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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01
MARKET REPORT.

MEMrnI-, January 3l.-Flour quiet.
Oats dull 5000. Hay dull at liG 20.
Bran quiet st Is. Bulk meats quiet and
unchanged. Bulk shoulders 5lM6l; sides
sl@ss. Lard quiet and unchanged.
CISclsEATI, January 3l.-Cotton quiet.
Flour quiet; family 7 1907 40. Wheat
quiet 1901 81 Corn quiet 5QGGI.
Data quiet 45@j3. Rye firm 90. Barley
scarce and firm. Groceries steady. But
ter in fair demand and higher; choice 80
@37; choice firm. Pork nomihally I'M
changed Is 2b@l5 90. Lard quiet and
steady steam 81 kettle %. Bulk meats
quiet and unsteady shoulders Gl@6! q
Il z; clear sb@sl, Bacon quiet shoulders
7I@7l; g II s.C,9i clear 81, Hogs quiet
aud hna. Whisky quiet and firm o5.
New ORLEANS, January a. Corn
lirmer whi.o mixed rs; white 1903.
Bran dull, lowor 90. Pork better and
demand frmer lG 90. Molssses--roccipts
small and of poor quality, the demand be-
ing only for good. Sales prime fermont-
ing 80; rcboilod cistcrn bottom 81. Corn
meal frmor at 30@3 40. Prioe.currsnt
gives the following stocks on hand to-day:
Pork IS 20. Lard 30 SO in kegs IL So in
tierces. Bacon 81 in casks Hams
sugar curod 20 in ties plain 81; dry
salt meats So in casks. Flour 1896.
Cornmeal 5,7l5 bbls.
CHICAGO, January 3l.-Flour dull and
nominal Wheat steady; No l spring
| "a; No21 % cash or February; 265
March. Corn steady; No mixed 5S
casn or February; Coz March; now No
2mixed 5l!GG53. Oats steady; No Q 42f
cash; 43i March, Rye steady; No 2
fresh SlGS2. Barley excited and higher
No 2 fall car lots / 939205; No % ! G2(g
| 10 closing at outside prices. Pork fair
demand, advanced 10 II 40 cash or Feb
ruary; IA So March. Lard hrmer at . 30
cash, and 0 65 March. Bulk meats steady.
Shoulders 3 GO; S r "a S 81 old Loose
spot March shoulders &. Whisky firm
at97.
NEW YORK, January 3i-'Fiour duh
and BUYERS favor superllne e5@G 20;
common to good 36@GG 20; good TO choice
G 75Gl7 10; white wheat extra 1907 20.
Whisky firm at / 90. Wheat opened
shade lower but closed dull; No z choice
spring / 54GDl &c; Mo- Milwaukee &c
Gl &c; No spring J 5l0l 54i. Rye
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01
Probabilities.

WAsuIsdToH, January al,--For New
England States, continued cold and partly
cloudy weather, and norihoasierly to
northwooterly winds will prevail, with
rising barometer, and possibly light snow
near the coast.
For Lower Lake Region, northesstcrly
10 northwcstcrly winds, and areas Of light
snow, followed by clearing and cold
weather for northern portion.
For Upper Lake Region aud thence
westward TO the Upper Missouri Valloy,
falling barometer md rising temperature
and clear or isir weather during greater
portion Of Sunday.
For Tennessee and OHIO Valley, and
thence westward 20 Kansas and north
west to Lake Michigan, rising Temporal
,ure and falling barometer, with generally
cloudy weather, and areas Of rain and
snow.
For Gulf States, light rains with risiuG
temperature.
For Middle and South Atlantic Statas
partly cloudy weather, favorable winds,
and no decided change OF temperature.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

question Of retrenchment and the dihcr-
on, contingent funds are being over haul
ed. Judge Allison, registrar OF no
treasury, was before The committee yea
torday TO oxplain how tho money went ID
hi. bureau. Gen. Garfield, The chairman
Of the committee, has hpd provision in
serted in the legislature appropriations
bill compelling tire details and estimates
for all expenditures warranted by Law.
Good enough, ss those contingent funds
arc the GAUGE Of deal oi corruption and
wssltul extravaganza. The docrkocper
Of tho House has beon notified to reduce
his forca in the folding rooIn 90 por cent.
alter February lss. "This much good
from tho ranking privilege, q saving Of
So, 600 n year in This one item.
WHY WAS IT poSE.
The latest conundrun for solving by the
state departmot is.- why was Gen. Thomas
b. Van Buron appointed consul to Kama
gawn, japan, when only las. summer he
was removed from the commissionoriAiP
to the Vienna exposition a; the instiga:ion
Of Mr.. Fish, who was SO drcadlully shock
81 at his unbecomng behavior ? VIII
Mr.. Fish answer If Van Buren Was
badl y rented last summer, thon Minister
Jay shonld BE- hauled over tho Goals u
guilty, az generally boiieyed, be 4 not q
| 90 .,,--,r 4, rarv.aorI our Government
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01
st. EOuis, No.
l Mnsr pAKINa goRGERY

Sr, LOUIS, January 3l,--A most daring
and successful robbery waa committed
this evening on the from Mountain rail-
road. IA tho train which loft hero at
9ij a m, came in sight Of Godshell sta.
ton, one hundred and twenty miles boz
low here, at 4 30p p. ~, it was slgnsled to
stop tho switch was turnod and the train
run onto tho side track. As the train
stopped Conductor Afford stepped of to
ascertain what tho matter was,
when no was confronted by man
in mask, who placed n pistol TO
his head and marched him of, under
guard. The engineer, fireman, mail agent
aud other train men wero then seized by
liyo masked heavily armed men and wero
also placed under guard. The robber.
then went through tho entire train, and
took from tho passengers about two thou.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

quiet Barley tending upward. Corn,
iair inquiry and light supply and higher
now Western anoat SlGDS3E yellow west
ern S3GDSi; white western 81. Data firm
and more active demand, mixed western
G0(gG2; white G2(gj3. Coffee unchanged.
Sugar Unsettled. Pork qtiet; new mess 10.
@iGs; February ie; March i6 10. Beef
unchanged.
ST. Louis, January al Hemp dull
and unchanged. Flour dull with u mod
crate business. Wheat, spring, dull aud
lower; No 2, | 24@i rs; fall, very firm
No = rcd fall, ! 4SGi 40; No2, GcG1G,.
Corn inactive and closed weak; No !.
mixed GlG62c. Data firm, No mixed,
A5Cgi6c. Barley boyant and higher, N"
, spring, 10. Rye firm, No 2, s59s5!.
Pork firm all 50k; dry salt meat firm;
clesr sides seller February up country,
sc; shoulders and clear rib seller March,
Quincy, case; green shoulders 5lci clear
rib nc; clear, &c; hams, ssc; Bacon st'h.
Shoulders, &c; clear rib, sGg9sc; clear,
glci hams, l24@i4lc, jobbiug and order
lots. Lard nnchanged; priuo steam Sc.
! Whisky steady ut 96c.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

PrrspuEG, january 3l,--River falling
slowly with feet.
NASHVILLE, January 3l.---lsiyer falling
with n feet on shoals. Wosthcr tair and
pleasant. Departed --- BrsnslorI, Upper
Cumberland; b II Cook, Paducah.
NIcKsHUE1, January 3l.-Down Mary
Alice, Katie. Up; Susie Silver, Fannie
Lowi-, .Tno. Howard, paragond, Jaues
Howard. Weather clear and cold. River
rising.
LrTIE Rock, January Eli River de-
clining fast with II ieot by gusgc. Ar
rived: Hattie from Zinc Bluh, Utah,
Now Orleans. Departed Cherokee,
New Orleans, Mary Boyd, Memphis.
ST.. LcUI- January 3l.--Arrived--non
Departed - Johnson, Kookuk; Henry
Arnes, Now Orleans; Colorado, Nicksburg.
River falling Weather cloudy and cold
drrins the day. hut milder t".nigh, snow
;nlling briskiy.
CTYCIyNATr, January 2l.-Riyer falling
with - feet. Arrived Exchange, Pitts
burg; II S Turner, New Orleans De-
parted 49, Arlington, Memphis; Charles
Bodmann, Now Orleans. Weather cloudy,
growing colder.
INNNHN lLLEI 1sDIhty jill W tsSutl
cloudy and cold. Mercury 30 to "a. River
has fallen inches. Port list-Up-Idle.
wild, Robert Mitchell, Fayette, Charmer,
Charley Brown No z and bargos, Mary
hmen,, NinHoola, Down. y Parker,
Grey Eagle. Business good.
AENPHIS, January 81. - vet aud
chsngeable. River rising slowly. Ar.
rived-pat Rogers, Cincinnati. Departed
r. w DugGu, Arkansas river; Ella and
Legal Tender White river Kate Kinney,
Grand Tower, st. Louis Ben Franklin.
LOUISVILLE, January 3l.-Rivor fall
ing with II feet G inches in the Gamma! and
feet inches in the Indian pass. Ar
riycd-Shippers Own, Nashville. de-
psrted-Ironsides and barges, New Or
leans. Weather colder with good prospects
Tor snow.
New ORLEANS, January 3l.--Arriyod
Thomas Sherlock, Cincinnati. Depsr-
tod-Indians, Cincinnati, John Means
and bsrRes, Pittsburg John Kyle John
i Scudder, st. Louis; Fannie Tstum,
Aeksnsas River. Weather clsAr and
pleasant
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

THE trial Of Ambrose Coe for the MUIR
der Of Miss Abbie Summers two years ago,
has Just been concluded at Palmyra, Hi
nois, and has resulted in verdict of MUIR
der in the Arss degree. Tho prison er
tainted in his scat at tho announcement of
the verdict, and tho sentence WAS delayed
in consequence Of his condition.
BECAUSE w. Pinckncy Whyto, L. S.
Senator.elect from Maryland, prefers a q
in his surname 70 an !, and parts his hair
in The middle, the newspaper are talking
abous hirn. And this Is the Gland of tho
free" A man can't even make fool of
himself in q quiet way without having tho
fact advertised for nothing in half the
newspapers in the country.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01
Omaha, Ncb.
,rPBEHBEDED RAID.

OMAHA, January 3l.--Groat apprchen
'ioas arc expressed by owners Of large
herds OF castle whose range is between
the North and South Platte, and by tho
settlers who live north OF tho Union Pa
elf, railroad, and ia tho republic, of H
general raid from Rcd Cloud and Spotted
Tails bands of the Sioux and from the
Chyonnes, Decotshs Arspshoes and
others combined.
The supply of beef furnished these In.
diana being nearly or quite exhausted sna
there being no money with waich to pue-
chase more, they mus. tepredste on the
settlements or ststyc. Thcse bands num-
Der thirty thousand and they would
laugh at the handful Of cavalry at Iot,
Fcltcrman and Fort LstGulo.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

As We are not Tho Sighting editor Of
THE BULLETIN, and love peace more
than war any how, we can do no less than
cry quits to tho remarks
Of the Sun Of Friday even
ing. Bsfsro We drop the subject, how
ever, we will here say thu, everything
which has appeared in THE BULLETIN
during Mr.. Oberlys absence in SPRING
ield, in reference to himself, has beon in
serted without bis knowledge, and that
in publishing such articles, we have been
influenced entirely BY our own judgmon;
and inclination. We ara aware tina. the
good taste OF reproducing such articles
in The BULLETIN has been questioned.
But because Mr.. oberly is proprietor Of
this paper and its editor when at home,
has not seemed TO US sufficient reason why
the course he has pursued in the legisla-
ture and the impressions lie has ma5e UP.
on those have seen and heard him there
should net DO made known 10 his oonttit-
uenti through its columns.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

BLoopY MURDER.

LrrrLE Rock, January 3l.-On We'd
ncsday night jus. after dark, three men
entered the residence Of an old man named
MeAllis,er a. Dover, in Pspa county an
commenced firing, killing McAllis.sr and
shooting his wife in tho srin, which was
afterwards s,nputstod. One Of the party
attempted to cut McAllistcrs throat after
he WISE shot, but was beaten of by two
young sons, aged - and II respectively.
bout this time another SOC obtained a
"yuduius OF teen, then they all loft'
Ono was alto wsrds arrested and tho OIL
Gers arc in pursuit OF the othOrs, The az
fair hr. grown out Of An old grglgG be-
tween McAllisters AID tho attacking
party.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

IT seems that the curiosity Of the scion-
siAc world and Of tho world in general as
to the nature oftho ligsment which bound
together the Siamese twins in life and
make thsm one in death, is destined TO
bs baAsd And ths mystery remain mys-
terry. The bodies Of tho twins we're tenn
porsrily buried in the cellar OF Eng's
house soon after death. No proper effort
was made to preserve tho romans and
they are now decomposing and unless soon
suejsctsd y IN examination, will be in
suoh ltate, chat the result Of ono, even
IL allowed, could not DO otherwise than
fruitless and unsatisfactory.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

sand dollars and large amount Of Jew
elry, and from tho Adams Express mes.
senger one thousand dollars besides rilling
the mail The robbers then left in n
sou,herly direction, and after the release
Of the irain-men the train started south
ward Tie robbers left note on tho train,
OF which tho following il "a copy, the orig
inal of which is nos in possession of Com
ductor Afford:
"ruE MOST DARING RonnEEY us RECORD
The south bound train on tho Iron
Mountain railroad was robbed hore thi,
evening by five heavily armed men, and
robbed Of : -----. The robbers arrived
NJ tie station n few minutes before tho
arrival Of the train, aud arrested tho
agent and pu. him undor u gu .rd.
They then threw tho train on the switch
Tho robbers woro all largo men, none o!
thom under six feet tall. They were all
masked and starto1 in southcrly direc.
ton after they had robbed the train, al
mounted on 1no FLOODED horses. There j,
he'll or an excitement in this part Of
country. signed. Ira a. merrill
Tho robbers offered no violence 10 anS
ono on the train and did no harm - trair
mon.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

The speech Of Senator Carpenter on
Souisisna Affairs nigh. have come from
the lips OF the most pronounced conserva.
tive in the land. He denounced tho Lou.
isisns monstrosity in the severos, forms,
reviewing its history from the beginning
and placing the responsibility of it where
il belongs, upon the shoulders Of the 70.
publican party, with the warning that II
ftatternpted to make the next presidential
campaign without getting rid Of it, cor.
tain defeat would be the result. The DO.
siuou Senator Carpenter has taken on
this Louisiana matter will be approved
throughout the country, except by the OK
sseSs <adhsrsnts OF the radical party
but his advice, even il taken, comes 70,
lato TO save the organization OF which h.
10 q member, from destruction. No bacl.
ward steps, taken for tho plain purpose 0
rs.instating itself In public favor, or a
"a 81 bf tsrdy Justice to any portion Q
sss people, will ever place tho republican
pssty whore It was six or two years ago
Radical doctors may make an effort t
save Il, but ~ dissolution will be merely
question Of time. Its dGy 10 nearly owe
Its race 10 nearly run.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01
Wheeling, ". Va.

WHsELiSo, January 3l.--Tho boiler
connected with tho coal shaft OF SchSellor
and Co., at We&cl, nine miles below this
city exploded this morning. Tho boiler
was an old worn out affair. The engine
house was totally destroyed, snd tho boiler
was thrown over three hundred feet. The
manager Smith. and Kelly, r miner Wsrc
badly Injured, but no llvos lost.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

AN appeal has been made to tho Presi-
dent in behalf Of the Grant Parish
(Louisiana) prisoners, who have been un.
der arrest since las. fall. Senator
Gordon Of Georgia, asks that they be
permitted an early trial, or else be ro-
leased on bail until the courts are ready
60 proceed with their cases.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

A REDUCTION Of two millions Of dollars
has been made in the naval appropriations
bill. The demand Of the people for q
moro economical administration of the
fnAnses hAs NOT bean without effect
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01
Wilmington, \. G..

WuuIEGToN, N. G., January 3l.--Thc
Philadelphia physicians who purpose
making an autopsy of tho Simes9 twins,
reached Grccnsburg yesterday. They
state that they will conduct tho autopsy
in secret, and not make tho result known
until they return 10 Philadelphia.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

Tacoma, January 81, -- David u.
Biodgett killed bis wiCe to-day at The
house of their daughter, on her refusal to
return with him TO their home in Balti-
more, Vermont. Tho womsn wss nurs-
ing thor intact ut the time. Hlolgo.t
was arrested
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

DANvILLE, Illinois, had wedding in
high life the other day. The groom is
just fifty years Older than the bride. The
ordinary sequel TO tho sfair may be
looked for any limo within the next elk
month";.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01
A VEXED QUESTION SETTLED.
Memphis Ayalnche.)

The recent decision Of the Supreme
Court If the Unised States in the cases of
Brugcso vE, Sidell, and Heath We. S,idell,
hos finally settled vcSod question con-
corning the nature and extent Of the pow
cfs Of tho government in coniscating the
estates Of those who were In rebellion.
The decision il, in short, to the effect that
the judgement of c0nlscGuou did
TO. extend beyond tho lie
estate o. tho offender against
whom il was rendered. Parties in LoUisi-
ana hal bought in S.ilells property ut
marshals sale, under oonHsca!jon proceed
ings, and now that lie ia dead, his heirs
have succeeded ia 5ustiag the purchasers.
This decision, tho public need not be re-
minded, i, one OF tho most ipp0FtSnt an
nouuced since tho war. Under /: the
Arlington estetecf the late Coo. Lee re.
yerts to his heirs though, as tho land was
long ago converted into p national ccme-
tory. restoration in this case can mean
only payment by tho goycrHmct OF tic
market price of tho property. u may be
remembered 10y many that few years
| ago Nr, McCreery, Of Kentucky, msdo q
worry foolish, ill-ioinPore1 speech in the L..
| 5 Senate, demanding tha. tho bodies Of
! the dead soldiers buried at Arlington be
removed, PerhAps the ssyeres. criticisms
OF his uttgranccs Fcre made b. persons
who, unlike tho Senator, had for four
years worn tho Confederate gray. II
was evident then, that justice in thi. caso
could not very long lie postponed, and
fortunately tho Louisiana decision has
suggested 4 practical means Of enforcing
IL without c ngressional intervention.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01
New iOra.

NEW YoEK, January 3i.--John n.
Ontwetcs, well known expert has con-
eluiej his examination uf the accounts
Jersey City,srh states that tho total detail.
cation is $50, SAC.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

TIM ccnmittee on Freemenls bureau
anSlra, orsAniiedia 1866, has been found
to be useless one and will probably be
abolished ct an early day. 4s
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

TIE new senator from Texas, who will
take tho place Of Flanagan from that
S.aas, isa native Of Kentucky, and served
in che Mexican war.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

The nexs snnual meeting of the III
inois Press Association will be held in
Chicago, commencing May twenty-eix!h,
1874.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

states that tho report Photographed to the
House by special correspondent TO the Of
feet that he, Kellogg, had made a requisi-
tion on the authorities of tho District Of
Columbia for ES-Goc, Yarmouth, ia on
tiroly untrue,
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01
rlSRR NEWS.

Office OF Observation. Signal Service I. =.
army. Daily report OF the stage OF water.
with the changes for the - hours ending
. o'clock -. M January 81, 1874,
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01
r0ILrR rXrL0sION.

At Peoria, Illinois, this afternoon C.
boiler in John Shields boiler work,
which Shields was tcstinR, exploded with
terrific force, blowing him n distanco Of
one hundred and fifty fo,t, against pile
o.! lumber. crushiuc his body into an IN
recognizable mass. no ono else was seri-
ousiy injured.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01
New Orleans,

NEW ORLEANS, January 3!,--A fire
originating in Loeri's grocery store, cor
nor Of Josephine and Dryados streets, des-
troyed oigh. buildings. Loss fifty thous.
aud dollaFs, mostly insured in local COM
pAnys
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01
A, j, ROE. M. u.

A. j. ROE, Nj. d.
Ohco over Thoms L. Bros. grocery store,
No. ia Commercial avenue, corner Eighth
street. Residence corner Washington ave.
nue. and Fourteenth street. E
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

Toe bill introduced by Mr.. Ortiz Of In
diana, yesterday, permits the holder of
United States bond TO take it 60 tho Treas
ury and exchange it for currency and
en-. rcrsa, changing back and forth al
pleasure, The Secretary 10 prepare two
7 thousand million dollars Of greenbacks,
! 20 hold in reserve, in read mess 90 make
tho exchange, or rice uersa rs called for.
lie will soon speak in advocacy Of this
measure. Tho Banking aud Currency
Committee yesterday, by q vote Of ten to
one, agrood to report adversely upon "Pig
Iron" Kelloys 3-65 convertible bond
scheme, and have it laid upon tho table.
Thus a. single blow are Pig Irou's ~
fond hopes Of being elevated 10 the posi-.
tion Of financial doctor and panic crush.
or, smashed and dashed, Not bong Of Q
disposition TO give up easily he will, how,
ever, make desperate push to have the
bill brought up for discussion n
committee Of the whole on the state 0,
tho Union alas, poor "Pig Iron.
GOING FOR TnE Cos1IgGESr FUND.
The committee OF the House on appro
pris,ions IL in down right oarnes, on Tho
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

CHICAGO, January 3l.--The total mum.
Der Of hogs packed here tho present sea-
son IL l,3715ii against l,0si,O9o same
nprinl lAs. soRsOn.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

Below high wster mark.
Edwin BooTH,
Observer sig. ser. 1. ). a
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-01

spondenco of the Chicago Timcsl
Ia the meantime, tho eeSts in tho gal
leries have been taking in relays OF con-
stantly arriving spectators, until tho ira.
d.tionsl omnibus capacity IS passed and
there is no longer room for ono moro
Something in the air has promised good
entertainment, and thO crowd means TO
DO in vt tho feast.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-02-28
Improving Common Fowls.

The Ohio Farmer speaking of the notice
able neglect the ordinary farmer pays to
his stock Of poultry, says: There are
usually two excuses offered by the farmer
for not improving his stock of fowls; first,
it does not pay to devote any attention to
common breeds; and second, he is not
able to procure the high-priced superior
breeds. Now in both of these positions he
is incorrect, for the common breeds may be
improved up to a point of excellence that
will make them highly remunerative, and
no man who owns farm is too poor to buy
dozen eggs from such breeds of hens as
are best adapted to his use. But our object
IN this article is to show how the common
fowls may be improved by care so as to
make them, in real cash value, worth
double the stock as generally found in the
barn-yard Of the farmer.
The habits of the differents fowls of the
flock should be observed, and when a
quiet, good laying hen is found save her
eggs for setting. Never raise chickens
from the eggs Of wandering, cross, poor
laying hen ; such fowls should be shut up.
tattened, and killed. Select such fowls for
setting as will make the best mothers. If
convenient to do so, give the hen her own
eggs to hatch. Save the pullets those
which mature earliest, grow largest, and
have the finest appearance generally. If
any OF these do not prove to be good lay
ers, mark them for the pot-pie and kill
them off. it is fault far too common to
kill the plnnpest pullets in the fall and let
the inferior ones live TO make the breeding
and laying stock. Attention should also
be given to choosing nice cockerel; save
one with broad back and breast, small
head, trim legs, and solid body. In the
puliet, essential points are, full breast,
broad between the shoulders, straight
breast boae, deep body, trim legs and feet,
well cut small head, bright eyes. and
smooth plamage. Where the breed now
on hand does not answer the full require
ments, exchange few eggs with some
nelghoor who has stock of poultry supe-
from these. Be sure and have a good
cockerel; on this much of the profit de-
ponds. A light Brahma cock put with the
common fowls will advance the value of