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writer, who previous to his attendance repeatedly said that 
there was no breed of fowls in existence like the old Bucks 
County fowls, but that same party came from the exhibition 
with a different opinion, occasioned merely through the ex- 
ternal appearance of what he saw, while if he were to par- 
take of the huge golden egg of the Cochin, and the delicate 
sweet flesh of the Houdan, he would undoubtedly be thor- 
oughly convinced of the absurd expression as above quoted. 
Again, it has not been such a long time back that when 
cocks attained seven or eight pounds in weight they were 
considered unusually fine birds, while now the hens of some 
of the popular breeds weigh fully that much, and the cocks 
(within the experience of the writer and with not the best 
attention) have weighed upwards of twelve pounds apiece. 
In France, where poultry raising is more of a specialty 
than any other country, many have realized handsome re- 
turns by devoting their entire time to poultry raising, car- 
rying it on to such an extent that the valuation of poultry 
exceeds that of any other species of live stock, and the ex- 
portation of eggs to England alone has amounted to 6,000,- 
000 dozen a year, while through carefully prepared statistics 
we have as a fact that the production of eggs in France 
amountsto over 600,000,000 dozen a year, and which, valued 
at but fifteen cents per dozen, amounts to over $90,000,000. 
While in our great progress in all matters we have not 
reached the extent in which the French people as producers 
and consumers excel, we are making rapid strides in the in- 
troduction and improvement of different breeds of fowls, 
and when poulterers shall know of the importance of a closer 
study of the mode of selecting, pairing, breeding, and rear- 
ing, we will have every reason to believe the interests of 
poultry breeding shall receive the attention it merits, and 
become more popular with our people. 
Finally, it may be said that the more judicious way of 
causing poultry raising to reach that standard of importance 
that will arouse the lethargic and skeptical to a realization 
of the advantages and profits in poultry is through enter- 
prises like the Fanciers’ JoURNAL, educating fanciers as to 
what are the best breeds of fowls, how to improve them, and 
the mode of treatment necessary to make them a success, for 
as certain as they exist there is profit in them, which fact 
will be better known and appreciated when rearers of live 
stock through journalistic instruction will understand how 
a pound of poultry flesh can be produced with far less ex- 
pense, far less trouble, and far greater profits than those at- 
tendant on the production of beef or mutton. 
DELANCO. 

OFFICIAL LIST OF PREMIUMS 
Awarded at the Third Annual Exhibition of the Massachusetts 
Poultry Association, held at Boston Music Hall, February 
« 65th to 11th, 1874. 
(Continued from page 135, No. 9.) 
prize, H. & F. A. Bisco, Leicester, Mass.; 2d prize, J. W. 
Hunt, North Bridgewater. Silver-Spangled Polish.—Chicks 
—Ilst prize, W. H. Sylvester, North Bridgewater ; 2d prize, 
Starkes Whiton, Hingham; 38d prize, J. W. Hunt, North 
Bridgewater; 4th prize, Starkes Whiton, Hingham. Golden 
Polish.—Chicks—Ist prize, Jacob Graves & Co., Boston ; 
2d prize, Jacob Graves & Co., Boston; 3d prize, J. Henry 
Symonds, Boston. Golden Polish.—Fowls—Ist prize, Jacob 
Graves & Co., Boston; 2d prize, J. W. Hunt, North Bridge- 
water; 8d prize, William D. Rudd, South Scituate. White- 
Crested White Polish.—Chicks—Ilst prize, H. T. Sperry, 
Hartford, Conn.; 2d prize, W. & EH. Jennings, Newton 

Lower Falls; 8d prize, W. & E. Jennings, Newton Lower 
Falls; 4th prize, H F. Sperry, Hartford. White Cre-ted 
White Polish.—Fowls—lst prize, H. T. Sperry, Hartford; 
2d prize, H. T. Sperry, Hartford; "8d prize, H. ‘I. Sperry, 
Hartford; 4th prize, W. & HK. Jennings, Newton Lower 
Falls; special premium No. 51, best collection W hite-Orested 
White Polish, H. T. Sperry, Hartford, Conn. 
CLASS VII.—GAME. 
White Games.—Fowls—lst prize, M. I. Ellis, Norwood ; 
2d prize, M.*I. Ellis, Norwood. White Games.—Chicks— 
lst prize, M. I. Ellis, Norwood. White Georgian Games.— 
‘Fowls—lIst prize, H. S. Ball,Shrewsbury. White Georgian 
Games.—Chicks—lst prize, H. S. Ball, Shrewsbury; 2d 
prize, H. S. Ball, Shrewsbury; 3d prize, H. S. Ball, Shrews- 
bury. Spangled Pile Game.—Fowls—lIst prize, D. B. Wal- 
lace, Lynnfield. Spangled Pile Game.—Chicks—Ist prize, 
D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield. Dominique Games.—Fowls—Ist 
prize, M. I. Ellis, Norwood. Ohio Brass Backs.—Chicks— 
Ist prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield. Malacca Spangled 
Game.—Fowls—Ist prize, J. H. Brookhouse, North Cam- 
bridge. Malacca Spangled Game.—Chicks—lst prize, J. H. 
Brookhouse, North Cambridge. White Pile Games.—Fowls 
—Ist prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield. Silver Duck Game. 
—Fowls—lst prize, Damon & Marshall, Cochituate. Silver 
Duck Game.—Chicks—lst prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield; 
3d prize, A. H. Trowbridge, Boston. Tartar Games.— 
Chicks—Ist prize, M. & EH. Schwartz, Weston. Wild In- 
dian Game.—Chicks—M. & E. Schwartz, Weston. Brown- 
Red Games.—Fowls—Ist prize, H. S. Ball, Shrewsbury, 
Mass.; 2d prize, Damon & Marshall, Cochituate; 3d prize, 
D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield. Brown-Red Games.—Chicks— 
Ist prize, P. W. Hudson, North Manchester, Conn.; 2d 
prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield; 3d prize, M. & EK. Schwartz, 
Weston, Mass.; 4th prize, J. Wyman, Abington, Mass. 
Yellow Duckwing Game.—Fowls—Ilst prize, P. W. Hudson, 
North Manchester, Conn.; 2d prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynn- 
field. Yellow Duckwing Game.—Chicks—Ist prize, Damon 
& Marshall, Cochituate. Blue Pile Game.—Chicks—Ist prize, 
—CO. H. Pond, Attleborough, Mass. Java Gumes.—Chicks 
—Ist prize, C. H. Pond, Attleborough, Mass.; 3d prize, J. 
H. Brookhouse, North Cambridge. Irish Muff Games.— 
Chicks—Ist prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield. Spangled 
Games.—Fowls—Ilst prize, J. Wyman, Arlington, Mass.; 
Earl of Derby Games.—Chicks—lst prize, D. B. Wallace, 
Lynnfield; 2d prize, Damon & Marshall, Cochituate; 3d 
prize, William E. Coffin, Boston. Blue-Red Games.— 
Chicks—Ist prize, M. & EH. Schwartz, Weston, Mass. Red 
Pile Games.—Chicks—lIst prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield; 
2d prize, P. W. Hudson, North Manchester, Conn.; 8d 
prize, George A. Meacham, North Cambridge. Red Pile 
Games.—Fowls—2d prize, D. Frank Clark, Manchester, N. 
H.; 8d prize, George Meacham, North Cambridge. Ginger- 
Red Games.—Fowls—Ist prize, P. W. Hudson, North Man- 
chester, Conn.; 2d prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield. Gin- 
ger-Red Games.—Chicks—Ist prize, A. H. Trowbridge, Bos- 
ton; 2d prize, Damon & Marshall, Cochituate. Black- 
Breasted Red Games.—Fowls—lIst prize, Damon & Mar- 
shall, Cochituate. Black-Breasted Red Games.—Chicks— 
Ist prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield, Mass.; 2d prize, John 
Drown, Boston; 4th prize, J. Wyman, Abington. Black- 
Breasted Red Games.—Fowls—3d prize, George D. Hall, 
Jr., Medford. Sumatra Games.—Fowls—lst prize, D. B. 
Wallace, Lynnfield, Mass. Tasselled Games.—Chicks—Ist 
prize, D. Frank Clark, Manchester, N. H. Red Dun Games. 
—Fowls—lst prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield. Red Dun 
Games.—Chicks—lst prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield. 
Clipper Games.—Fowls—lst prize, William B. Robinson, 
Groton, Mass. English White Games.—Fowls—lst prize, 
D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield; 2d prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynn- 
field. Black Games.—Chicks—lst prize, A. H. Trowbridge, 
Boston; 2d prize, A. H. Trowbridge, Boston. Ginger Muff 
Games.—Chicks—Ist prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield. 
Irish Gray Games.—Chicks—I1st prize, D. B. Wallace, 
Lynnfield. Clairborn Games.—Fowls—Ist prize, Damon & 
Marshall, Cochituate; 2d prize, W. B. Robinson, Groton, 
Mass.; 3d prize, D. Wallace, Lynnfield. Clairborn 
Games.—Chicks—lst prize, D. B. Wallace, Lynnfield; 2d 
prize, M. & E. Schwartz, Weston, Mass.; 38d prize, William 
B. Robinson, Groton, Mass.; special premium No. 52, best 
