
FANCIERS’ JOURNAL AND POULTRY BXCHANGE. 

Mr. Epiror. 
On page 812 of your issue of the 14th inst., I noticed an 
article in reference to young chickens being attacked with 
a disease which causes blindness. Having had some expe- 
rience with this malady, I send you my remedy, which, I 
think, will prove effectual ; 
Take the small branches or shoots of sassafras wood, and 
split them so as to get the pith; take say a thimbleful of 
the pith, and put it into about three tablespoonfuls of soft 
rain-water. In ashort time the water will become thick, 
_ like the white of an egg; then it is fit for use. Dip the tip 
of the finger into the water and rub the eyes of the affected 
chick with it gently, but at the same time rub it into the 
eye as much as possible. Repeat the operation three times 
daily (say morning, noon, and night), and a cure will gener- 
ally be affected in from two to three days. In addition to 
the above, grease the chick around the eyes with fresh lard 
or sweet oil, being careful not to get any into the eye. 
I am not satisfied as-to the cause of this disease, and 
would be much obliged to Mr. Fry, or any one else whose 
chicks have been troubled in this way, if they will an- 
swer the following questions, either by mail or through the 
Journal: 1. Did you notice any small white parasites in or 
around the eyes of the affected chicks? 2. Were the chicks 
that had the disease hatched or brooded by a hen that was 
affected with scurvy legs? W. H. Flower. 
‘SHOEMAKERTOWN, Pa., May, 1874. 

Mr. J. M. Wane. 
Dear Sir: I have in my collection a hen’s egg that 
measures 8$ by 11 inches, which weighs 12 ounces, and was 
laid by a medium-sized Dorking. 
If reports be true, the largest hen’s egg in the British 
Museum weighs 94 ounces, but there are several larger speci- 
mens in the United States. The Courier and Freeman, of 
May 7, Pottsdam, N. Y., says: ‘‘ Mr. Brown, of Stockholm, 
showed us, last Saturday, the biggest egg of the season, laid 
by a pullet (Brahma and Houdan), which measured 93 the 
long way by 74 the other, weighing 7} ounces.”’ 
I am frequently in receipt also of small eggs, like those 
presented to you, and which corroborate your statement in 
regard to their contents. I have yet to find a yolk in any 
hen’s egg that measures less than 7 of an inch in length. 
Yours, respectfully, Myron W. Lyman. 
CuicaGo, May 14, 1874. 

A VERY LIBERAL OFFER. 
Mr. WADE. 
Feeling an interest to support the Journal, I will make 
the following offer to any person who will send you two new 
subscribers for the Journal: I will send one dozen White 
Leghorn Eggs, delivered at express office. 
J. H. Morrison. 
Martow, N. H., May 18, 1874. 

J. M. WanDE. 
Dear Sir: I have a pen of three Light Brahma pullets 
mated with a Buzzell cock, and I get from them on an 
average three double-yolk eggs per week. I do not know 
whether one or more hens lay them, but if any of your 
readers can give me a remedy, or inform me of the cause, 
they would confer a favor by answering through your valu- 
able paper. Yours, J. E. L. 
BaLTIMORE, May 20, 1874. 


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Jos. M. Wanz, Esq. 
Dear Srr: Your correspondent (Mr. Fry) it seems has 
the same trouble among his chickens that I have lately had, 
and I will give you my experience, which, if you think 
worth while, you are at liberty to publish. 
I had about half of my chickens affected in the same way 
that Mr. Fry describes, and after losing eight or ten of them, 
concluded to experiment, and did not lose one after treating 
them as follows: I commenced by washing their eyes four 
times a day with diluted rose water, and gave, twice a day, 
raw egg and. brandy, in the proportion of a teaspoonful of 
brandy to each egg; fed them on nothing but corn meal, 
seasoned well with red pepper, and gave them a dry, warm 
place. I have no stronger or better looking chickens on 
my place to-day than those so treated. | 
Yours, respectfully, 
CAMBRIDGEPORT, Mass. 
W. F. Bacon. 

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A NEW SOCIETY. 
Jos. M. Wank, Esq., 
Editor “ Fanciers’ Journal and Poultry Exchange.” 
Sir: At a meeting of the breeders and fanciers of poultry 
of this and neighboring towns, held in this city, May 19th, 
an organization was effected under the name of ‘‘ The Key- 
stone Poultry Association of Western Pennsylvania,’ and 
the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: 
President—A. W. Coburn, Titusville. 
Vice-Presidents—-J. M. Gifford, Pleasantville; A. McLaren, 
Meadyille; S. H. McGinnett, Kerrtown; Carl Cosolowsky, 
Titusville. 
Secretary and Treasurer—John D. McFarland, Titusville. 
There is a very encouraging increase in the interest of 
thoroughbred poultry in our vicinity this spring, one of the 
gratifying results of which is already reached in the organi- 
zation announced above, and, though composed mainly of 
amateurs, the association enters the field under the favorable 
auspices of a large membership of enthusiastic and earnest 
lovers of poultry, whose aim will be to stimulate and main- 
tain an interest in fine poultry and pet stock of all kinds. 
The regular monthly meetings of the association will be 
held at its rooms, in this city, on the third Tuesday of each 
month, at which we shall be pleased to welcome visiting 
members of sister associations, to whom we extend a cordial 
invitation. 
All correspondence pertaining to poultry shows and the 
interest of breeding generally, addressed to the undersigned, 
will receive prompt attention. 
Yours, respectfully, 
Joun D. McFaruianp, 
TITUSVILLE, PA., May 20, 1874. Secretary. 

Mr. Jos. M. WADE. ° 
Dear Sir: I have just received per steamer Sarmatien, 
some white and yellow Pouters, Carriers, Isabella Pouters, 
red, yellow, and blue-winged Turbits; also ice pigeons. 
Respectfully yours, A. GOEBLE. 
MITCHELL, ONT. 

Mr. Epitor. 
Dear Sir: I have received to-day from Mr. John K. 
Fowler, of Aylesbury, England, per steamer Baltic, one pair 
Houdans, four Colored Dorkings, and one Spanish hen. 
All are fine birds, and some have won premiums in England. 
Yours truly, J. Y. BICKNELL, 
WESTMORELAND, May 21, 1874, 
