FANCIERS’ JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 
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CoF^ESpO^lDEfJCE. 
IMPORTATIONS. 
Friend Wade: 
I have received from J. W. Ludlow, Esq., Birmingham, 
England, the following stock, all of which is extra choice 
and highly satisfactory, viz. : 
Per Ex. Steamer, Adriatic, May 12th — 2 trios Colored 
Dorkings, 2 Lop-eared Does (22 inch earage). 
Per Ex. Steamer Baltic, May 20th — 1 trio Pyle Game 
Fowls ; 1 cock, 3 hens, Pyle Game Bantams, all bred by Mr. 
Ludlow, and of the highest merit. 
I am pleased at the success of the Journal , and particu- 
larly so with its weekly visits. “ Long may it wave ! ” 
Yours truly, S. H. Seamans. 
Wauwatosa, Wis., June 15th, 1874. 
IMPORTATIONS. 
Editor op Fanciers’ Journal. 
Dear Sir: I have just received from Mr. John Turner, 
of Bath, England, a trio of prize White Cochins. They are 
very white, and of great size and weight. They are prize 
winners at several of the leading shows this year, and are 
now twelve months old. 
GREASED EGGS. 
I also received a large hamper of eggs, selected from prize 
winning Dark Brahmas, Buff, Partridge, and White Cochins. 
These eggs are well greased, I will give you the results in 
due time. Respectfully yours, 
Wm. C. M unroe. 
PULTNEYVILLE, N. Y. 
IMPORTATION. 
Jos. M. Wade, Esq. 
Dear Sir: I received, per Steamship Ohio, a very fine 
pair of Brown-Breasted Red Games, from County Cavan, 
Ireland. Yours truly, 
Meadville, Pa., June 15, 1874. A. McLaren. 
(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
THE CONVENTION IN JULY. 
J. M. Wade, Esq. : 
Will you inform several anxious readers in your next 
number, what the call for the new Convention at New 
York, July 22d, means? The members of the Committee 
who request the dignified Chairman to call this meeting, 
propose that “any one, members or not,” may be invited; 
hut the President announces only, that “ the Executive 
Committee of the A. P. A. will meet at the Metropolitan 
Hotel, July 22d,” and, “ every member is requested to be 
present.” Under this call, are fanciers to be excluded who 
are not members of the A. P. A. ? Or, is it to be an open, 
free gathering of all who now desire to discuss this revision 
of the new standard finally, as the Committee suggest? I 
do not understand it, do you? If so, as you are “a mem- 
ber,” please explain in season , so that we shall not be called 
away from home to this New York Convention, and find 
that we have no business there, under this call of the Presi- 
dent of the American Poultry Association. Yours, B. 
[We take it, this is merely an executive meeting to arrange 
or propose a plan for a general meeting or convention, and 
attend to other business. Perhaps the President will enlighten 
many inquirers like the above. — Ed.] 
A NEW SOCIETY. 
Jos. M. Wade, Esq. 
Dear Sir : A number of gentlemen met last Thursday 
evening and organized “ The Meadville Poultry Associa- 
tion.” The following were elected officers for the ensuing 
year : 
President — Col. H. S. Huidekoper, Meadville. 
Vice-Presidents — J. B. Cochran, Meadville; John D. Mac 
Farland, Titusville; A. D. Colegrove, Corry. 
Treasurer — C. H. Blystone, Meadville. 
Secretary — A. McLaren, Meadville. 
Executive Committee — Harry Brad field, Stephen Rossiter, 
W. B. Callender, A. Merrill, Fred. Metzger, Meadville. 
All correspondence addressed to the undersigned will re- 
ceive prompt attention. Yours truly, 
A. McLaren, 
Meadville, June 15, 1874. Secretary. 
WILL EGGS HATCH SHIPPED BY EXPRESS? 
Mr. Editor: I received thirteen Light Brahma eggs, 
on the 30th day of April last, from P. Williams, Taunton, 
Mass., a distance of over one thousand miles, and hatched 
from them thirteen fine healthy chickens. They were packed 
in cut hay, with three thicknesses of paper around each egg, 
and the small end down. 
The box was light and strong ; the top securely fastened 
with screws ; with a strong piece of leather across the top 
for a handle. Respectfully yours, 
Lucas, Ohio, June 15, 1874. J- H. WALLACE. 
Baltimore, June 12, 1874. 
Mr. Wade. 
Dear Sir : The name of the third Vice-President of the 
Maryland State Poultry Association, in your last issue, 
should have read J. E. Lloyd, instead of P. E. Lloyd. 
Please correct the above, and oblige yours, &c., 
J. E. Lloyd, 
17 Richmond Market, Baltimore, Md. 
Office of Massachusetts Poultry Association, 
14 Devonshire Street, Room 15, Boston, June 13, 1874. 
Jos. M. Wade, Esq., Philadelphia. 
Dear Sir : At a meeting of the Executive Committee of 
this Association, held May 27, it was voted to hold the 
Fourth Annual Exhibition at Boston Music Hall, January 
27 to February 4, inclusive, 1875. 
Yours truly, W. B. Atkinson, R ec ., Sec. 
June 15, 1874. 
PRECOCIOUS PULLETS. 
Editor Fanciers’ Journal. 
Dear Sir : I have one brood of ten Leghorn pullets, 
hatched February 9th, and one of them laid her first egg on 
Tuesday last, the 9th of June; precisely four months to the 
day. But, since the 9th, I have got seven eggs from the 
same brood, two of which weighed five ounces. If any of 
your readers can beat this I would like to hear from them. 
Last year my first pullet laid at four months and six days. 
Respectfully yours, Wm. J. Pyle. 
New York, June 13, 1874. 
Dear Sir : 
I would like to keep a small flock of pigeons in a room 
about six feet square, and concluded to come to you again 
for advice, thinking that you or some one of your many 
readers could inform me as to how many pigeons I could 
