FANCIERS JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 

(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
Mr. Epiror. 
My attention was arrested by an article in your Fanciers’ 
Journal of this week, by Mr. Burnham, which proposes a 
universal convention of all the poultry people of the coun- 
try to revise the American standard properly. 
The changing and fixing of this standard has been many 
times attempted, but we have never yet got one that was 
worthy the name of an American standard, and I agree 
with Mr. Burnham and others of your writers that this last 
one, by the Buffalo folks, is worse than all. It is full of 
mistakes ; and the compulsory instructions to our judges, in 
the opening of the book, which confines arbiters at our ex- 
hibitions to laid-down rules beforehand, makes this highly 
objectionable. 
I hope the suggestion of Mr. Burnham will be carried 
out. There is need of it. This last ‘‘new standard”’ will 
not answer our turn anyhow. If we can get together, as 
B. suggests, at some central point—all hands—we could 
take hold of this thing fairly and understandingly, I fancy, 
and put out something that would be far more useful in the 
shape of a standard than this can ever be, and which will 
never be used in this State in its present imperfect form, I 
am confident. Yours, &e., J. FRENCH, JR. 
WeEyMouTH, Mass. 

(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
IMPORTATIONS. 
DEAR JOURNAL. 
I have just received, in fine condition, from Mr. George 
Pashby, the well-known Yorkshire judge of prize poultry, 
the following: One trio of magnificent White Cochins, one 
trio of Black Spanish, one trio of pure-bred Dorkings, and 
one trio of Golden Penciled Hamburgs. These birds are all 
cup and prize winners at first-class exhibitions the last 
season in England. Mr. Pashby says ‘‘They are the 
grandest lot of birds ever exported from the old coun- 
try.”’ I expect another importation next week from the 
celebrated yards of Mr. John Jurner, of Bath, England, 
and Mr. Henry Feast, Swansea. 
I am yours truly, 
W. C. Muwroz, M.D. 
APRIL 16, 1874. ; 

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(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
Jos. M. WaApDEz. 
Dear Sir: I received, per steamer ‘‘ France,’’ from Lon- 
don, asmall blue Scotch Terrier bitch, which I consider one 
of the finest dogs of that breed ever imported to this coun- 
try. She is three years old, and weighs seven pounds, and 
is ‘‘ all dog.” Yours truly, H. A. Brown. 
New York, April 21, 1874. 
P.S. I also expect from Liverpool a large invoice of 
Baldhead Tumblers, said to be very fine, and second to none 
before sent to me or sent to the United States. 

(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
FRIEND WADE. 
Last week I received a coop of very fine Sumatra Game 
fowls direct from Angiers Point, Sumatra, by ship Mary 
Whitridge, Captain Ben. Cutler. They are fine birds, of 
beautiful plumage, and compare very favorably with my old 
' stock (the original having been imported from same point 
some twenty years ago), having the invariable pea-combd, 
and in the cock duplicate spur, tail very full and carried 
well down, the ends dragging the ground. 
Yours truly, EK. 8, Raupg. 
Burrato, April 20, 1874. 

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Hird vnd Smal Let Department. 
4ay- All communications and contributions intended for this depart- 
ment should be addressed to HOWARD I. IRELAND, Concordyville, 
Delaware County, Pa. 

TO THE YOUNG READERS OF THE JOURNAL. 
Wirs this number of the Journal we accept the editor- 
ship of the Brrp anp SMALL Pret DepartMEnt, which 
hereafter will be devoted especially to the interests of the 
juvenile readers of the Journal. We have no doubt there 
are in the families of the subscribers to this magazine many 
boys, and girls, too, who ure not yet “ full-fledged” fan- 
ciers, and who amuse themselves by keeping minor pets— 
the boys, rabbits, guinea pigs, white mice, etc.; the girls, 
singing birds and gold fish. To the interests of these this 
corner will be reserved ; and in order to make it an especial 
feature we solicit the aid, in the shape of contributions, of 
all our young friends. If you do not feel capable of writing 
an article yourself, ask the aid of your big brother or sister. 
Tur EpIror 
of the Bird and Small Pet Department. 
Your friend, 

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BUFF BELGIAN COCK. 

Tue Belgian canary is without doubt the most delicate 
and, at the same time, the most highly prized of any variety. 
They are truly noble birds, and-any one who has ever pos- 
sessed a pure-bred bird—not one of the so-called Belgian 
which are so often seen, shapeless animals without one of the 
characteristics of the true breed, but a bird with ‘ thorough- 
bred” stamped all over him—will‘at once admit that having 
acquired a taste for the variety, all others are thought very 
little of. They will stand and look at you without flinching 
and draw near to you when you approach their cages; they 
seem to endeavor to show their gratitude for your kind care 
and attention—and this is the case with young birds, even 
from the nest they do not seem shy and never fly wildly 
about the cage every time the person in the habit of attend- 
ing them comes near, They certainly require more care 
