favor of single combs, they are not admis¬ 
sible; well pencilled plumage, neck hackle 
silvery white, striped with black; no vul¬ 
ture hocks, yellow legs, and well feathered. 
The cocks should have pea-combs, black, or 
black and white striped; light, almost 
white hackle and saddle striped with black 
and white tails. Vulture hocks are feathers 
growing below the knee-joint, and project- 
Hggienti* Information 
night, as that which has already been 
breathed by man. Treat your plants, then, 
as if they wore human beings, and enlarge 
your sleeping-rooms accordingly.—D r. F. J. 
B., Andover, N. Y. 
SATINETTE PIGEONS, 
HYGIENIC NOTES AND QUERIES 
A Cancer Cured.—1 wish to tell how I 
cured my cancer, Iftst summer, without pain 
or money. Eigli t years ago a cancer came on 
my nose. It grew slowly for several years; 
the last two years it grew fast, and it got 
frightful. It was beginning to eat out my 
left eye. I had paid out hundreds of dollars, 
and tried docWggLjrpju far and near. No¬ 
body did it Hvi 4 (k>^dd.rHE|j^T»ufiim*r I drank 
wild tea lu'nl pjyybunds on my nose 
• ( • * til'-'Cancer Was 
cured. I ICi&Ta good many who had 
cjtocef,,^'! ksfimV two have cured their can¬ 
cel’s since. I am sixty-two years old. I be¬ 
lieve Wild Tea grows most, everywhere on 
highland.— Charles Ya roley, PUlutnirah, 
Pa., Dec . 6,1871. 
We do not know wkUt “Wild Tea” is. 
We do not know of any plant that, has it as 
a local name. Will not our correspondent 
send us a specimen plant that wc may de¬ 
termine its true name ? 
This delicate variety of birds is very 
active on the wing and in its native clime 
flies long and well. The Satinette is highly 
prized in England, for its beautiful plumage 
and dignified and upright carriage. Smyrna, 
a seaport town of Natolia, in Asiatic Turkey, 
is said to be the place where this breed was 
originated, but it is not known there under 
the name of Satinette, which is given them 
by English breeders. 
The London Poultry Chronicle, from 
which we take our illustration of t his beau¬ 
tiful pigeon, says it “will compare favorably 
with any known breed in form and feather, 
and what 'the Senbright Bantam is among 
poultry such is the Satinette among pig¬ 
eons.” 
The points of the Satinette areas follows: 
The head is round; the beak short, strong, 
and flesh-colored; the eye is large and dark; 
the neck is gently tapered, and well arched; 
the breast prominent, and a large frill must 
be well defined (as shown in the illustra- 
tration,) from the neck to the breast ; the 
body small and compact; the legs and feet 
well feathered, and entirely covered to the 
nails; the carriage of the bird must be 
erect, and in most points of form bearing 
resemblance to the Owl, The head, neck, 
breast, belly, thighs, and lower part of back 
pure white; on the sides of wings, primary 
coverts, nml saddle of back is a ground tint 
of a light and delicate pinkish brown, deep¬ 
ening in tone towards the edges of each 
feather and terminating in a fine black 
fringe upon all the smaller feathers on the 
sides and shoulders of wing; the coverts, 
however, are not fringed with black at the 
edges, but they, in company with all the 
feathers upon which the brownish color is 
visible, are distinctively marked with black 
spear points. Thus there is a. variety of 
graduated shades of rich brown upon every 
colored feather, bordered by a fringe of 
black, such as may be seen in the Hamburgh 
fowls. The tail of the bird is of a slaty 
blue color, with a broad band of black at. its 
extremity; in the centre of this band, and 
upon each of the twelve feathers of which 
the tail is comprised, should be a distinct 
and well-defined white spot. This peculiar 
feather is not found in any other variety of 
pigeons and forms one of the chief charac¬ 
teristics of this breed. 
We are not aware of any of these pigeons 
being either owned or bred in this country; 
if there are any we hope to see them at the 
next exhibition of the New York Columba- 
rian Society. 
Scarlet Fevers.—Seeing an inquiry in 
the Rural New-Yorker about scarlet 
fever, I send the directions given me several 
'II OUT II OH 
^ He ml JSooU i 
U i'•‘iiturecN. Hil ugt** and sexes. 
Bull < alves mill Heifer Olives ul superior quality 
Berkshire* Imported, nodlgiffcanimals selected from 
the Queen's pens, Windsor ( Hstlo, ting. Model 
Pigs. Sows In Pig. mnl Imported Boars- a superb lot. 
of all ages and sexes. A pack of foxhounds me 
kept at Groendalo,” and surplus stock annunllv 
sold off, a number of superior animals now for 
sale, warranted as true on tile Bed Fox as the com¬ 
pass t.o the N. I*. '.'0(1 superior Mammoth Bit ON zb 
i uhkeyh, single, in pairs, or Iritis. Thirteen head 
of superior High-Bred Fast Trotting ami Racing 
Brood Mares and Fillies ** Messenger” and " Ba¬ 
shaw” Blood. I liavrt collected them at great, ex¬ 
pense, and noiv desire to dispose ul them at a great 
sacrlllce for cash, real estate, or will » c ll on tltne.ur 
as it Is my intention to breed only cattle, bogs and 
sheep, will exchange them for such stock Cata¬ 
logues now ready. Addles*. II. II. (1 HA FK, 
Box 400, M o \ * v I tlr, Ohio. 
S hort - iloru Turtle nml Berkshire Pigs.— 
Imported, and home tired, or superior quality. For 
sale hy Joxa tha.v Talc ott, Rome , N. V. 
CIIORT-UORNS Iran, block imported li-nin 
O England and Scotland, from noted milking (ami. 
lies. A few males and females, old and young for 
■alelour, tVM j , MA RkTham, A von, NT V . 
O hio IMPROVED fin ESTER IIOOS pro. 
duce most. Fork for food consumed. Address 
L. B. 9lLVF.lt, ftulem. O. 
SA TIXETTK PIGEON. 
t years ago by an intelligent physician, anil 
>, which T have followed with profit, in my own 
family:—“Dissolve a lump of saltpetre as 
large as a hickory nut. in a tumbler of cold 
water, to clear the throat, and operate on 
the kidneys. Give cream tartar water, 
sweetened, to drink, enough to move the 
bowels daily, but not to physic thoroughly. 
Just, as the eruption comes through the skin 
or begins to, rub t he body all over with a 
piece of salt pork. .Be careful about expo¬ 
sure to taking cold. Nursing is more than 
medicine. That is all Ave Dootors can do 
with scarlet fever.” 
If the throat swells on the outside after 
the fever passes off, poultico with mustard 
as long as it can be borne. 
The symptoms in the cases I have had 
were chills, and vomiting followed in the 
course of twelve hours by the scarlet erup¬ 
tion. The skin looks sometimos as if it had 
been scalded. The fever lasts four or fivo 
days, and when it subsides is followed by 
profuse sweats.— Aunt Lib. 
CPA NISH UI.UINOS. WE OFFElt FOR 
it suit*, low,ii 11 iii i foci number i.f our surplus ol tine 
thorough-hivds, Scud lor Ciituloguc, Orders so¬ 
licited. .loilN SHELDON ,V SON, Moscow. N. Y, 
THIv II 15 It li S II I II 1C BOA It THAT 
...I took 2d Prize, N. Y. 8 la to Fulr, 1M71; l year old. 
" ” ^owsjb pig by him , pie* six week* old. 
KRSICY BULL, dam Imported. Four 
- - ..SlxSOUTH- 
i. Algo. FANCY PIGEONS rind DA KK 
Ail at reasonable price*. 
Two young Sow*, In pig by him . pigs s 
Also, one JERSEY III ILL, dam Imp. 
SHORT-HORN HI ELSn.nl HEIFERS 
DOWN EWES. ' ' - 
BRAHMAS. _„ ■ 
JOSEPH JTTLIANO, Riunbrldffe, N. Y 
Hamburgh Fowls,— A new subscriber. 
—All the sickle and principal feathers of 
a Silver-Spangled Hamburgh cock’s tail 
should be white with a black spot at the end 
of each. The Gokleu-Spangled's .should be 
yellow in the place of white with the black 
spot. 
Committeemen Exhibiting,— C. Colby, 
Conn.—We do not see any good reason why 
a judge at any poultry show should not, be 
allowed to exhibit his stock because he is to 
pass judgment upon his own poultry. Jf 
he is not honest his colleagues should be, 
and not swayed in their judgment by bis 
opinion. Then, again, we believe every 
man, in whatever position he may be placed, 
is honest, until be is proved otherwise. 
A ldekxeys .—For Sain, t.wr, very nice cow*, 
squirrel gray color, thvno and live years old 
served by prize bull imr... “ Mogul.” Price;flSOeuuh 
Address J. CARTER BROWN,2d, lock box III, Pruv- 
deuce, R. I. 
IT'IBST ANNUA I, EXHIBITION 
U OF THE 
WESTEKN PENN. POULTRY SOCIETY, 
Pittsburg, l*a. 
at City Hull. Commencing Tuesday, January 
JO. ISV'-i, and closing sGmirdiiy, Feb. 3, III 
P. IH. 
Large and complete Premium Lists. 
£?00 lu Spuciiil Premiums. 
Breeder* will please bear In mind that Entries will 
positively close J an nary ‘20, 1872. 
Special pain* will bo taken to have the most desir¬ 
able pons, anil Exhibitors can rely on having the 
best attention given to their Stock exhibited. 
SEND FOR A CATALOGUE TO 
WM. R. ELLIOTT, Cor. Sec., 
114 Market St., Pittnburg, Pa. 
JAPANESE BANTAMS, 
These beautiful and trim little birds 
have been highly praised for their peculiar 
and unique appearance, so much so, that 
we have been induced to picture them in 
the columns of the Rural New-Yorker. 
They were shown at the Annual Show of 
the N. Y. State Poultry Society, aud at¬ 
tracted marked attention. Their appear¬ 
ance is such as to make a decided impression, 
in their favor, on those who have seen them. 
The American Agriculturist says “the 
whole form and style of these unique little 
fowls are such as to distinguish them from 
all others, although they vary greatly in 
color and markings among themselves. 
“ Their bodies are small and very com¬ 
pact ; legs short and smooth ; combs single, 
erect, and very large in both sexes; heads 
carried well back, making the fowls re¬ 
markably ‘pigeon-breasted.’ The backs al¬ 
most disappear between the necks and tails. 
The tails are carried more than erect, 
leaning forward, and in the case of male 
birds, frequently extending further forward 
than their heads. The fluffy ‘coverts’ at 
the base of the tails are quite remarkable. 
Their wings are carried drooping, like sev¬ 
eral other varieties of bantams. The color 
is white, with black tails and tips of light 
feathers. They are a sprightly, vigorous, 
hardy breed, at present rather a novelty, 
and likely to bring pretty high prices 
for some time to come. They should be 
bred to preserve their peculiarities of form 
in the highest possible perfection; the 
plumage in each flock should be kept true 
to certain definite markings; very small 
size should be a'requisite iu breeding stock. ’ ’ 
What Ails My Turkeys?—This ques¬ 
tion is asked us by H. W. M., Illinois; from 
his description of the disease we should say 
his turkeys are affected with diarrhoea. 
The causes for this disease are various, 
among which are too scanty supply of grain, 
dampness, undue acidity iu the bowels, or 
unwholesome diet. For a cure, we have 
Sleeping-Rooms witli Plants.—In an¬ 
swer to L. R... Reading, Pa., under query:— 
“ Are House Plants Injurious ?” Permit to 
say, that all healthy plants, during the day, 
throw off oxygon and absorb carbon; but 
during the night the reverse tabes place- 
oxygen is absorbed and carbon is thrown off. 
To man, oxygen is life, and carbon death. 
Although the amount of oxygen taken up by 
WISTMAND POULTRT YARD. 
PRICE LIST OF FOWLS FREE. 
NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, 10c, 
J. Y. BICKNELL, 
Westmoreland, Oneidu Co., N. Y. 
Derby, Irish-Grny, Brown-Red, 
® K* , R e 1 ! v « r D ii c k - W1 n g. 
Golden Duck-Wing Game llm 
C. S. HAINES, 
Box HOP. O., Tom’s River 
BRAHMAS AND COCHINS 
i now oner lurHttie a iew urn-ciaas low!*, in pairs 
or trios, property mated tor breeding, consisting of 
Light Ilrnlimnn, of uoted Duke of York strain. 
Dark Rim bin an, brail from the celebrated cock 
Black Prince. 
Bu IIP art ridge. White and Black Cochin*. 
bred from tins mo*t renowned Importations. Also 
Light and Dark llrubinn and Bull Cochin 
Cocks, selected for breed* at live dollars euch. 
•Vo inferior birds are allowed to go from mg i/uriln, 
Eggs for sale, from ray selected breeding stock, 
during the hutching season. 
ELBRIDGE C. COMEY, 
Quincy Mas*. 
/ II(DICE ASIATIC POULTRY — LIG1I 
Vv AND Dark Biiahmas, Buff, Black, While ui 
Partridge Caching 
PHI LA N UK It WILMA M 8, 
___ Tau nton, Maw* 
IJORSALE. PAIRS OR TRIOS OF 
1 RIDGE Cochins, Durk Brahma* and Hmidans, 
guaranteed pure, and from Warner's imported stock 
at reduced prices. Address 8. RUSSELL JONES. 
__ H3 Southwest. St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
POULTRY NOTES AND QUERIES 
JAPANESE BANTAM PULLET. 
plants during the night is not yet deter¬ 
mined, if they are to be kept in the sleep¬ 
ing-room, it should be large and well venti¬ 
lated, in order that it may contain enough 
pure air for the consumption of both sleep¬ 
ers and plants. L. It.’ - I"-—: rcrultc fr-::. 
IVES’ STOCK OF LIGHT BRAHMAS— 
I rrtiin twenty years’careful breeding, and war¬ 
ranted, 111 purity, second to none in this country, 
boxed and delivered to Express, |10 per trio, or |3S 
per dozen. JOHN S. IVES, Salem. Mas*. 
T? OR SALE. My breeding stock of Houdans. 
I Took 1st prize, at V. II. state Fair let October 
TWO ( oek* arid seven Pullet*. Pi le.. 
JAPANESE BANTAM COCK. 
used, with good results, five grains of pow¬ 
dered chalk; five, do., of rhubarb, and three 
of cayenne pepper. If the relaxation is not 
speedily checked, give a grain each of opium 
and powdered ipecacuanha every two or 
four hours. 
Points of Dark Brahmas. — Robert 
Yates, Sandusky, O. :—We have answered 
the above question time and again iu the 
Rural New-Yomkeil Dark Brahmas 
should certainly have pea-combs, we cure 
not what the Illinois Association say in 
harm results from 
inhaling air breathed by plants during the 
