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4 gs.shanghui and Cochin China Fouls
as. Dung Hilis.-Much has been said
and written for and against the differ.
,ent varieties Of improved fowls now
claiming SO large share OF public at
tention. The extravagant prices asked
and frequently paid for superior spe-
cimens OF the various breeds, have led
many persons to regard the attempt
to introduce them to our farmers gen
erailyas n matter OF speculation, and
that it will have a termination similar
10 the morus multicaulis mania Of by
gone days. We do not think SO. The
little experience we have had III breed
ing the new varieties, induces us to
believe that the sooner the common
dung hill fowls are dispensed with,
and their places supplied by some of
the larger breeds, the sooner will our
farmers begin to realize profit from
their chickens Although five nr ten
dollars may at first appear an nxtrava-
CANT price for apair Of chickens, it is
really not so, whea the Advantages
that will follow their purchase are ta
ken into consideration. No person
who has ever fair specimens of the
Shanghai or Cochin China fowls, will
for moment dispute their superiority
to the dung hill fowl in point of size.
Here then, is one important point in
their favor. Large fowls if young,
will certainly always command n bet
ter price in market than smaller ones.
But they possess other advantages.
Well cared for Shanghais, attain a
larger size at five months than the
common fowls at twelve. We have
now in our flock II pair of Cochin Chi
mas three months old, which weigh l-2
lbs. But it is cuntendcd BY those who
stand opposed to big chickens,' that
the greater amount of food they con.
sumo than the smaller ones, more
than overbalances the advantage of
their increased size. This too, how
ever, we conceive to be mistake.
We have few common fowls, which
are kept for hatching-their small size
giving them, for that purpose, deci-
ded advantage over the Shanghai.
r arefu observation has fully satiiiei
us that they consume rs much food as
the larger ones. The common fowl is
q much more ravcnous feeder than the
Shanghai. If iavorite food is given
them, nothing short of q replction will
satisfy them. Not so with the Shah
ghai or Cochin China. They iced as
they m"vc-slowly, aud appear to
turn every grain Of corn or wheat to
an advantage.
'.Aiuch has been said in regard to
the superior eg producing qualities OF
the Shanghais or Cochin Chinas. To
q limited extent we have tested this
point also, and So far as our expert
ence goes, uuhesitatngly yield to 1hcm
the palm.
sour common fowls are as good
specimens as any we have ever seen.
We paid high price for them, for
the special purpose ot testing their
egg producing qualities, ae compared
with our finer fowls, and Matching rs
before stated. The result has been,
with the same food, same lodging, and
same attention in every particular, the
Shanghais have beaten two to one.
another point in favor nf the
Shanghai is, that they are far more
sociable, not nearly SO much inclined
to be mischievous, aud if even thus
inclined, far less capable Of doing
damage; as the remarkable shortncss
of their wing and the great size of
their bodies, prevent them from flying
over fcncies, into the garden or fields,
or injuring the grain i'll the stacks or
lnows. For these and other reasons
we feel inclined to give the improved
breeds the preference over the com
mon ones, and bc!ive it ,.ou'd bc
economy on the part of our farmers
generally, to Introduce hem even at u
cost of ten dollars for the first pair,
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A SAD PlcTURE.--A correspondent
Of the Philadelphia Bulletin gives the
following startling picture OF the in.
crease Of drunkenness in that city
The most careless observer of things
can hardly have failed to mark the ra-
pid progress which intcmpcrancc has
made in Philadelphia within the past
year. Scarcely a day passes in which
-he foot-passenger is not compelled to
urn aside in tho public stree cts to a.
ioid the rude assault, the contamina-
ing touch, or the profanc language of
some miserable man, freshly cast
orth from the dcns of debauch, which
low crowd the thoroughiarcs Of our
'nce, quiet and orderly city.
The most disgusting exhibitions Of
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