New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-16

breed hens Of enormous and think unpJrfi,sble
sizes and one Of the objects well effects of these
shows to spread the fever and keep up the prices This
is hard matter when many amateurs are resdy to
"go it blind on spurchase
We recoIect the statement of editor las. year in
Massachusetts, who bought half dozen prr, C1cla Gu
eggs at So DOZEN which produced him six very ugly
ducks
Another bought half dozen eggs of variety"
which the sell assured him would produce very rare
birds So they did FOR they pu. uudsr the very
best hen and in due time out what do You think
Il could guess" said his friend what they"
"L1pd tures by thunder and what worse,
they latched they seized upon the old hen and such
squaing never was heard in any other hens nest Will
swear
Another would be amateur very anxious TO 20 in for
brood Of Shanghais but had setting hen The dealer
in eggs fifty each very kindly informed him how
to hatch his chickens in water, by the of spirit
lamp He bought the eggs and followed directions and
got some very well cooked eggs
The PIesden, OF the National Poultry Society tells
pretty good anecdote upon himself in this line. Having
undertaken TO have the show in the Museum he pretty
anxious to have only big but TO have Of
the biggest of the big sort exhibited OF cute
Yankees found that out and of them to him
and said be had eight of the tarneest biggest Shanghs
in all creation he had got them purpose 90 in for
Barnum of mind to have en-, he didn much care if
"he sold out at e fair price
Barnum took hasty look. and thought they about
the size Of old fashioned year old bull and guessed
may be they would win and being unwilling that Albany
should have the very biggest he paid the fellow so for
the eight fowls and put them away in reserve for the Ma
tonsl Show.
"Buf shan show them says Barnum, after visiting
Albany.
'Wby not POO
"Ieoause there premium for that sort They might
pass Bantas alongside Of OF these but the largest
Of them big the smallest of the same sort in
that exhibition The fact is the fellow made two sales
he sold me aud his fowls at the same time
To show that the hen fever confined to to the small
chickens in society," quote the following from The Len"
don Standard:
Nearly the whole grounds of the Snithfeld Cattle
Show have been appropriated to the Poultry show There
are upward of LOO pens of poultry exclusive OF extra
eock and 400 pens Of pigeons which together with the
rabbits will make up the number about s0o pens of spec
linens or between 1000 and 5000 birds Among the exhib
itors Of poulyare Prince Albert Lord Robert Gco'yeno
Lord Berwick Lord North, Lieut. Col. Gouburn Laiy I'll
bert East Hon Mrs Ashley Mr. Mills, Mrs l.. Williams
Mr. Maicribanks, VI. p. Mr. Fsrle. Dir Rawson Mr. ~
kin and many eminent dvines breeders and Others IN
teresed in the encouragement of breeds OF useful and
domestic poultry.
At our usual Of progression the next show OF the
National Society will number about many dignitares
and require an equal amount of room
There is not half room enough in the Museum even in
this unpleasant weather when but few of those who are
generally most interested aend-that is the women
and children
We mentioned yesterday the gren, number OF game
fowls We notice among these very large cock owned by
DR. G W Lawrence which presented to him by Capt
Nones of the Army who received him direct from General
Santa Anna He is egh, years old and has more bat
ties by hard fighting and great courage than even did his
ExceIlency
We could no; help noticing the general admiration be
slowed upon this class of fowls considering that we are no.
q cock fighting people.
The Bantams too were much admired They are black.
white red and mixed and goldspanged We noticed coop
Of beautiful black Bantams from Rhinebeck, whence
comes a large variety Of poultry
Gtee-Of these there arc Wild geese, Bremen geese,
China geese African geese, Hong Kong geese, Guinea
geese and Banscle geese The latter the ban,ams OF
the lot They gray brown backs, white breasts
with short small BILL and not heavy some ducks.
Wild geese dark gray On the back, with light gray
breasts and long black neck and heads including their
long bills Bremen geese white and very large One
Of the finest pair in the show two gons owned by K
c Mccormick Jr, of Woodhsven L /. China geese are
large with dark gray ba ks and drsb necks Hong Kong
geese are very large dark gray color and have lump
the bill The Guinea geese also have knob on the bill and
a curious waffle covered with down under the throat They
dark on the back and light gray on the breas.
SVans-Theie coops of white Swans from Paterson.
Hampstead and Bridgeport and coop OF Australian
swans-one black and two gray So there is one black
swan in the exhibition.
There black white, drab gray and mixed coored
Turkes of them very large and some OF them IN
such abOmnable bad ooops that one could tell what
they contained.
Wild Turkes-We noticed several coops marked Wild
Turkes, but whether they were any wilder
than any 9th srs with gsening black pumage are
uncertain, could tell the difference.
Guinea Hens-With their beautiful pumage Of blue with
white spots all white psrH coored sending Their
shr through the resembling the squesAng
Of cart wheel much any other music Guinea Fowls
resemble Prairie Hens in form though much larger 1ney
are good ayers and folks admire their flesh We do
not
Among the fancy birds silver and gold Phessants
black, buff and brown Pheasants English Phessens but
% American ones.
There bali dozen eoops Of pea fowls and nnu'
merabe coops OF pigeons OF these the Maltese are the
largest and the black spots and red spots the preti
eat Then Their. are Ruff" "Fantails." "P,uiers
Carrier" and others that do no. carry any very distinct
except pigeons
The show OF lop cared rabbits has been equaed
this country They are very numerous. very large. and
very bhndsoms.
The two pretty little Gszelss which noticed some
weeks ago. imported by Mr. C. Esies Of Pine a. excite
good De- Of curiosity.
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