FANCIERS’ 
JOURNAL 
AND 
POULTRY EXCHANGE. 




you. I. 
PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 2, 1874. 
No. 14. 


THE annexed de- 
sign, by T. P.Chand- 
ler, is for a combina- 
tion house for fowls, 
pigeons, and rabbits, 
or other small pets. 
The centre building 
is octagonal and 16 
feet across, and ra- 
diating from this are 
five wings which can 
be run out to any de- 
sired length. But 
in this plan they are i" .4 2G 
calculated to be 20 730 PAE, oy 23. 
feet long and 6 feet (2, Hf | TUM 
wide, the walls 4 feet i IN TG 
high and 7 feet. to 
peak of roof; one 
side of the roof 
is to be shingled and 
the other side is to 
be made of hot-bed 
sash, which can be 
removed at pleasure, 
as the heat of the 
summer increases. 
The angles made by 
the five wings can _} 
be used as yards and if 
easily made larger Built of Woop » JHE W 
ifthought necessary. eee 

ee pea acral ee, a eS 
oD gia FOR .cHlened ie Pigeon Hodge pa 
INGS $ To Have GLY GIAss Roors? 

The two front wings 
can be used exclu- 
sively for water fowl, 
in locations where a 
pond can be made, 
as shown in the en- 
The build- 
ing as shown is not 
expensive and could 
be made un orna- 
ment to any gentle- 
man’s establishment 
and is so arranged 
; that it can be used 
ai 2A — for the proper keep- 
aly ‘dl HSE s ing and breeding of 
Z any kind of poultry 
or other pets; and 
if the proprietor 
should tire of all 
kinds of pets it ean, 
with very little trou- 
ble and cost, be turn- 
ed into either a hot- 
house or green- 
house, or, for that 
matter, an orchard 
house or graperv; 
ror, if desired, euch 
F A cenaie wide could 
4% be used for this pur- 
SoG pose. 
graving. 



(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
THE BUFFALO CONVENTION. 
CHURCHMAN vs. BABCOCK. 
J. M. Wangs, Esa. 
Drar Sir: I have read Mr. W. H. Churchman’s reply 
to F. W. Babcock, as printed in your Journal (No. 11). 
I think Mr. C. gets unnecessarily excited over a little 
adverse criticism, and if not more guarded in his expressions 
may do more harm to the Association than its enemies can 
possibly do. 
It is to be expected that the Association and its work will 
be severely criticised, and if we get excited and angry over 
it, we will give to many the impression that there is some 
truth in these charges. 
When Mr. Churchman said in his opening address at 
Buffalo, in alluding to the charges made against the Associ- 
ation—‘' Never was there such a preposterous idea enter- | 
tained by any human mind, that God Almighty gifted with 
the power of thought and reason”? (see Fanciers’ Journal, 
No. 5), I thought the expression unduly strong. 

‘When, in the article above referred to, he calls the As- 
sociation which met at Buffalo, ‘ the strongest, most prosper- 
ous, and dignified body of men ever assembled together for any 
honorable purpose,’’ he evidently shows strong symptoms of 
brain fever. 
I was much pleased with the Convention, and heartily 
indorsed all that Bro. Atwood said of it in his article, in 
your Journal; but when we claim that we were the “ stron- 
gest and most dignified’’ body of men ever assembled, and 
fret and worry over criticisms, we do much to make ourselves 
appear ridiculous. When the revised standard has been 
generally examined, and the number and nature of the 
changes noted, it will be evident that the interest at large 
will be benefited by them, and that no special advantage 
will accrue therefrom to the members of the Convention. It 
is true that a ticket signed by the President and Secre- 
tary of the Association was necessary to gain admission to 
the hall in which the Convention was held. It is also true 
that a resolution was passed, and since published, that mem- 
bership in the Association was necessary to entitle one to 
vote on the revision of the standard; the former regula- 
