. Fanciers' journal and land & water . tipped with cream color, body yellowish white, the facecream color,—this one was shot in Hingham, this State. Itseems to be quite a year for odd-colored squirrels round J. Colburn, Boston, Mass. One op our oldest subscribers writes: I receive my pa-pers regularly, and am always glad when it comes. I was verymuch pleased with the picture of that Black Barb. I cut it outand had it put in a frame. I inclose one dollar and fifty centsfor another years subscription to the Fanciers Journal. Joshua Bowers. I have a curiosity in the shape of a pit Gam
. Fanciers' journal and land & water . tipped with cream color, body yellowish white, the facecream color,—this one was shot in Hingham, this State. Itseems to be quite a year for odd-colored squirrels round J. Colburn, Boston, Mass. One op our oldest subscribers writes: I receive my pa-pers regularly, and am always glad when it comes. I was verymuch pleased with the picture of that Black Barb. I cut it outand had it put in a frame. I inclose one dollar and fifty centsfor another years subscription to the Fanciers Journal. Joshua Bowers. I have a curiosity in the shape of a pit Game stag that hasnever had any comb or wattles. He looks as though he had beenvery closely dubbed. It has been this way ever since it washatched, in June last. I shall breed him next season, if he isGame to the death, as an experiment. Mack W. Miner. The New Fern Book.—The new Fern Book will be issuedthe 6th inst. We have just received proofs of plates. They arevery fine. S. E. Cassino. 6 November 15, 1877. THE FANCIERS JOURNAL. 221. PodLji^Y Ai^^ PiQEoNs. SEASONABLE HINTS. The autumn has been long and pleasant. We have had noneof the lonjj-protracted rains that have usually heialded the ap-proach of winter. Everything in nature has favored the poultry-keeper. If winter finds him unprepared he is himself the laggard,he has only himself to blame. The earth has not yet hardenedwith frost, and the long freedom has left time to garner a goodsupply of earth for use beneath the roosts, there to act as a deodor-izer and disinfectant, at the same time preserving the droppingsand giving double the amount of compost for the spring; that is, ifa suitable place has been prepared to receive and keep the earth,and another to protect the refuse from the weather. We al-ways keep the dry earth, whether road dust or sand, in a bin in thecorner of each coop. To be sure, the bin is only three boardshigh and nailed across one corner of the room, but each coop has itsow , and is always at hand, ha
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