FANCIERS’ JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 

will only use under the direction of the Executive Com- 
mittee or by a direct vote of the Association. He will also 
notify all members of their election, as well as promptly 
notify members who are in arrears for dues. He shall col- 
lect all moneys for members’ initiation fees or dues, or any 
other moneys of the Association, except that received at the 
Annual Fair; all of which he shall keep a correct account 
of, and pay over to the Treasurer, taking the receipt of the 
latter for the same. He shall have his books, papers and 
accounts always open for the inspection of the Executive 
Committee, or any one of its members. 
(To be continued.) 


Htems Huteresting and Amusing. 
pags Ancient Lays of Ireland. London eggs. 

pay Chickens are only ten cents a piece in Kansas. 
pes Lewis F. Allen, Black Rock, N. Y., is said to have 
imported the first Dorkings ever brought to this country. 
y@s> L. F. Allen was elected an honorany member of the 
American Poultry Association during its late session, at 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
ya@s~ A dog with two tails was seen in New York the 
other day. One belonging to an ox, and was carried in the 
mouth of the canine. 
y@s> Hens won’t work in Nevada without sufficient in- 
ducements, and hence travelers have to pay a dollar anda 
half for two eggs out there. 
pes A hen stopped a train on a Pennsylvania railroad, 
her body striking the trigger that put on the air brakes; but 
she will never stop another. 
f@s~ ‘Yer can’t stuff that down this chicken,’ from a 
young lady in Indiana, meant that she did not credit her 
teacher’s statement that the sun is larger than the earth. 
yp@s~ Duration oF INcuUBATION.—Hens’ eggs hatch in 
from 19 to 21 days. Turkeys, from 26 to 29 days. Guinea- 
fowls, from 25 to 27 days. Pea-fowls, from 28 to 30 days. 
Ducks, 28 days. Geese, 30 days. 
gas~ A gentleman of Bangor, on hearing that a friend in 
Houlton was possessed of a hen seventeen years old, sent for 
the venerable biddy, in order to exhibit her at the Maine 
Poultry Association’s show at Portland, next week. So the 
aged bird was sent by express on Monday, but, though the 
agents and messengers treated her with great respect and the 
tenderest courtesy, the excitement of traveling through a 
foreign land, and the endeavor to comprehend the customs 
regulations at Vanborough, were too much for her enfeebled 
brain, and she expired soon after crossing the State line, 
p@s- The glorious songster of our Southern forests, the 
mocking-bird; is in danger of extirpation. Thousands are 
every year taken from the nests, only to die in their cages, 
like the inhabitants of some plague-stricken city. Many 
fall beneath the fire of miscalled sportsmen, who shoot each 
feathered thing, from a humming-bird to a crow, and this 
slaughter must be stopped. In one sense this noble warbler 
is the national bird of the South, the pride and glory of that 
land in which he is alone found. It would disgrace the 
whole of this Southern country if so excellent a singer were 
to perish without one arm being put forth for his preserva- 
tion, ; 


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kes- The American Poultry Association Convention, at 
Buffalo, was one of the most enthusiastic on record. It was 
well attended every session until the closing hour. 
bes- At La Salle, Illinois, a hunter recently killed a wild 
turkey that weighed 23 pounds. It is called enormous, but 
one which recently came from California weighed 34 pounds. 
ba Paris Pigeons.—A new thing in pigeons is being 
exhibited on the Paris streets. A Frenchman trundels about 
a pigeon-house on wheels. The flock—ten or twelve in 
number—are at full liberty to remain in or out. The loco- 
motive dove-cot is planted on a corner. The Frenchman 
blows a trumpet, and off fly the whole flock a quarter of a 
mile or so, settling eventually on housetops and window 
sills. Another peculiar blast, and back they come. As they 
approach, the Frenchman holds up a small red flag. That 
red flag is for one particular bird, which knows its color, 
and settles upon the staff as the showman holds it hori- 
zontally. In like manner are blue, white, and parti-colored 
flags held up, each one of which seems the exclusive pro- 
perty or signal of a particular bird, and on which that espe- 
cial bird, which, meantime, has been waiting on some win- 
dow-ledge or house-top, settles. 
keg- Gatway Pies.—The pigs of Galway, Ireland, seem 
to have an uncommon liking for children, according to the 
following story of a correspondent :—“ About a fortnight 
ago a child in the village of Miner was attacked by one of 
these brutes, and its hands torn from its body and eaten. 
The poor creature lingered for a couple of weeks, but, of 
course, died. It was surely better so. But on Sunday, a 
worse scene happened on the bowling green of Galway itself. 
A poor woman went out for a few minutes, leaving her in- 
fant in the cradle.. You may imagine her horror on return- 
ing, to find the child outside the house with a pig busily 
tearing its body, he throat and breast already terribly 
mangled. It was no easy work driving the pig away, and 
in a few minutes the infant’s sufferings ended in death. Yet 
it seems that in Galway, it is still the habit of many poor 
people to keep pigs in their houses. 
pe@s~ TRAINING TUMBLERS To Fiy.—It is somewhat diffi- 
cult to train tumblers to fly, the difficulty being to get them 
up. This is increased if there are high buildings near, on 
which they can sit and defy you. We have found the fol- 
lowing plan answer best:—Ist. Do not let your birds out 
until you want them to perform. If they are let out early, 
say six o’clock in summer, by a servant, they take a fly 
round, and do not care to move again. 2d. Choose a fine, 
clear morning, put the birds which you intend to fly in one 
place, say one side of the division in your loft, not letting 
the setting birds mix with them. 8d. Do not feed them; 
and at, say nine o’clock, open the trap, and frighten them 
up with a carriage-whip, which, being long and making a 
noise when cracked in the air, we have found answer well. 
If possible, do not let one idler rest on a building. Ina few 
mornings it is wonderful how they learn to mount. When 
they come in they will rush to their food and enjoy their 
breakfast. We are sure that overfeeding is bad. Keep the 
flyers pretty sharp and anxious to pick up every stray grain. 
Feeding before flying is a most foolish plan. 
If you want your birds to fly, 
Tumble well, and mount up high, 
Don’t give them a single grain 
Till they are in the loft again. 
There is arhymimg rule for you to remember.—Journal of 
Horticulture. 
