1850. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
Poultry Exhibition in Boston. 
A Society was organized at Boston, last year* 
called “ The New-England Society for the Improve¬ 
ment of Poultry.” Its first exhibition was held in 
Boston, in Nov; last,* and its next exhibition was 
ordered to be held at Boston on the 12th of this 
month. But it seems some gentlemen about Bos¬ 
ton determined to get the start of the “ Improve¬ 
ment Society.” The latter part of Sept, anony¬ 
mous notices were issued, for an exhibition of 
Poultry, to be held at Boston the first week in Oc¬ 
tober. Many supposed that this call came from the 
original Society, but its officers disclaimed any con¬ 
nection with it. This extemporaneous exhibition, 
however, proved to be no trifling affair. Being in 
Boston at the time, we paid it a visit, and were 
surprised to find the very large hall (the largest we 
believe in Boston,) over the Fitchburg Railroad 
Depot, well filled with coops of poultry, embracing 
almost every variety to be found in New-England. 
Two-thirds of the birds consisted of the different 
sorts of Chinese fowls, known there as the Cochin 
Chinas, Shanghaes, Chittagongs, &c., &c. These 
fowls, now all the rage, are, most of them, a long- 
legged and long-necked race, with little, we should 
think, to commend them to public favor, save their 
great height. Beside these, there were White Dork¬ 
ings, Black Spanish, Black, Golden and Silver Po¬ 
lands, Bolton Greys or Creoles, Wild India, Game 
and Yankee Game, and Bantams of all sorts, except 
the very best, together with a host with names not 
to be found even in the most modern Poultry Books. 
For our own use, we should have selected from the 
whole lot, the White Dorkings and Black Spanish, 
with perhaps some of the varieties of crested fowls. 
There were but few Turkeys and Geese on exhibi¬ 
tion—a tolerable show of Ducks and Pigeons, some 
few cage-birds, a pair of Golden Pheasants, and 
one English Pheasant. Presuming some of our 
readers will be glad to know where the different 
varieties of Poultry can be had, we annex a list of 
the Premiums awarded : 
First premium, for six best fowls, George P. Burnham, of Mel¬ 
rose, Mass., $10. 
Second premium, for six second best, C. B. Marsh, West Rox- 
bury, $6. 
For 3 best Cochin Chinas, G. P. Burnham, Melrose, $5. 
For 12 best Chickens, this year’s growth, G. P. Burnham, Mel¬ 
rose, $5. 
For 3 best Shanghaes, Gilman Brackett, Newton, $6. 
For 3 best Dorkings, Ebei. Wight. Dedham, $5. 
For 3 best Game Fowls, O. M. Stacey, Lynn, $5. 
For 3 best Black Spanish, Francis Blake. Newton, $3 
For 3 best Black Bantams, John Fussel, Roxbury, $4. 
For 3 best Chiltagongs, G. W. George, Haverhill, $4. 
For 12 second best Chickens, Marsh stock, H. LI. Williams, Rox¬ 
bury, $4. 
For best pair Turkeys, Theodore Drew, Plymouth, $4. 
For 3 best Golden Polands, spangled Kamburgs, A. H. Hale, 
Rockport, $4. 
For 3 best Black Polands, T. G. Morrell, of Georgetown, $4. 
For 3 best Bolton Greys, George Dorr, Doi Chester, $3. 
For best lot of Geese, Dr. W. G. T. Morton. Needham. $4. 
For best lot of Ducks, Sidney Packard, Bridgewater, $3. 
For Fancy Pigeons, G. P. Richardson, Brookline, $3. 
For 2d best Fancy Pigeons, G. W. Boynton, Georgetown, $2. 
For best Cage of Canaries, Mrs. J. Merrill, Lowell, $4. 
For 2d best do., F. A. Bartlett, Boston, $2. 
For best general lot of Fowls, Pearce & Osborne, Danvers, $4. 
For specimens of Marsh stock. Capt. F. Alden, Dedham, $4. 
For specimens of Javas and White Shanghaes, Parker & White, 
Boston, $3. 
For best do. Perley stock G. W. George, Haverhill, $4. 
For 2d best lot of Chickens, Cyrus Smith, Brookline, $3. 
For specimens of Shanghaes, Forbes stock, II. B. Coffin, New¬ 
ton, $3. 
For specimens of Wild India and Yankee Game, Dr. Bennett, 
Plymouth, $5. 
For specimens of Forbes Shanghaes, S. & G. Hyde, Newton, $3. 
For specimens of Fowls and Ducks, E. C. Thayer, of Brain¬ 
tree, $3. 
For the 2d best specimens of Black Spanish, Pearce & Osborne, 
Danvers, $2. 
1CT* The regular exhibition of the New-England 
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Society will he held in Boston on the 12th and 13th 
of this month; 
Deferred Notices. 
The following notices of articles exhibited at the 
State Fair were omitted last month for want of room. 
Iron Carriages. —Messrs. Allen & Moody, of 
Troy, exhibited a beautiful buggy, made wholly of 
wrought iron. The frame, spokes and rims of the 
wheels, thills, &c., were of wrought iron rods, of 
sizes corresponding to their uses. In some instances, 
as we were told, hollow pipes, such as are used for 
gas-pipes, were used. The carriage presented a 
very neat and at the same time firm and substantial 
appearance. Its price was $110. Messrs. A. and 
M. make several descriptions of carriages on this 
plan. 
Vegetable Cutter. —The vegetable cutter of¬ 
fered by E. and N. Hallock, Milton, Ulster county, 
was one of the best and most simple contrivances 
of this kind that we have seen. It works easily and 
with great despatch—one man being able to cut 
with it a bushel of turneps in half a minute. The 
slices are about three quarters of an inch thick and 
an inch wide, so that no animal can choke with 
them, and they can be easily eaten by sheep or other 
stock. 
Oscillating Roller Axle. —This is an inven¬ 
tion of S. H. Mix, Esq., editor of the Schoharie 
Patriot. To the ends of the axle are attached, by 
means of a frame, small wheels or rollers, vvhioh 
play within a circle, in the centre of the carriage 
wffieel, and receive the bearing of the load. By 
these rollers, it is designed to avoid the friction 
which is produced by the axle playing in the com¬ 
mon hub. The principle is similar to that in anti¬ 
friction rollers used for large grind stones, &c. A 
farm w’agon, with this kind of axles, w*as exhibited, 
and a very favorable opinion w T as expressed by farm¬ 
ers and others, in regard to its advantages for con¬ 
veying heavy loads. 
Grain Drills. —Several excellent machines of 
this kind were exhibited. We noticed those made 
by P. Seymour, East Bloomfield, Ontario county, 
J. Ganson & Co., Brockport, Monroe county, N. 
Y., and Wm. Croasdai.e, Philadelphia, Pa. They 
are all well recommended, and their relative merits 
could not, probably, be precisely ascertained, with¬ 
out actual trial. 
Cast Iron Mantels. —These w r ere invented by 
Hiram Tucker, of Boston. Several specimens of 
the articles were exhibited by Francis Harvey, 
Albany. They are of beautiful design and finish, 
and in elegance of appearance, cannot be surpassed 
by the finest marble, which they are made to resem¬ 
ble. Their durability, cheapness, and beauty, will 
cause them to be substituted to a great extent for 
the more costly marble. 
Bingham’s Extension Ladders. —These w*ere 
exhibited by S. Bingham, of Troy. The ladders 
are carried on a pair of wheels, and by means of 
very simple machinery, moved by a crank, may be 
quickly and easily raised to the required height. 
Elastic Bottom Bedsteads — Hinkley’s Patent. 
—These w*ere exhibted by A. Adams, Troy. The 
bottom consists of w’ooden slats, made in the usual 
form, fastened in their places by w’ires w*hieh are 
twisted around their ends. The w’ires are attached 
to the four corners of the bedstead, thus forming 
an elastic bottom. 
A hand used in measuring the height of horses, is 
four inches. 
