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give me fumigation with sulphur before all the physic swal- 
lowed into the stomach. 
In 1871 I had over one hundred cases of typhoid fever ; 
every one was fumigated twice a day, and I had not one 
death-record to sign. Of course they had plenty of natural 
stimulants, in the shape of eggs, beef-tea, and milk, but no 
spirituous liquor. 
Try this new remedy, and report. 
W.C. Munroz, M.D. 
Newark, NEw Yorx«K. 

(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
Mr. Jos. M. WADE. 
Dear Sir: in your report of Doylestown premiums there 
is a mistake in the Black Hamburg class. Messrs. Rogers 
& Dicke took first premium. Please give credit accordingly, 
and oblige, Respectfully yours, 
Wo. T. Rogers. 
DOYLESTOWN, PaA., March 2, 1874. 

ImporTation.—S. H. Scamans, Wowwatosa, Wis., has 
just received from England one trio of Colored Dorkings; | 
the cock is the winner of six prizes at the principal shows; 
they are magnificent birds. Also, one trio of Golden Se- | 
bright Bantams; winners at several shows. The above 
were selected by J. W. Ludlow. Also, from Henry Tom- 
linson, Birmingham, England, one trio of Buff Cochins and 
one trio of White Cochins; all grand birds. We have 
known Mr. Seamans for many years and sold him many 
fine birds, and with the above addition to his yards he will 
be able to supply eggs and fowls second to none in the 
Northwest. 

(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
SECRETARY AMERICAN PoULTRY ASSOCIATION. 
_ Dear Sir: My attention has been called by a friend to 
the extraordinary action of the Association, in regard to 
myself, at the special meeting held in Boston the present 
month. . 
I hereby enter my protest against their action: first, that 
it is without cause; second, that it is unwarrantable; third, 
that it is unjust. 
I deny that I introduced any person at the January meet- 
ing of the Association. I attended the Convention as a 
delegate from the New York State Poultry Society, in ac- 
cordance with invitations issued to all Poultry Societies to 
send delegates to the Buffalo Convention. The delegation 
from the New York State Poultry Society consisted of Mr. 
Robert Reid, of Green Point, L. I., Mr. Geo. B. Willis, of 
New York City, and myself. Mr. A. B. Estes and myself 
made the journey together, and on our arrival at the Mansion 
House, Buffalo, I found Mr. Willis already there. We pro- 
ceeded to the Hall and presented our credentials, duly signed 
by Mr. Thomas B. Kingsland as President of the New York 
State Poultry Seciety, which were accepted, and our names 
enrolled. After this I was required to become a member of 
the Association, as, unless I do so (although a delegate duly” 
accredited), I could not retain my seat, nor have a voice in 
the Convention. 
As you probably are aware, I was obliged to leave for 
home on the second day of the Convention, on account of 
sickness in my family, of which I was notified by telegraph ; 
and whatever transpired after my departure, and may have 

seemingly led to this action, 1 know of only by hearsay. 
FANCIERS’ JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 
If, as is asserted, there has been any introduction of any 
party to the Convention under a fictitious name, it surely 
should not be charged to me, but to the Society or officers 
thereof, of which I was simply a delegate. Holding no office 
in the Society since January, 1873, I had nothing whatever 
to do with the selection or appointment of delegates. 
Had I been given, as was my right, an opportunity of 
explaining my position, I am confident the members of the 
Association would never have passed this most unjust resolu- 
tion; and I doubt not that when their attention is called to 
this explanation, as I hereby request, and insist as my right 
it shall be, they will hasten to rescind their action in the 
matter. Respectfully yours, 
A. M. HALsTeD. 
Ry#, N. Y., February 20th, 1874. 

(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
JosepH M. WanE, Esq. : 
I desire to call out an exchange of ideas through your 
Journal, on the best and most profitable poultry for us farm- 
ers to cultivate. I aman amateur breeder, with no special 
variety or breed to commend. I want by an exchange of 
opinion to elicit some practical standard for general profit 
of the farmer. Utility and profit are the first things sought 
after, by a large majority of the farmers and poultry-raisers 
of the country. Now, as the scientific cultivation of poul- 
try is beginning to receive general attention, and assuring 
that position which so important a production as our coun- 
try entitles it to, ‘it would be desirable to ventilate the ques- 
tion of the most productive, taking into the estimate cost of 
| raising, value of meat and eggs, or which gives best returns 
on investment. While improved cattle, horses, swine and 
sheep have largely occupied the attention of our farmers and 
gentlemen of wealth and leisure, until fabulous prices have 
been paid for a single heifer of a particular pedigree, and a 
princely fortune is offered for a single piece of horse flesh 
that can beat Dexter’s time on the track, it certainly can- 
not be beneath the attention of our farmers and stock-raisers 
to turn a practical inquiry into the best breed of fowls for 
eggs and the table. 
I am aware that such particular breed has its admirers 
among the fancy, and breeders are enthusiastic in commend- 
ing standard points and attractiveness of their several special- 
ties; but as a farmer, and in behalf of my brother farmers, 
I regard this a question touching our pecuniary interest, 
not fancy. Those gentlemen who have passed beyond re- 
garding the profits, may cultivate their refined and esthetic 
taste in breeding for plumage, and place a high estimate on 
the shading of a feather, the gloss of a hackle, or point in a 
comb. This is all very well for those who can indulge their 
taste. Often a person of fortune and cultivated taste in art, 
would pay more for a landscape painted by an old master, 
than they would for the acres it represented; but as for us 
practical men, we must forego the pencilling of the artist, 
and rest content to cultivate the real soil, even though not 
as enchanting in its native roughness as it may appear on 
the canvas of the artist. The productiveness of our soil is 
the first practical inquiry. So with our poultry: While 
we admire the spirit of the Game, the supercilious strut of 
the dandy Bantam, the dignified sedateness of the Aldermanic 
Cochin, the imperious air of the Brahma, the vivacity of the 
Polish with the imperial crest, the important strut and exas- 
perating cackle of the family of Hamburgs, who put on the 
