, East Meriden, Conn. — Breeder of superior 
White Leghorns, Light Brahmas, &c. 
H. M. Minier, Minier P. O., Tazewell County, 111.. — 
Pure bred fowls — Light Brahmas, three pens Golden Laced 
Sebright Bantams, Rouen Ducks, Bronze Turkeys, and 
fancy pigeons. 
