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FANCIERS’ JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 

F. P. Butts, Havana, N. Y.; 3d, G. L. Whiton, Elmira, 
IN: Ye 
Secretary—C. 8. White, Elmira, N. Y. 
Treasurer—G. W. Chidsey, Elmira, N. Y. 
Executive Oommittee—G. W. Chidsey, Elmira; H. B. 
Batterson, Elmira; L. E. Lang, Elmira; W. H. 5S. Scott, 
Elmira; A. F. Gibson, Elmira; A. K. Martin, Bingham- 
ton; H. L. Pelton, Penn Yan; Burr Hollis, Hornillsville ; 
F. F. Preston, Candor; Wm. F. Miller, Geneva; D. G. 
Eacker, Havana. 
The Society contemplate a show about February Ist, 1875. 
The premium list is now in the hands of the Committee, 
and will be ready for circulation soon. I will write you as 
soon as the time for the show is definitely known. 
Yours truly, C. 8. WHITE. 
Exmira, December 9, 1874. 


FARMERSVILLE POULTRY SOCIETY. 
Jos. M. WADE, Esq. 
DrearSir: A meeting of the Farmersville Poultry Society 
was held on Saturday evening last, for the purpose of 
arranging a premium list, and for the transaction of busi- 
ness connected with the Society. There was a good attend- 
ance, and a Jively interest was manifested. The members 
of our Society feel greatly encouraged in our exhibition, 
which comes off on the 3d, 4th and 5th of February next, 
and promises to excel our exhibition of last year, which 
was of itself a decided success. 
Yours respectfully, 
For premium list and entries, address 
EH. G. Stetson, Secretary. 
FARMER VILLAGE, SENECA Co., N. Y., December 7, 1874. 
L. P. STonzE. 

NEW HAMPSHIRE POULTRY, SOCIETY. 
Epiror Fanciers’ JOURNAL. 
The annual meeting of the New Hampshire Poultry So- 
ciety was held in this city to day, at the office of the Treas- 
urer, Col. Geo. W. Riddle. The following board of officers 
were elected for the ensuing year. 
President—Hon. Y. C. Gilman, Nashua. 
Vice-Presidents—Gen. Natt Head, Hooksett; Albert 
Beard, Nashua; J. O. Adams, Manchester; Lowell EHast- 
man, Concord: C. C. Shaw, Milford; Chester Pike, Cornish; 
C. M. Boynton, Concord; Warren Brown, Hampton Falls; 
S. C. Fisher, Dover; A. T. Learnard, Derry; W. F. Daniell, 
Franklin. 
Treasurer—Col. Geo. W. Riddle, Manchester. 
Secretary— Wm. G. Garmon, Manchester. 
Attorneys—Sulloway & Topliff, Manchester. 
Auditors—Aaron Young, Portsmouth; H. M. Putney, 
Andover. 
Executive Committee—Wm. T. Evans, Manchester: S. 
S. James, Manchester; A. W. Quint, Manchester; C. F. 
Tilton, Concord; O. A. Hamblett, Milford; W.H. Knowles, 
Nashua; D. W. King, Nashua; O. CO. Russell, Nashua; G. 
Blanchard, Wilton; W. Hood, Concord. 
Preparations are being made for the Eighth Annual Ex- 
hibition, which will be held in Concord, February 9, 10, and 
11, 1875. 
In addition to the Society Premiums, nearly five hundred 
dollars is already pledged in ‘‘specials.’’ The entries are 
open to the competition of the world. The premium lists 
will be issued the first week in January. 
Very truly yours, W. G. Garmon, 
MANCHESTER, N. H., Dec. 7, 1874. Secretary, 

Smart Pet DepartenT 
£@~ All communications and contributions intended for this depart 
ment should be addressed to HOWARD I. IRELAND, Concordville, 
Del. Co., Pa., or care of JosePpH M, WADE, 39 North Ninth St., Philada, 

(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
WHITE SQUIRRELS. 
H. I. IRELAND. 
Dear Srr: Squirrels forming a point of interest in your 
department, I have been wondering if you did not know 
something about white ones. In this vicinity there are 
several, kept as pets, that have been caught here. They are 
pure white, with pink eyes; in general appearance closely 
resembling gray squirrels, only thinner built and the fur 
not so heavy and bushy. Ihave one in my possession, which 
the little folks, as well as myself, find to be a very nice 
little pet. He is very tame and affectionate in disposition, | 
full of fun and mischief at all times. One pair, in possession 
of a friend, were taken from a gray-squirrel’s nest, where 
there were three gray one and two white ones. 
Never having read or heard anything about them, except 
in this locality, I thought perhaps it might be a matter of 
some interest to you or some of your readers. 
Yours respectfully, 
EH. BAssErt. 
BERLIN, Wisconsin, November 23, 1874, 
[I have heard and read of white squirrels being occasion- 
ally captured in various parts of the United States, but, until 
I received the above communication, always regarded them 
as ‘sports.’? There is a species known as the Siberian 
squirrel, the color of whose fur is said to be white. Whether 
the fur assumes the white tint, as does the fur of many 
Arctic animals, during the winter only, I have not been 
able to ascertain; this squirrel inhabits regions far north of 
Wisconsin. White squirrels being numerous in the vicinity 
of Berlin, Wisconsin, overthrows all theories for account- 
ing for the phenomena, by asserting that white squirrels are 
‘‘sports,’’ springing from the gray squirrel. They must be 
a distinct variety, hitherto—so far as I have been able to 
ascertain—overlooked by naturalists. True, they may be 
the Siberian squirrels, which by some wonderful occurrence 
has been brought to Wisconsin. 
The nest of a gray squirrel containing two white and 
three gray squirrels is a curious fact. However, it may be 
accounted for in several ways; the most probable being, 
that one of the parents was white, or that the mother had 
an amour with some gay, bachelor, white squirrel. The 
young of many animals unnaturally mated partake of the 
characteristics of one parent only. Usually this model is 
the father; sometimes, though not so often as in the other 
case, it is the mother. To make it more clear I will relate 
an instance illustrating this: Several years ago I had a few 
white mice in my possession; one night a female escaped 
from the cage, in which they were confined, and did not 
return until the next day. Some weeks after she gave birth 
to a litter of five mice. As soon as the hair appeared on 
their bodies I saw that every one of them was brown and 
had black eyes. As they grew older they exhibited every 
peculiarity of the common house mouse; I could do nothing 
with them, they would not permit: me to handle them as I 
did their associates, and at last they all escaped from the 
cage and I have not seen onesince. Wecan notice the same 
thing, though not so strikingly, among our poultry. Now, 
why cannot the same rule (or law) of nature apply to squir- 
rels? The fact that three of the squirrels were gray, proves 
this more conclusively.—ED. ] 

Eprtor SMALL Pret DEPARTMENT. 
DeAR Sir: Will you, or some of your readers, inform me 
how I can trap Mink and Muskrats? 
Yours respectfully, cog 
