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and Silver Spangled varieties. In addition to these, 
there were many fowls produced by various mixtures 
and crosses, some of which were singular, and others 
apparently valuable. 
Turkeys were not numerous. Some wild ones, were 
shown by John Giles, of Providence, R. I. There were 
specimens of pea-fowls and Guinea-fowls—some of the 
latter entirely white. Of pheasants, there was only 
one pair; they were the English pheasant, and were 
shown bv Col. Jaques, of the Ten-hills Farm. A pair 
of “ French Partridges,” (a species of grouse,) was 
shown by B. F. Dow, East Boston. 
There were some very fine geese. Specimens of the 
wild, or Canadian, were shown by Hon. Dan. Webster; 
the Bremen by Col. Jaques; the large Chinese, (some¬ 
times called African, Poland, Mountain geese, 8cc.,) 
the small Chinese, and the Barnacle, all shown by 
John Giles, Providence, R. I. The latter, were the 
first of the species we have ever seen domesticated. 
They appeared very tame, and attracted much atten¬ 
tion. A pair of beautiful swans was also shown by 
Mr. Giles. There were but few ducks. Specimens of 
the celebrated Aylesbury breed, were shown by Mr. 
Giles. They are very large, and perfectly white. They 
are greatly esteemed by the English epicures, on ac¬ 
count of the whiteness and fine flavor of their flesh. 
A specimen of the beautiful wood, or summer duck, 
was shown by Edward S. Rand. 
At the close of the exhibition, an auction was held, 
for the saie of poultry, at winch everything really 
good, found a ready purchaser at a high price. Fowls 
were sold at from $10 to $18 per pair, and some pri¬ 
vate offers, of even a higher figure, were refused. 
The Committee of Supervision, in their report of 
this exhibition, have made some valuable remarks in 
The accompanying design is by A. J. Downing, 
Esq., by whom it is thus described: 
It is of very moderate size, intended to come 
within the means of those who have only a few hun¬ 
dred dollars to expend in a dwelling, who can afford 
little ornament, and who still desire to get some¬ 
thing comfortable, a*nd agreeable to the eye. 
There is no effort at the ornamental in this design. 
It is simply getting the most convenient arrange¬ 
ment of the interior, in the most compact form, viz., 
that of a square. The little veranda, formed of lat¬ 
tice work, and intended for vines, is the only deci¬ 
ded approach to the ornamental, though the mere 
projection of the rafters, gives the roof something 
better than the usual common place character. 
This design is intended to be constructed of wood, 
the weather boarding put on in the vertical manner, 
described in our first volume, and familiar to most 
of our readers. 
relation to the importance of the poultry business, and 
have furnished some statistical facts which are deserv¬ 
ing attention. We make the following extracts: 
The rearing of poultry, as will be shown, is certanly 
not the least important article of stock to the farmer. 
The article is readily converted into money, and is, pro¬ 
bably, quite as readily prepared lor market as any other 
article of stock produced on the farm. 
The amount of sales of poultry at the Quincy Market, 
Boston, for the year 1848, was six hundred and seventy- 
four thousand four hundred and twenty-three dollars. 
The average sales of one dealer alone amounted to 
twelve hundred dollars per week for the whole year. 
The amount of sales for the whole city of Boston, for 
the same year, (so far as obtained,) was over one mil¬ 
lion of dollars. 
Our convenience to the London market, by the aid of 
steamers weekly, enables the farmer, through the egg 
merchant, to make sale of his surplus eggs in that 
quarter. 
The amount of sales of eggs, in and around the Quincy 
Market, for 1848, was one million one hundred and 
twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and thirty-five do¬ 
zen, which, at eighteen cents per dozen, (the lowest 
price paid 11| cents, and the highest 30 cents per dozen, 
as proved by the average purchases of one of the largest 
dealers books,) makes the amount paid for eggs, to be 
two hundred and three thousand three hundred and fifty- 
two dollars and thirty cents. And from information al¬ 
ready obtained from other egg merchants, in the same 
city, the whole amount of sales will not fall much, if 
anvj short of a million of dollars, for 1848. 
The average consumption of eggs, at three of the ho¬ 
tels, was more than two hundred dozen each day, for the 
year 1848. 
The value of eggs brought from the Penobscot, and 
Kennebec rivers, during the running season of the steam 
boats, plying between Boston and those two rivers, was 
more than three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, for 
that season. 
One dealer in the egg trade at Philadelphia, sends to 
the N. Y. market, daily, nearly one hundred barrels of 
eggs. It i3 estimated from satisfactory returns that the 
city of New-York, alone, expends nearly a million and 
a half of dollars, in the purchase of eggs. 
The plan of 
the first floor 
show's a hall, 
parlor and bed¬ 
room,—all, in¬ 
deed, that a 
family wishing 
this kind of cot¬ 
tage, need on 
the first floor, 
so snugly ar¬ 
ranged that not 
a step need be 
lost in the work¬ 
ing operations 
of the family. 
The entry or 
First Floor. hall is larger 
than is usual in houses of this size; and the enclo¬ 
sed porch, or back entry, serves to shelter the back 
door in winter, 
d 20 EEET 
Chamber Floor. 
and might, if pre¬ 
ferred, be taken 
away altogether 
in summer. 
The second sto- 
plan show's an up¬ 
per entry and four 
good bed rooms. 
The chimney flues 
are all drawn into 
one stack in the 
attic, and the roof 
is covered with 
shingles. The 
first story is ten 
feet, the second 
nine feet high. 
