328 FANCIERS’ 
JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 



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(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
“EGGS” AGAIN. 
Witt “ Bro.’’ Pyle, or some of our experimentors who 
have happened, accidentally or otherwise, to have any ‘“ ex- 
perience’ with greased eggs for incubation, please give us 
the result of the same from: actual observation. It is 
claimed by a few (it seems to our preconceived prejudice 
almost absurdly) that eggs have been known to hatch well 
which had been previously greased for preservation during 
a journey, at the end of which they were set, and out came 
real live, strong chickens. 
Please test this theory of buttering; it is not necessary to 
take them a journey, only please wipe off a little of the but- 
ter, which we hope is ‘not too strong” (like our faith) ; and 
please do not mix coal oil, or any very odorous stuff with it, 
anyhow, as we want it to have a fair trial, then we will 
reason from effect to cause, and see how it is; that if it 
works well, we have not discovered this combined plan of 
preserving and. ‘counting our chickens before they are 
hatched.”’ 


We are informed by Mr. Geo. L. Williams, of Buffalo, 
New York, that on account of removal, it becomes a neces- 
sity for him to dispose of his entire lot of Buff Cochins. Mr. 
‘Williams is an enthusiastic fancier—a believer in the best, 
and must have some good birds to dispose of. See adver- 
tisement elsewhere. 


WEBSTER’S UNABRIDGED. 
WE have just received a copy of this Illustrated Diction- 
ary, and do not understand how we havé heretofore dis- 
pensed with an aid so necessary. It will-be invaluable to 
us, as it is to every office, school, and family who are so 
fortunate as to possess it. The appropriate illustrations— 
one of the recently improved features—will command the 
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CorRESPONDENCE, 
(For'Fanciers’ Journal.) 
‘(THE TREAD.’ 
It is well known that there is a thick substance floating 
in the white, generally attached to the yolk of nearly all 
fresh eggs; this is less transparent than the white, and fre- 
quently has a pithy appearance; that substance is almost 
universally believed to be ‘‘the tread,”’ or that portion which 
impregnates. This is a great error, which can be easily 
shown by taking eggs laid by hens that have never been 
with a cock, on breaking which the same substance will 
appear. J. Y. BICKNELL. 
WESTMORELAND, N. Y. 

Jos. M. WaApDz, Esq. 
Dear Sir: The Executive Committee of the Bucks 
County Poultry Association met on the evening of May 4, 
and among other business transacted was the following : 
On motion, the Fanciers’ Journal was adopted as the offi- 
cial organ of this Association. Much interest in poultry mat- 
ters is being awakened in this and adjoining counties, and 
the members of the Executive Committee are constantly at 
work for our next exhibition, and have procured eminent 
men in the fancy from a distance to judge. We have every 
reason to believe that this will be one of the best and largest 
exhibitions ever held in this State. 
Respectfully, 
DoyLEsTown, Pa., May 5, 1874. Tuos. H. WaLtTon. 
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(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
IMPORTATION. 
Jos. M. WADE, Esq. 
Dear Sir: I have just received, per ‘‘ Denmark,” eight 
Baldhead Tumblers of the following colors: Two black 
cocks, two black hens, one yellow hen, one silver hen, one 
blue -hen, and a red cock; the last I consider one of the 
finest birds ever imported. The birds are all in good con- 
dition, and the majority of them are as perfect in all their 
points as one would wish. This is shipment No. 1; there 
are several more to follow. Yours truly, 
NEw York, May 11, 1874. H. A. Brown. 

(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
Mr. Epiror. 
Please answer the following questions in the Fanciers’ 
Journal: Is there such a breed of fowls as the ‘‘ Danvers 
White?” and if so, will you give a short description of it? 
Do fowls which have eight or ten of their primaries 
clipped, to prevent them from flying, have equal chances of 
winning premiums with those whose wings are not clipped, 
other things being equal? Will, Black African Bantams 
and Black Hamburgs mix, if kept together? How are Black 
African Bantams as layers and sitters? By answering these 
you will greatly oblige, OnE Wis 

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