FANCIERS’ JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 
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Office of the Iowa State Poultry Association, 
Cedar Rapids, Aug. 10th, 1874. 
Jos. M. Wade, Esq., Editor Fanciers’ Journal. 
Dear Sir : At a meeting of the Executive Committee of 
the Iowa State Poultry Association, held in this city, it was 
decided to hold the Second Annual Exhibition of the Asso- 
ciation in the city of Dubuque, Iowa, commencing Decem- 
ber 15th, 1874, and continuing until the 18th. We expect to 
have the best and largest Exhibition of fine Poultry, Pigeons, 
Babbits, &c., ever collected together in the West. We have 
secured the largest hall in the State — one capable of holding 
four thousand persons comfortably. The citizens of Du- 
buque have raised and gave the Association four hundred 
dollars as a bonus for holding the Exhibition there, and 
will raise a goodly list of “ specials.” The Association will 
have a splendid lot of new exhibition cages, and everything 
will be done to make the show first-class in every respect. 
We hope the Eastern breeders and fanciers will send out 
some of their best birds, for we of Iowa want to beat them 
(if we can), and will have no hard feeling if we do not, but 
will be glad to pay our premiums to the best birds, no matter 
Where bred or who owns them. “The best bird wins ” is 
our motto. I beg to assure all who may feel inclined to send 
birds to our Exhibition, that they (the birds) will be well 
taken care of, and promptly returned or sold as the owner 
may direct. One part of our hall will be set apart for coops 
offered for sale. No auction sale will be held , as we are con- 
vinced that auction sales at Poultry Shows have a tendency 
to prevent private sales, and that birds never, or very sel- 
dom, bring a fair price, and that auctions have a tendency 
to lower the standard value of good birds, even if not offered 
for sale at auction. 
Kespectfully yours, C. J. Ward, 
Secretary I. S. P. A. 
New England Poultry' Club, 
Worcester, August 13tli, 1874. 
Editor Fanciers’ Journal: 
A special meeting of the New England Poultry Club was 
held at the office of the Secretary in Worcester, August 5th, 
calling out a large attendance, and much interest was mani- 
fested in the future management and welfare of the Club. 
President Warren having resigned, Hon. J. W. Wether- 
ill, of Worcester, was chosen, but he declining, Mr. Warren 
was prevailed upon to continue in office another year. 
Winslow S. Lincoln was elected Secretary in place of 
George H. Estabrook, resigned. 
The Club voted to join the National Association. 
A committee was appointed to revise the by-laws, and re- 
port at the next quarterly meeting in October. The utmost 
good feeling prevailed, and it seemed to be the determina- 
tion to make the show in December next the most successful 
ever held by the Club. Winslow S. Lincoln, 
Secretary. 
SUSQUEHANNAH DEPOT, Pa. 
I could not be without your paper, now that I have taken 
it so far, and I should advise all to take it who are interested 
in poultry and pigeons. F. A. Miller. 
152d St., New York, Aug. 1st, 1874. 
Friend Wade : 
1 have had a paper written, ready for copying, in reply to 
Mr. Burnham’s article on the “ History of the Hen Fever,” 
in No. 26 of the Journal, which sickness and travel have pre- 
vented me from finishing. It contains some sharp things, 
but, in view of recent events, and especially since the frater- 
nal meeting at the Metropolitan Hotel in New York, I think 
enough has been said. 
I was very agreeably disappointed in Mr. Burnham ; in 
fact he was quite the opposite of what I expected to find him, 
and I am sure that others besides your humble servant were 
pleased with his moderation, and the entire absence .of 
grandiloquence in his manner and speech. 
I wish, through your columns, to accept Mr. Burnham’s 
offer of a copy of his “New Poultry Book’’ of 1871. I 
possess a very ornate copy of the above work now, and a very 
ragged copy of the “Hen Fever;” but I have a special 
weakness for getting books from authors, and would appre- 
ciate the gift highly, especially if Mr. Burnham will be kind 
enough to prefix his autograph on the fly-leaf. It would 
please me also to criticize the same in your columns ; but an 
old saw reminds me that “ you should never look a gift-horse 
in the mouth.” 
Very truly yours, Geo. C. Athole. 
Clinton, N. Y., July 13th, 1874. 
Joseph M. Wade. 
Dear Sir: Some one inquires, “ What is the penalty for 
pigeon stealing?” T will tell you how we serve such thieves 
in our place. Dr. G. had a fine collection of fancy stock, 
which disappeared, but the fact was kept quiet until the 
birds were recognized in possession of some boys, who were 
much frightened at the unexpected discovery, and were sub- 
sequently arrested and fined live dollars each, with costs, 
making about seven dollars each for the six boys, or forty- 
two dollars in all, the payment of which saved them from a 
confinement as close as that in which the pigeons were found, 
the wings of which were cruelly cut off close to the body. 
We think the fine and narrow escape from jail will teach 
them a lesson not soon forgotten. 
John C. Hart. 
Editor Fanciers’ Journal. 
I wish to ask through your valuable paper if anything 
salt will hurt pigeons. I noticed a few days ago, that mv 
pigeons got around a small piece of salt codfish, lying in 
the door yard. I do not think it hurt them, neither am I 
aware that it did them any good. I would like to hear 
from some one that has had more experience than I have 
with pigeons. I take a great deal of comfort reading the 
Journal, and get much valuable information from it. 
I had two hens set with duck eggs ; one hatched twelve 
and the other thirteen. Who can beat that? 
Respectfully yours, James R. Dedrick. 
Greene, N. Y. 
Pigeons are remarkably fond of salt, and it is absolutely 
necessary in some form to keep them in health. Most fan- 
ciers in this city give it in the shape of salt codfish, which 
is usually nailed against the wall, at the same time keeping 
them supplied with a box of eggshells, pounded fine, and 
mixed with gravel. If the pigeons are not confined, the 
eggshells and gravel will not be necessary. .Keep them well 
supplied with pure water, at all times, both in fountain and 
bath.— [Editor.] 
Dedham, Mass., August 7th, 1874. 
Joseph M. Wade. 
Dear Sir : I received your Journal , and find it a 
valuable assistant for one new to the poultry fancy, for 
which, I presume, it was partially intended. 
In No. 25of the Journal, Mr. Pyle says that if the “tread ” 
