Show hl 11 IMPROVED VARIETIES OK 0 10 FOWLS na ABATEMENT II 11 statement was waa made by bid bro vaul laul jaul AI ao the chairman of the thel committee on fowls pigs etc at t the meeting of the deseret Asso association clation for fott improvement the and development of stoa etc on monday evening thatis thab that is worth repeating to the public at this season season beason when eggs are so rare thab they can scarcely be found int irs the market As is probably well known to oui readers be he has been Import importing hig improved and fancy varieties of fowls from the east last winter he had bad a java hen which from november let iet 1669 1869 to february 1870 40 a period of days laid eggs tb this thib Is was the largest production of eggs which he had from any one fowl but we believe is not unusually jy large for that breed we do not misstate the case we think when we say aay that there are plenty of flocks of the common varieties of hens in this country which do not average more e essia gs through the entire year than this fowl laid though these four coldest months there are but few days in the winter season when gur common fowls will lay jay at all sudgi and egg during the holidays s sell seil i ell eil at enormous prices if indeed they can be procured at t any price the general introduction of these improved kinds among our ouy farmers and others would correct ghisi this and our market would be supplied with eggs at toler tolor tolerably ably reasonable rates the following breeds of fowls have been kept during the past season by bro and the qualities tested by him french Hou dans french creve crove i t i 1 1 i white faced black spanish fihs i white spanish i isi 1 l white leghorns Leg horns black royal boyal javas light brahman Brah mas dark do buff baff cochins A u I 1 the first nive five of thesel these varieties are non setters betters they lay right along and leave the business of rearing broods to the others the black royal noyal javas are the best beat winter layers the light brahman are very good winter layers I 1 and the dark brahman and buff cochins are good winter layers brother hettler Bc says of the non betters setters th Hou dans 1 white leghorns Leg horns horna and whit spanish are the hardiest handiest har diest and fud fid best ada adapted ted for this climate but the tho four last named breeds in ja hib his list are all hardy and make good mothers on account of tho the he abundance of about their thighs the javas and brahman seldom desire to set in the winter winte raea bea sea son and are easily broken up for the table the houdina Hou Ho dans udana creve mceura and javas are the best brahman are afe very good up to one year old A after that age they grow thumb i asa As a farmers fowx fowl bro bho considers the Hou dans the leghorns Leg horns borns javas and light the most useful As fancy fowls the creve clears white faced black spanish the pol ards calcutta white and aud sultan fowls are desirable desirable the last three named kinds he has not yet introduced from these varieties a good abood serviceable breed of fowls can be selected by families and poultry raisers that would give iv e satisfaction and be profitable these ch e 8 e hardy varieties are as easily kepl kept as th the e common kind of chickens and they soon repay with interest the original investment the prices for pure bred fowls range from 0 6 to 20 a pair in the east and from 20 to per pair for imported stock birds these latter iatter prices are aro faney fancy express charges on fowls are forty cents centa per pound from the atlantic states and thirty cents per jer ier pound from the western states but we think the necessity for importation will soon pass away last spring bro Sc bettler sold eggs from his choicest breeding stock from IZO 0 to 10 per dozen the same samy prices dast vast ices lees at which eggs are sold for in we the east next spring he intends Intend sto to commence selling in february for nor the hardy breeds breeder from to 0 6 per dozen when ahen eggs of the right kind can be bought ac the the latter figures there will be bul but little or no importation of fowls besides these varieties there is the white holland turkey which is highly Te commended recommended aa as a hardy bird and the y young of which 1 iff easily reared re areda a great difficulty with our common breed of turkeys in the fall the white holland lays heys abundantly when wilen all the dl freDt different frent bre ds of fowl aro pro boulting moul ting ye ve are gratified to record the introduction pt of these excellent varieties of fowls their propagation and spread will wili add to the wealth of the country and be the means of multiplying and article of diet of which ludsy people opie ople ire are fond their merits deserve notice and care should be taken e U I 1 1 l i 1 1 T to increase s e beir their thein aiu fiu numbers m andio p preserve r et the purity of the breeds I 1 i THE clergy ost coat the united Stat essix mill ons oue one lawyers twenty five million dogs ten millions nill lione criminals twelve th illions butlin Is believed that rats cob cot cwb more than all ail utah has been very free from front all these pests peats tho the clergy have cost coat us but little they are now seeking to get a foothold footh foothold ld here lawyers and criminals li a ve been few in in nuber number but with buch such a judiciary as WO now ilay have there is a prospect of their thein number bumber increasing and now we are threatened with ratel they have made their appearance pe arance all these we suppose vp we must accept as the blessin blessings gt of civilis atlon |