134 FANCIERS’ 
JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. ‘ 

Dun Turbits—lst premium, R. M. Griffith. 
Red Wing Turbits—lst premium, R. M. Griffith. 
Blue Winged Turbits—lst premiums, Jos. M. Wade; 2d, 
R. M. Griffith. 
Silver Winged Turbits—8d premium, R. M. Griffith. 
Black Snells—2d premium P. M. Baker. 
Red Mahomets—lst premium, R. M. Griffith. 
Starling Quakers—lst premium, P. M. Baker. 
Red Quakers—lst premium, John Spealler. 
Blue Quakers—lst premium, R. M. Griffith. 
Black Priests—I1st premium, John Parker. 
White Duchess—lst premium, B. F. Lewis; 2d, R. M. 
Griffith. 
Isabella Duchess—Ist premium, R. M. Griffith. 
Archangel—lst premium, B. F. Lewis. 
BLUE OWLS. 
Ist premium, P. M. Baker. 
White Owls—Ilst premium, W. A. Henry; 2d, John Par- 
ker. 
Yellow Owls—Ist premium, John Parker; 2d, W. A. Bur- 
pee. , 
Yellow-winged Owls—Ilst premium, B. F. Lewis. 
Black Owls—lst premium, Jos. M. Wade. 
Runts—Ist premium, W. A. Henry; 2d, W. A. Henry. 
Yellow Trumpeters—Ilst premium, R. M. Griffith; 2d, spe- 
cial mention, B. F. Lewis. 
Suabians—lst premium, R. M. Griffith; 2d, P. M. Baker. 


tems Muteresting and Amusing. 

BGS" Silas W. Studley, Catskill Station, N. Y., took first 
prize on Silver Sebrights at the Buffalo Show, whereas our 
report credits him with only third. 
ywes~ By the steamer ‘“‘ Herder,” from Hamburg, Mr. P. 
T. Barnum received four Antelopes, four Llamas, nine 
Apes, two Peacocks, three White Bears, five Ponies, seven 
Dogs, one Goat, and two Reindeers. 
pes Canvass-back ducks are shot in large numbers in Pole- 
cat Bay, nearly opposite Mobile, and sell in the markets at 
$1.50 per pair. Black Ducks can be bought for 75 cents 
per pair. 
Ba@s The Merrimack Valley Poultry Association was the 
first to affiliate with the American Poultry Association, 
being proposed and the initiation fee of ten dollars paid 
by General Charles A. Johnson, President of the above 
Association. 
pes A Hen tHat Respects THE SABBATH.—There is 
now in Delaware City a common hen that laid during the 
past fall thirty-two eggs, laying the first egg on Saturday, 
omitting Sunday, commencing again early on Monday 
morning, and laying the six days of each week, the last egg 
being laid on Saturday evening at six o’clock, but always 
omitting Sunday. 
g@g- AcTION OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT IN THE 
Raisine oF CARRIER Pickons.—The French Government, 
acting on the recommendation of the Committee on Fortifi- 
cations, has determined to keep, for the next five years, five 
thousand pairs of Carrier Pigeons for breeding purposes, for 
service in war time. ach fortress will have a military 
pigeon-house, and each pigeon-house will contain one 
thousand birds. Two general stations will be established, 
at each of which sixty thousand pigeons will be kept. The 
German fortresses at Metz and Strasbourg have been for a 
year past connected with other German forts by a system of 
Carrier Pigeons. 

Bas> Importation.—While at the Boston Show, we were 
tnformed that General Charles A. Johnson, of Newbury- 
port, had just imported two trios of Aylesbury Ducks and 
one young Rouen Duck. They are from the yards of Mr. 
Fowler, who writes that they are the equals of any Ducks 
now in England. The parents of the Rouen Duck were 
prize birds at Birmingham, and weighed twenty-two 
pounds, two ounces. They arrived too late to be entered 
for the Boston Show. 
ges How Frienp Raus Won THE First PREMIUM.— 
One of the officers of the Doylestown Society perpetrated 
a good joke upon himself during the early part of the fair. 
The night before the committee were to examine the fowls 
he remained in the room until after midnight, applying soap, 
oil, and other cosmetics to a fine display of Brown Leghorns. 
At that time the lots were not named, and our friend sup- 
posed that allin a certain range were hisown. He took espe- 
cial pains with one coop, making the birds shine again, and 
felt confident that they would take the first-prize. And sure 
enough they did. The card of first premiun was duly tacked 
on the coop, and our exhibitor was happy. Pretty soon 
another officer, who remembered the numbers, came along 
and at once discovered that the prize fowls belonged to A. 
N. Raub, Lock Haven, Pa. It was a sad disappointment for 
our Doylestown friend, who said he had groomed up that 
lot the best of all.— Doylestown Paper. 

OFFICIAL LIST OF PREMIUMS 
Awarded at the Third Annual Exhibition of the Massachusetts 
Poultry Association, held at Boston Music Hall, February 
5th to 11th, 1874. 
GALLINACEOUS DIVISION. 
CLASS I.—ASIATIC. 
Best Collection Dark Brahmas Bred by Exhibitor.—Special 
premium, No, 9, C. EK. Tuttle, Boston ; special premium No. 
10, best ten trios Dark Brahma Chicks, C. E. Tuttle, Bos- 
ton ; special premium No. 11, best collection Dark Brahmas, 
C. E. Tuttle, Boston; special premium No, 12, best trio 
Dark Brahma Chicks, T. O. Wardwell, North Andover; 
special premium No. 138, best Dark Brahma Cock raised in 
the United States, John P. Buzzell. Dark Brahmas.— 
Chicks—Ilst prize, T. O. Wardwell, North Andover; 2d 
prize, C. E. Tuttle, Boston ; 3d prize, C. E. Tuttle, Boston; 
4th prize, T. O. Wardwell, North Andover, Mass.; 5th 
prize, C. EH. Tuttle, Boston. Dark Brahmas.—Fowls—Ist 
prize, C. KE. Tuttle, Boston; 2d prize, John P. Buz- 
zell, Clinton; 38d prize, C. E. Tuttle, Boston; 4th prize, 
C. E. Tuttle, Boston ; special premium No. 4, best Light 
Brahma Cockerel, J. P. Buzzell, Clinton; special premium 
No. 5, best Light Brahma Pullet, John P. Buzzell, Clinton ; 
special premium No, 6, for Light Brahmas showing the 
fullest breast, not less than twelve birds in all of either or 
both sexes, being of the exhibitor’s own stock, 8. H. War- 
ren, Weston; special premium No. 7, best collection Light 
Brahma Chickens, John P. Buzzell, Clinton ; special pre- 
mium No. 8, best twelve Light Brahma Cockerels, 8. H. 
Warren, Weston; special premium No 8, best ten trios 
Light Brahmas, raised and exhibited by one man, John P. 
Buzzell, Clinton ; special premiun No. 1, Association Cham- 
pion Cup for Brahmas, for the best trio of Light or Dark 
Brahma Chickens, bred by exhibitor, the champion cup, 
value $50, John P. Buzzell, Clinton, subject to the following 
conditions: The winner shall place the cup in the hands of 
the Executive Committee for competition at each succeeding 
exhibition. In every case the name of the winner to be en- 
graved upon the cup, with date of award and variety for 
which awarded. Light Brahmas.—Chicks—Ist prize, J. P. 
Buzzell, Clinton; 2d prize, Sturtevant Bros., South Fram- 
ingham; 38d prize, J. P. Buzzell, Clinton ; 4th prize, C. A. 
