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FANCIERS’ JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 
graceful airs and dainty step of the Flora McFlimsey’s of the 
Fifth Avenue and Broadway, still, as a question of profit, 
which is it most to the interest of the farmer to cultivate? As 
we do not dine on feathers, nor sell plumage by the pound, it 
is eggs and solid meat which carries the argument for us at 
the counter of the grocer ; and when we come to the question 
of meat for the table, we are apprised that all flesh is not 
the same flesh; “there is one of beasts, another of birds, 
and another of fish,’’? with many subdivisions in each. If 
we are to dine on beef, we have a choice between the plump, 
tender, and juicy surloin of the Durham, and the coarse and 
tough-grained texture of a roast from a Buffalo steer; be- 
tween the buttery richness of the tender, sugar-corned Cin- 
cinnati ham, or a cut from the hind leg of a Rocky Moun- 
tain bear; and we confess to a fastidious taste for fish. We 
can upon a pinch make a meal from a codfish; at the same 
time we have a weakness, if we pay the same. price per 
pound for brook trout, and if it is just as convenient to our 
landlady, when we send our plate to the carver for a 
choice cut froma Canvas-back, preferring it always to the 
tender side of an overgrown Muscovy duck. The practical 
question then is, for general purposes of profit, what breed 
is the best, considering all points, for us to produce? I 
answer: that variety that earliest matures and produces the 
best meat for the table, at the lowest cost of feed. 
If we can produce twenty pound of chickens, on three 
months’ feed, from the egg, even though they average but 
three or four pounds a piece, are they not better than the 
same. weight produced in the carcass of two overgrown, 
coarse, and stringy muscle of a Cochin or Brahma weighing 
ten or twelve pounds each, taking feed for eight to twelve 
months to mature them fit for market? 
As for eggs, I know of no variety that will upon an aver- 
age, lay more than one egg per day. Taking all things into 
the account, and from my own experience, though some- 
what limited, I do not know of any variety that can excel 
in all desirable qualities, both for fine flavored meat, tender, 
and full breasted, the Plymouth Rock and American Dom- 
inique. I believe any farmer can produce, on the same 
feed, one hundred pounds of chickens, at less expense for 
feed and care, than the same weight of pork or beef, say- 
ing nothing of the return in eggs, to cover the cost of pro- 
duction. The time will come when poultry will more large- 
ly enter into our meat consumption, to the exclusion of 
pork, and prices will be governed by the quality of fowls 
yielding the best meat for the table, and eggs sold by the 
pound, and not by the dozen. It would be as sensible to 
sell sugar by measure as eggs by the dozen, or meat by the 
slice, regardless of the thickness of the cut. 
If there-are other breeds that excel the Plymouth Rock 
and Dominique in these desirable points of early maturity, 
richness of egg, and sweet and gamey flavor of their meat 
for the table, I should be glad to hear ‘of them through 
your Journal, as we farmers desire the best variety to breed 
for market and profit, paying but little attention tu the 
points of beauty or enormous weight, if to produce them 
costs more than they will bring us by the pound. 
Yours in the country, Amos G. Day. 
. Iraaca, MARCH 2, 1874. 
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EGGS FOR HATCHING. 
Light Brahma—with Feleh & Buzzell cross, 2 - $3.00 per doz. 
Bitvidge Cochin—very finely marked birds,. . . . . . 3.00 - 
White Leghorn—took premium at Boston Show, Feb., 1874, 3.00 - 
Brown Leghorn—stock from the best strains in the country, 3.00 
Orders filled in rotation, and nothing sent C.O.D. 
i A. & E, WHITMAN 
Address with stamp, Tae re 

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Grchange Column, 
4@- ADVERTISEMENTS IN THIS COLUMN, OF FIveE Lines, or Forty- 
EIGHT WORDS, DESCRIBING AND OFFERING FOR EXCHANGE ONLY, WILL 
BE ALLOWED AT 25 CENTS FOR EACH AND EVERY INSERTION. 
WILL EXCHANGE Tegetmeir’s Poultry Book, and very choice 
Stereoscopic Views for a trio of either S. Penciled Hamburgs,W. C. Black 
Polish, B. Leghorns, or Golden Polish. Stock must be STANDARD. 
Address G. O. BROWN, Brooklandyille, Md. 

WRIGHT’S NEW POULTRY BOOK (in parts), complete, 
to exchange for EGGS for hatching, from good strains of Crevecceurs or 
Golden Polands. Address J. HENRY SYMONDS, 
Box 57, Boston, Mass. 

WILL EXCHANGE ADVERTISING in the “Northwestern 
Poultry Journal,” at regular cash rates, for trios of pure, well-marked 
Brown or Black Leghorns, Black or Silver-Spangled Hamburgs, Domi- 
niques, or Plymouth Rocks. The expressage to be PREPAID, and both 
expressage and a fair cash price for the fowls to be paid for in advertis- 
ing as above, This offer for thirty days from March Sth. | 
Address T. T. BACHELLER, Minneapolis, Minn. 

ONE TRIO OF SILVER SEBRIGHT BANTAMS, wanted in ex- 
change for cash, Address, with description and price, 
T. A. WINFIELD, Hubbard, Ohio. 

GOLDEN POLANDS.—One trio, very nice; will exchange for 
one trio of nice Rouen Ducks. 
Address SAMUEL HASTINGS, Amherst, Mass. 

GAME FOWLS.—A few pairs of Black B. Reds and Dusty Miller 
Games will be exchanged for Earl of Derby Games, or Brown Leghorns. 
Address G. W. WARNE & CO., 1305 Chestnut St., St. Louis, Mo. 
CURRANT ROOTS OR CUTTINGS WANTED in ex- 
change tor Fancy Pigeons, or Light and Dark Brahma Cocks. 
Address JOS. M. WADE, 39 N. Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
SHADE TREES WANTED in exchange for Light or Dark 
Brahmas, or Fancy Pigeons. Address JOS. M. WADE, 
39 N. Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
TWO DARK BRAHMA HENS to exchange for common An- 
gora Rabbits, or Five Dollar Greenback. Address 
Address M. W. MINER, Peoria, II. 

I WISH TO EXCHANGE Buff Cochin Hens or Pullets for a Cock 
of same breed. Hensare fine. Cock must be same. Address 
JOHN L. RICE, Rensselaerville, N. Y. 

WANTED TO EXCHANGE S&S. G. Dorking, and Buff Cochin 
Hens, and pairs or trios of Bolton Grays, for White, Yellow, or Black 
Fantail, Jacobin, or Pouter Pigeons. Address 
JOHN L. RICE, Rensselaerville, N. Y. 

TO EXCHANGE, Bolton Grays or Partridge Cochins for good 
Lop-Eared Rabbits, Address J. L. RICE, Rensselaerville, N. Y. 

JOS. M. BROOKS, COLUMBUS, INDIANA, will exchange a Key 
Check Outfit, Dies, Ornamenting Stamps, Stock, &e., for Light Brahma 
Hens. A good chance for some man or boy to make money that has the 
time to attend to this business. No hens wanted weighing less than 10 
lbs. each. Write for full particulars. JOS. M. BROOKS, Columbus, Ind. 
PARTRIDGE COCHINS.—A pair of choice Partridge Cochins 
will be exchanged for Fancy Pigeons. Address 
G. F: McCONNELL, Hudson, Col. Co., N. Y.” 

BULL DOG, extra fine, and a good watchdog—will exchange for 
any other property except dogs. JOS. M. WADE, Philadelphia, Pa, 
FOR EXCHANGE, or will SELL, a thoroughbred English Grey- 
hound Slut, mouse color, about 15 months old, measures 63 inches from 
point of nose to tip of tail, 27 inches high at shoulder; price, $50, or will 
exchange for other dogs. EBEN P. DAY, Hazleton, Pa. 

INDIAN DELHI SCARF SHAWL.—A magnificent specimen 
of this wonderful embroidered work—purchased in Calcutta—6 {t. x 2 ft., 
cost fifty guineas. Will exchange for first-class poultry, fit for exhibition. 
Address Dr. MUNROE, Newark, New York. 

WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS.—A lady will exchange her 
beautiful set (brooch ear-rings and sleeve studs), of Etruscan gold jewelry, 
cost $30.00; also, a set of coral (brooch and ear-rings), very pretty, cost 
$15.00, for White Leghorn Pullets. Must be first class. 
Address I. M., Box 335, Newark, New York, 

The THOROUGHBRED BERKSHIRE BOAR ** DEXTER” 
is now offered in exchange for first-class Fancy Fowls of reliable strains, 
or will sell very low. Pedigree sent on application. Also, EGGS for 
hatching, packed in very best manner, from Light Brahmas, Houdans, 
and G. S. Sebright Bantams, of the very best prize-winning and imported 
strains. Circular free. Address CHAS. 0. MORRISON, 
New Albany, Ind, 
