strain, is a humbug? 
FANCIERS’ JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 
Red—1lst, T. S. Gaddess. Blue (barless)—Ist, T. S. Gad- 
dess. Black—lIst, T. S. Gaddess. Nuns.—Yellow—lst, H. 
Colell.- Spots.—Yellow—lst, H. Colell. Magpies.—Yel- 
low—Ist, T. 8. Gaddess ; 2d, H. Colell. Black—T.S. Gad- 
dess. Antwerps (short faced).—Silver Dun—Ilst, P. C. 
Biegel. Antwerps.—Silver Dun—l1st, P. C. Biegel. Arch- 
angels.—Ist, L. Schaeffer. 

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(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
FALSE REPRESENTATION OF STOCK. 
Onk of the dangers in purchasing fancy stock is that one 
has to rely upon the representations made by the dealer. 
Should he be a man of character or have a reputation to 
preserve there is little risk to run. But now and then those 
‘who represent their stock most highly are irresponsible, 
and impose not only upon the public, but also upon the pub- 
lishers of the journals in whose columns they advertise. 
As a general rule is it too much to say that the man who 
advertises as having the only pure blood stock in the country 
when others are breeding just as good, but of a different 
I must say here that I am afraid to 
buy from such a dealer, because he assumes too much. 
There is too much J init. I make no allusion here to the 
man who breeds the only white ear-lobe strain of Brown 
Leghorns, nor any one else in particular. The application 
of the principle is meant to be general. 
But it is fair to say, too, that there are two sides to this 
question, and that while many do not get the stock they ex- 
pect or hope for, they get from reliable dealers all they 
should expect for the money. The beginner wants perfect 
fowls at moderate or even low prices. Now, that is just 
what the best fancier or breeder in the country wants, but 
never gets at any price. Perfection for the present is be- 
yond all price. The article, in fact, is not in the market. 
The beginner always wants fowls up to the standard, not 
knowing that fowls of that kind are not for sale. In fact, 
they are not yet hatched. We are all doing our best to pro- 
duce them, but thus far none of us has succeeded. 
I have sometimes thought that it would be well to have a 
list prepared, and placed in the hands of some person within 
the reach of all, in which is recorded the name of every one 
who has been found perpetrating frauds upon his customers. 
Now that we have a National Association, perhaps the 
Corresponding Secretary of that body would be the proper 
depositary. Let him be entitled to a small fee, say ten cents, 
or any amount sufficient to pay him for his services in an- 
swering a correspondent as to the reliability of a dealer. All 
the reply he need give is that the dealer’s name is or is 
not among the list of unreliables. 
Of course no name should be entered upon this list except 
upon the clearest evidence of fraud. A man who, as your 
correspondent H. C. says, sends a scrawny gobbler for a 
twenty-pound hen, cannot mean anything else than fraud, 
and should be marked. Evidence will not be slow in forth- 
coming to prove the guilt of the guilty. There are plenty 
of victims, and I want to say, with your other correspondents 
on this topic, I am one of them. AGEN bv. 
Lock HAVEN, Pa. 

(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
FEEDING TURKEYS. 
Last October we purchased a pair of the celebrated Bronze 
Turkeys of W. Clift, Mystic Bridge, Conn. At that time 
aes the cock weighed ten pounds, the hen a little over six. They 

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made friends with what chickens were not shut up, seemed 
happy and contented, and gained well during the first two 
months; since then, the weather having been cold, they have 
been kept in the barn, most of the time alone. Having but 
little appetite they have not gained well, the cock weighing, 
February 10th, twenty-one pounds, the hen ten. They have 
been fed according to the best of our knowledge. They do 
not like dough of any kind; as it is recommended by all 
pretending to know how to take care of turkeys to feed them 
a hot dough, made of mashed potatoes and meal mixed with 
milk we have tried to learn them to eat it these cold morn- 
ings, but they prefer dry corn. Does any one recommend 
meat scraps of any kind for turkeys? We have on recol- 
lection of seeing anything about it in our poultry reading. 
Will some one well posted tell us what will give them an 
appetite, and whether they should have meat scraps; if so, 
what? Perhaps we have kept them shut up too much; do 
they need out-door exercise and air in all kinds of weather, 
however cold, snowy,.or rough? Are they lonesome? Will 
some one please give us some information through the 
columns of this paper, and oblige, eon. 
Essex Co., Mass. 
Gorrespondence. 



(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
PREMIUM. 
Epiror Fanciers’ JOURNAL. 
I will give to the first person furnishing six subscribers 
for the Journal, with payment in advance, on or before 
the first of April, a sitting of thirteen eggs from my two 
prize hens, Nora and Daisy, mated with the cock Wright, 2d. 
This trio took first premium at the Bucks County Exhibition. 
Yours, &e., W. HE. FLoweErs. 


(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
Mr. Jos. M. WapDE. 
Drar Sir: Not being used to a weekly journal devoted to 
the interests of the fanciers, I am doubly pleased with the 
welcome visits of the ‘‘ Fanciers’ Journal.” I must admit 
that my opinions coineides with that of the ‘“ Rural Home” 
when stating that a weekly sheet would not pay, yet Iam 
now of the opinion that it will pay, and my decision is forced 
upon me by the contents of each number. My wonder is 
that you can succeed in placing so much yaluable reading 
matter before your subscribers four times per month. When, 
however, I consider the growing interest in the subject, and 
the numbers and standing of those who are engaged in the 
work, it is plain that the amount of intellect is equal to the 
demand. Iam glad to notice that the articles are selected 
for the general benefit of those interested, instead of being 
filled up with communications from those who wish to 
‘‘grind axes on your grindstone,” as the farmers very ap- 
propriately term it. 
One word regarding Mr. Tatnall’s article on ear-lobes. 
The standard allows ‘‘ white or creamy white’’ ear-lobes. 
My experience with White Leghorns teaches me that this is 
correct. Iam confident that the creamy ear-lobe is more in 
keeping with their yellow skins and legs than the white, but 
I would not disqualify a coop where the cock had creamy 
and the hens white, because the ear-lobes of the hens are 
seldom if ever creamy, but white. I think the point too 
small for disqualifications. 
J. Y. BICKNELL. 
