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The box should he made tight, but should be slatted on 
one side, and on top. The slats should be about one-half of 
an inch apart. The apartment for feed should be left open. 
I would also like to hear other rabbit breeders give their 
experience in breeding and shipping rabbits. I would like 
to have that part of the Journal well filled. 
Yours truly, P. J. Keller. 
Newark, Ohio, September 7, 1874. 
Mr. Bicknell. 
Dear Sir : I examined those eggs this morning with the 
egg tester, and found them in accordance with my previous 
examination. I found one of the small yellow ones, supposed 
to be laid July 29th, rotten, with streaks of blue and pale 
yellow ; it did not smell very pleasant. The other eight 
were clear and had much the appearence of fresh eggs ; but 
the yolks run when the shells were broken, and no smell 
from them. Report to me soon and let me know the par- 
ticulars ; also send me a good White Leghorn cockerel, and 
I will send you the money for him by return mail. 
Yours truly, Wm. J. Pyle. 
August 18, 1874. 
Editor Fanciers’ Journal: 
At a meeting of the Northwestern Illinois Poultry Asso- 
ciation, held August 25th, it was unanimously decided to 
hold the first annual Poultry Exhibition at Polo, com- 
mencing December 22d next and closing the 25th of the 
same month. The citizens of Polo have very liberally raised 
by private subscription, for the use of the Association, $300. 
Neither time nor energy will be spared to make this, their 
first exhibition, a grand success. Poultry breeders and fan- 
ciers, East and West, North and South, are cordially invited 
to send in stock for exhibition. The most ample accommo- 
dations will be provided for all. D. L. Miller, 
Polo, III., August 27, 1874. Cor. Secretary 
A SPECIAL PREMIUM. 
J. M. Wade, Esq. : 
1 place at your disposal for gratuitous distribution, 
fifty copies of my forthcoming new volume, entitled “ The 
China Fowl ” (advertised in your columns this week), to be 
given, one copy each, to the first fifty new subscribers to 
the Fanciers' Journal who may forward you the regular 
annual subscription to your paper ($2.50) after this an- 
nouncement. This work will be for sale by the author other- 
wise, at $2.00, and but a single edition of it will be printed. 
It will be out in September, 1874. Respectfully yours, 
Melrose, Mass., P. O. Box 131. Geo. P. Burnham. 
Jos. M. Wade, Esq. 
Dear Sir : I have two very fine Dark Brahma hens, from 
V an Winkle’s stock, that have become so enormously fat that 
they can hardly walk. They have to sit down to eat. What 
can I do to relieve them? I can find nothing in any of the 
books I have to cover the case. Can anything be done for 
them, or had I better take their heads off? 
The Journal comes regularly every week and is a very 
welcome visitor, I can assure you ; the more so now that 
you have gotten through with the Standard of Excellence 
discussion (too much of a good thing is not wholesome, you 
know). Please enlighten me on the D. B. question, as above, 
if not too much trouble, and oblige, Truly yours, 
Baltimore, September 4, 1874. E. L. W. 
Editor Fanciers’ Journal: 
I have had no reply from Mr. Bicknell, concerning those 
nine non-fertile eggs, as yet, although twenty days have 
elapsed since my second examination, and the report to him 
of the same, although I have received the Leghorn cockerel 
in good order. Yours truly, 
W. J. Pyle. 
September 5, 1874. 
Friend Wade : 
Allow me to tender you my congratulations at having 
secured the services of Prof. Raub, as associate editor of the 
Fanciers' Journal. 
May your united efforts succeed in placing the Journal in 
the foremost rank of the poultry publications, so that it 
shall become an absolute necessity to every fancier, both as 
an advertising medium as well as furnishing a complete 
resum of items and general information, so necessary to a 
live fancier. May it be ably supported, as it is sure to be 
edited, is the sincere wish of, Yours truly, 
J. F. Ferris. 
Stamford, Ct., September 11, 1874. 
TO THE COMMITTEE REVISING THE STANDARD. 
Mr. J. M. Wade. 
Sir: Why should the beak, toes, and toe-nails of Brown 
and White Leghorns differ? I find no one who does not 
believe that the owner of the Brown Leghorns, from which 
the Standard at Buffalo was made, has used Games, or Spanish, 
or Hamburg to cross; and surely, the Leghorns kept and 
bred pure, and free from cross, as Mr. Binney’s birds, are 
preferable. 
Breast , why not add “ or black, slightly and evenly mot- 
tled with white?” Such cocks breed better penciled pullets, 
even as do similar Dark Brahma cocks. 
M. Eyre, Jr. 
Napa, California, September 3, 1874. 
Mr. Jos. M. Wade. 
Dear Sir: Your descriptive circular is at hand and I 
welcome the advent of your journal. Wc are in need of it, 
and it is my earnest hope that the fraternity will support 
what it wants most 
Mr. Wade, although I have never met you, I shall take 
an interest in your new publication, and hold myself in 
readiness to perform any little task which will benefit the 
Fanciers' Journal and Poultry Exchange. Inclosed I send 
you a short advertisement and shall probably send something 
permanent before the year is out. Wishing you a godspeed, 
I am, most respectfully, 
Hartford, Nov. 3, 1874. S. E. CLARK, 
Cor. Secretary Conn. State Poultry Society. 
Jggg?” The editor of the Williamsport Gazette objects to 
butter made from cow-fat. He says he prefers the udder 
kind. Would he take it tete-a-tete , or how ? 
figgp’ A regulation black and tan poodle, according to the 
Boston code of fashions, must have a head about the size of 
a black walnut; eyes that stand outside of their sockets; a 
tail about the size of a lead-pencil, and legs so attenuated that 
the animal falls over on his back every time he lifts his head 
to bark. 
