cubation will probably bo one, or, perhaps, 
two chickens to consume her time in 
scratching and prevent her from laying for 
the next six weeks. No wonder that such 
poultry raisiug proves unprofitable. 
But provide your fowls with suitable and 
comfoi’table quarters, not forgetting a sup¬ 
ply of nest boxes, of at least a cubic foot of 
single box, and finding it the right thing in 
the right place, I changed in favor of it all 
through my houses. Let the size be accord¬ 
ing to the breed. L like a liberal size—at 
least a foot square. 
A hon-house should contain as little fur¬ 
niture as possible, and the whole interior 
should and mety be kept perfectly clean. 
tured About four years, and at first were 
very wild. They would fly about t heir cage 
with great fury whenever any one ap¬ 
proached; but, by degrees, they have be¬ 
come accustomed to their confinement,, nud 
are now quite docile. When they are fed 
with their usual food, they devour it in 
peace; but if a, live fowl or quadruped is 
given them, then there is trouble im¬ 
mediately. If the Bald Eagle happens 
to lighten the animal first,then will 
the Golden Eagle give you some idea 
of his character when free; for, with 
half open wings and sharp, discordant 
cry, resembling the bark of a dog, he 
will dart from his perch, and old white¬ 
head has to yield his prey to his more 
powerful relative, and retreat to his 
perch, with a fierce hissing. There 
ho watches, with lowering eye and 
threatening mien, his nobler compan¬ 
ion, with wings outspread nearly eight 
feet in extent, devouring his prey. 
As soon as the royal bird has satis¬ 
fied his hunger, he retires to his perch 
and set tles down in apparent con teut- 
ment. Now the Bald head takes his 
lui'ii, uneasy, and with glances at his 
rival, returns to finish his meal. At 
all other limes they live together In 
perfect peace, neither appearing to 
mind much about the other. When, 
however, there is anything given them 
which l he Golden Eagle desires i lie first 
taste of, he always has it. 
They aro kept in a cage made of 
slats, thirty-live feet high and twenty 
in diameter, iu the Summer. In tho 
Winter l liny aro kept in a smaller room 
in the barn. 
For a long time before 1 put tho 
two eagles together, the Bald Eagle 
had tor companions a hawk and an 
P owl; and they lived in perfect peace. 
Then the Golden Eagle was placed 
wit h them, not thinking he would make 
any disturbance, and for a short time 
all went welt. But one day, on going 
to their cage, 1 discovered the owl 
sitting up In one corner, looking very 
wise, and winking, as much as to say, 
** I wish you’d take me out of this; 
it’s not safe here.” Only the legs and 
head of the poor hawk wore to be 
found. I immediately removed the 
owl to safer quarters. 
Eagles appear to endure captivity very 
well. Wo have an authentic account of one 
that lived in Vienna for one hundred and 
four years in confinement. Mine are in 
perfect plumage and apparent good health. 
Claremont, N. H. Sportsman. 
TRUMPETER PIGEON 
This beautiful bird is believed by some 
to have originat ed among the ancient Egyp¬ 
tians or Arabians. Russia has furnish¬ 
ed many oxccllent specimens. The dis¬ 
tinctive characteristic which gives it 
its name is its prolonged, sonorous coo. 
The majority of the breed are Black, 
Black-mottled and White. 8ome are 
Red, Yellow and Dun. The best and 
most numerous of t hese colors are the 
Whites. Next to the Whites are the 
Black-mottled. 
The points, as given by a recent Eng¬ 
lish writer, are rose, crown, muffs, col¬ 
or and size. The rose is above or at tho 
root of the beak; it should be large, 
flat and circular. The hood or crown 
should be even, large, and rise well 
from the back of the head, so as to give 
full effect to a front view. The muffs 
should bo long, strong, and well-pro¬ 
portioned, as represented by the en¬ 
graving. As to color, the purest white, 
jet black, and the best marked mot¬ 
tled, will have preference in their re¬ 
spect ivo classes, other points being 
equal to those of their competitors. 
With regard to tdze the present taste is 
in favor of tho largost,. The muffs of 
those birds involve the most rigid 
cleanliness In their cure, else they be¬ 
come anything but an ornament to tho 
bird. 801110 fanciers, in the breeding 
season, cut the muffs short, thinking 
both t lie eggs and young are iu danger ij 
from their great length ; but the Eng- yjj 
lish writer above alluded to says;— 
“From our own knowledge inbreed¬ 
ing long-muffed birds we can affirm — 
that there is not any occasion to do so, 
for in an experience of fourteen years 
we have never cut a muff nor had any 
more casualties with our muffed birds 
than with the clear-legged ones, and 
for many years their feathers were from 
3 inches to \% inches long. Remember 
the feathers all run outwards, and t he 
eggs and young are carefully kept 
within the feet and legs. Again, watch 
the old ones going to their nest, and it 
will be seen t here is not very much to fear. 
There is a merit iu Trumpeters that many 
high-class varieties do not possess. They 
are good nurses, requiring no more atten¬ 
tion than ordinary Pigeons would; besides, 
they are of an even, good temper, very fa¬ 
miliar, and of a sound, robust constitution. 
Thus they aro adapted to young fanciers as 
much as any breed we know." 
THE TRUMPETER 
space to each, arranged along the sides of 
your hen-house, with lids to shut out the 
light, aud back alleys to furnish ingress and 
egress to their “small houses all in a row." 
Give them good, wholesome food, in some 
variety, and clean water every day, and 
you will find them ready to settle their bills 
every evening, provided you are willing to 
“ take produce on account," and allow you 
a good margin on your expense of keeping 
them. 
There are some points which render the 
large Asiatic fowls more desirable than 
others. They are good layers and excellent 
mothers; the young chickens are ready for 
market, on account, of their unusual size, 
earlier than others; and they stay put. 
Any common fence, which is close at the 
bottom, will coniine them without any 
t rouble. They are ext remely gentle and do¬ 
mestic; so much so that if you live in a 
neighborhood of lawless juvenile depreda¬ 
tors of the male persuasion, who are in the 
habit of stealing everything, you can pro¬ 
tect your sitting bens from being robbed of 
their eggs, by carrying them around in a 
basket, on your arm, during their season of 
incubation; the Cochins, especially, would 
malco no objections to tho arrangement. 
There is, beyond a doubt, monoy in the 
poultry yard, as well as “ Money in the Gar¬ 
den;” but iu either oase, “eternal vigil¬ 
ance” has something to do with the process 
of getting it out. If suitable yards and poul¬ 
try houses were provided, 1 am very certain 
that farmers’ wives and children would 
demonstrate the problem, “ Will poultry 
pay?” to the entire satisfaction of all par¬ 
ties interested. L. G. Bedell. 
Crown Point, Inti. 
Marking Chickens.— John 8 Lippin- 
cott tells, in the Poultry World, how he 
does it:—I take a very small saddler’s punch 
and punch a hole in tho web of the foot, be¬ 
ing careful to cut it out clean, as if not cut 
clean out, if, will grow up again. For my 
own convenience I have a round piece of 
wood on the handle of the punch to prevent 
it hurting my hand. The marking is done 
in this wise:—Hold the chick in your left 
hand and let its feet rest on a block of wood 
or lead, aud with your right hand punch tho 
WILL POULTRY PAY 1 
This is a question which has been asked 
many times, and admits of the same answer 
as “ Will farming pay ?" It will pay when 
properly attended to. Again, it will bo 
asked, “ Do fancy breeds pay?” and wo re¬ 
ply by asking, “ Does blooded stock pay ?” 
During the year ending Oct. 1 , 1871 , 1 kept 
an accurate dobit and credit account with 
tny poultry stock, and found that they not 
only “paid” but yielded 100 per cent, divi¬ 
dends. I oharged them with “stock in 
trade,” with all their food except table 
refuse, t-xpenso of yard, (which was only 
811 . 75 , for I improvised a chicken house from 
a deserted pig pen,) for fancy eggs pur¬ 
chased, aud for “ medical attendance." On 
the other hand, 1 gave them credit for all 
eggs and flesh consumed or donated to our 
friends who did not have the luxury of 
chickens and fresh eggs, and at the end of 
the year I added to the account “stock on 
hand,” and found that 1 had a large balance 
in favor of my poultry. 
And this experiment was made with about 
thirty fowls, in a small yard taken off the 
corner of a village lot. But it settled the 
question, entirely, to my satisfaction, that 
it will pay to keep poultry, if they are as 
well kept, on a large scale as mine were on a 
small scale. 
The reasons why many persons have pro¬ 
nounced against tho profit of raising poul- 
ti \ are obvious. They are put on to a place 
without any provision being made for their 
comfort. If they have the freedom of the 
barnyard it is thought sufficient. Conse¬ 
quently they make their nests wherever it 
pleases their heuships, and the owner not 
being able to divine the fowl inclinations of 
a hen s mind, fails to find the eggs, and de¬ 
clares that he never derives any benefit from 
his hens. Finally she “ sets " on her stolen 
uest of chilled eggs; (or. if she is an Atlantic 
Monthly han she sits —the Atlantic has no 
setting hens); the result of her season of in- 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
The HnvW Ci>., Iowa. Vg. Hoc. holds its next 
Annual Ealr at Bloomfield, Sept. £1-28. 
The Loch|iorl, N. Y., Driving Park Associa¬ 
tion hold their Second Annual Meeting at Lock- 
port, .1 uly I and 6. 
The Kansan City I ml tin. Exposition holds Its 
next Ammal Exhibition at, Kansas City. Mo., 
Sept,. 31-28. $15,0(H) ace offered lu premiums. 
See.—Daniel L, Hull, Kansas City, Mo. 
The Minnesota llort. 80 c. holds u .Summer 
Meeting at. Minneapolis, Juno 111 21, at which 
not only an exhibition of fruits will be made, 
but discussions had upon horticultural topics. 
Pres. R. j Micnobmiall, Minneapolis. See.— 
J. S. H.uum, La Crescent. 
Jefferson Co., IV. Y., Farmers’ Club. —Officers 
elect for 1872: Pres.— Andrew C’. Middleton. 
VtcoPrc*.—8. C. Bradley. Sec. and Trem.—U. 
R. Skeels, Watertown. This Club holds regular 
meetings the first Saturday of each month, at 
Commercial College Rooms. Watertown, N. Y., 
at 1:30 P. M. 
The Crystal Palace Company of England pro¬ 
pose to hold an exhibition of grouse and other 
game before Aug. 12, and to show, In connection 
with the birds, all appliances, both for their 
preservation and destruction. This, it is said, 
will be the first time that such game has been 
exhibited In pens like poultry. 
Elgin, 111., Dairy Hoard of Trade. -There is 
such an institution at tin* beautiful Illinois town 
of Elgin. II Inrtiishi s regular <1 notations lor 
papers. There ought to be more such organiza¬ 
tions among farmers. I! will profit them to 
Organize and have regular murket days for the 
sale ol' their grain und Stock as well a* dairy 
products. 
Kenosha Co., \Vi*., Dairy Itonrd of Trade.— 
May IK, an organization with the above title was 
effected, with the following officers: Pres.— It, 
8. Houston, Kenosha. Vice I‘ns. ,1. M. Wilber, 
Wilmut. Sec.—J. II. Slosson, Kenosha. Tims. 
L. Bain, Kenosha. Assistant Manay r*- W. C. 
White. J. Rhodes, .1. Tuttle, E. G. Summons, W. 
L. Marsh. Tho regular sule days tiro to he held 
tin? second and fourth Wednesdays of each 
months. 
Wisconsin Woolen Manufacturers' Ass n. ^At 
a recent meeting, held in Milwaukee, the fol¬ 
lowing officers were elected: Pi 'cv.—R ichard 
Stout, Waukesha. Vke~PreS .1 W. Hutchin¬ 
son, Appleton. See. and Tree*. - W. G. Cutler, 
Milwaukee. The Association meets at Milwau¬ 
kee during the State Fair, which commenced 
Sept. 23. There are 54 woolen mills, with 10<! sel» 
of machinery, and a capacity for working 2,311),- 
000 lbs, of wool annually, in Wisconsin. The 
wool clip of that State for 1371 Is given ua 4,620,- 
000 lbs. 
NEST BOXES. 
hole in whichever web you wish. They cati 
be marked iu various ways, so that b.y keep¬ 
ing a book to correspond, you may tell 
your different strains when grown up. 
EAGLES IN CONFINEMENT. 
I have in my possession a couple of eagles 
of different, species. One is a Golden Eagle 
(Aquila Canadensis) and the other a Bald 
Eagle ( HalUvtus LeuancophalUs). They are 
both very large and handsome birds. Per¬ 
haps a few notes concerning their prison 
life might bo Interesting to some of the 
readers of the Naturalist Department, of 
tho Rural New-Yorker. The Golden 
Eagle is of a purplish brown on its body and 
wings; in some places nearly clear black; 
head and neck behind covered with long 
pointed feathers of a beautiful golden 
brown, from which the bird derives its 
name. The Golden Eagle belongs to the 
family of the true eagles, which differ from 
the fishing, or sea eagles, in having the tarsi 
thickly feathered to the toes. 
The plumage of the Bald Eagle is of a 
brownish black on its body and wings, head 
and neck of a pure white, also the tail and 
upper tail coverts. They have been cap¬ 
NEST BOXES. 
