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JOURNAL OF HOETICtTLTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDEKEB. 



[ May 16, 1872. 



It is considered tad to keep Dneis and fowls together jty^oMhe -better to 



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more prolitabie, as there .„ — 



tank ii very well for the Ducks, hut unless the ivat 



tmnallv it is had for fowls. Ducks make it vei7 dr . , , ^, , . •„„ 



will keep it c"Sr We advise you to give clean water ever? day, to feed on 

 wm keep II iituu. . e J ? „^«n nrr. to mve for the nud-day 



barleyn 



nd oats every morning and evening, to give for the mid-day 

 whole maize ond the kitchen scraps. As they have no grass, le. soine 

 laree sods o?°Tass be cut withplentyof earth, and given daUy. We should he 

 S^sposcdlo think the half-hred hen lays and eats th YSf; .IJ^ she goes 

 to the nest and then cackles we heUeve she lays. A.^atch her closely. -S\ e 

 shall irhappy to receive your lecture and to give it an honourable position. 



Bratoia Cock's Comb (G. TF. B.).-The comb should he threefold, made as it 

 were ^??toee, one larger and higher than the others. The two smaUer should 

 leem as thon-h they were pressed into the sides of the larger, retammg shape 

 and serrationi, but forming part of the higher and larger one. 



Hens Eoo-BorND (TV.M. for R. P. F.).-lf the appearances you mention 

 are common, there is something wrong in your feedmg. If in only one or 

 too cases they are caused bv an obstruction in the egg-passage, but the shells 

 totog ve^ &^ till they harden by exposure to the atmosphere, they break 

 to tans!^ They camiot be laid after that, and the hen must die To two 

 mevlons queries we have stated how fowls ought to be fed. Avoid aU con- 

 SSs Td^atural appliances; feed as birds feed in a state of nature. 

 Ton wiU never find a Pheasant or Partridge dead from bemg egg-bound. 



Eggs by Kaii, (IF. B.).-Xour case we think exceptional. Eggs usually are 

 conveyed safely. If blame attached, the manager of the hue should be in- 

 formed of the names or stations of the delinquents. 



Bkatoia Eggs (Gahfnii Amaleur).—So one would supply eggs on the terms 

 you mention. Eggs usuaUy travel weU, and if they are exceptionaUy injiired 

 by rough usage on their passage the purchaser must endure the loss. Ihe 

 offer of another sitting at half-price was liberal. 



PiGEOs Eace.— If " H. J. H. L," or any other subscriber, encloses apostage 

 stamp with his address we will send the rules, He, of the race. 



Pigeon Diseased (..In(iwrp).— From what you say we think your bird has 

 caught cold. Tiy a warmer place, and a Uttle hempseed with its food. 



Thaimng Tcmblees to Elt (Ca-sar).— It is somewhat difficult to train 

 Tumblers to flv, the difficulty being to get them np. This is mcreased if 

 there are high buildings near, on which they can sit and defy you. T\e have 

 found the following plan answer best. 1st, Do not letyomhurds out untU you 

 want them to perform. If they are let out early, say six o'clock in summer, 

 by a servant, theytakeafly round, and do not care to move again. 2nd, Choose 

 a fine clear morning, put the birds which you intend to fly in one place, say 

 one side of the division in your loft, not letting the sitting bu-ds mix with 

 them. 3rd, Do not feed them ; and at, say, nine o'clock, open the trap, and 

 frighten them up with a caniage-whip, which, being long and making a 



Bmus Dying in an Atiaby (SM>cribcr).—l wish I could prescribe a check 

 for the mortality in his aviary, which if unchecked bids fair to decimate its 

 popSation. It is always more or less difficult to keep in confinement birds 

 naturally wild. The CanaiT, hemg to a great degree domesticated, and having 

 been for generations bred in prison, is perhaps less susceptible to Aanges 

 which affect other birds. Of our own native wild bnrds, few are kept m ™n- 

 finement in numbers to equal the Goldfinch or Linnet, and everyone who has 

 had much to do with these birds knows on what a slender thread hang Ihei^ 

 Uves. FuUy 60 per cent, of fresh-caught birds die either in the catcher s, the 

 dealer's or the first pmchaser's hands, and but a small per-centage hve to 

 moult in the house and become over-year birds, as they are caUed. Do as we 

 will, and be as careful as we may, and as thoughtful as possible to supply food 

 as nearly as possible like that procured in the wild state and to lurmsh con- 

 ditions closely approximating to those in which the bird is found, our best 

 endeavours aie fmile; and they first get a Uttle "thick," then mope, then 

 put the little head with all its sorrows and troubles under the wmg^nd go 

 ouietlv away. The post-mortem shows nothing— affords no clue. I'rue, the 

 body is wasted, but that will come about in very few hours, and a plump 

 hreist soon becomes a mere wedge. Sudden changes m the weather, chills 

 trifles which would not affect them when flying about at hberty, soon give 

 them their mittimus.— W. A. Blaeston. 



METEOEOLOGICAIi OBSEEVATIOSS, 



Camden Square, Lonbon. 



Lat. 51° 32' 40" N. ; Long. 0' S' 0" W. ; Altitnde 111 feet. 



the 



; have found answer well. If possible, do not let 



building. In a few mornings it is wonderful how they 



■^hen they come in they will rush to their food and enjoy 



— that overfeeding is bad. Keep the fliers pretty 



to pick up every stray grain. Feeding before flying is a 



We 



when cracked 

 one idler rest c: 

 learn to mount, 

 their breakfast, 

 sharp and 

 most foolish pli — 



If yon want your birds to fly. 

 Tumble weU, and mount up high, 

 Don't give them a single grain 

 TUl they're in the loft again. 

 There is a rhyming i-ule for you to remember. 



PAliSLET FOH F.ABEiTS (OW^C/iarilon.)— Wc should only give it i 

 quantities daily. 



JoNQllE, BriT, AND Mealy DEFINED (M. G.). — A Jonque Canary 

 an uninitiated person would call a Yellow -- ■< - ■"-" 



what would ordinarily be called a ^Tiite on 

 colour between the pale lemon-yellow of 

 orange of a Jonque, and 



REiMAItKS. 

 8th.— Showery and cold; thunder "between 3 and 4 p.m. ^^ . 



9th.— Cold and cloudy at 9 a.m., fine from 10 a.m. to 0.40. p.m., thunder- 

 Btorm from 0.52 to 1.18 p.m., and again het-ween 5 and 6 p.m. Occa- 

 sional showers during the day. , ., ., i. l i.^ ^ 

 10th.— Very fine morning, and fair, though sometimes cloudy throughout the 



day : starlight night. ^ ^ ^ . , 



11th.— Frost in morning, very cold and stormy all day. Snow at ten mmutes 



hefore 1 p.m. ; several heavy hut short showers. 

 12th.— Cold and cloudy, hut on the whole a fine day ; rain at mght. 

 13th.— YeiT wet day, overcast throughout, and almost contmuous ram. -Be- 

 tween 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. 0.63 inch fell, and another tenth of an mch 

 after the latter hour. , , . 



14th.— Fan-, but with a large amount of cloud, rendenng the sunshme veiy 

 intei-mittent. Fine evening hut cool. ^ or- t, i 



Awetweek, considerably colder than the previous one, and about d^ boiow 

 the average. Sharp frost on the morning of 11th. The 13th was also a most 

 wintry day.— G. J. Symons. 



what 



and a Buff or Mealy bird is 



But there are many shades of 



common Canary, and the rich 



v,...^ ^ -^ , there are as many shades of colour 



between the almost colcnrless "White bird and the deep Buff. "TeUow bu-ds 

 are bright ; Buff are dull ; Yellow bu-ds ai-e of one uniform brilliant colour ; 

 Buff are, as it were, dusted over with meal, hence the synonyme Mealy. The 

 terms Yellow and Buff, Jocque and Mealy, are used with a general appHcation 

 also (irrespective of the idea of Yellow and BuS considered as colours), divid- 

 ing all varieties of Canaries iL.to two classes. For example : A Green Canary 

 if bright is said to be a yellow green, and il ot a dull opaque sort of colour, is 

 said to be a buff green. A bright Cinnamon is called a YeUow Cinnamon, and 

 a duU one a Buff Cinnamon, and so on thrc u^b eveiy vanety. A clear bird is 

 one which shows no dai-k marks— tbat is, haS ao daiK feathers, and which also 

 has white under flue, the underneath portion of the ftathers, which in some 

 apparently clear birds is quite black. There is uo probability of a Canary 

 Show at the Crystal Palace in the summer. The biids are not m condition 

 for exhibition, and are very busily engaged in rearing little olive plants for 

 future shows.— W. A. Blakston. 



Canahy Wheezikg axd Sneezing (Geo. Win. Bibber t).—Theve is nothing 

 inconsistent in being aCanaiy fancier as well as a poultry fancier. The one 

 ranks as high as the other, and I still live in hope of seeing the Canary have 

 a line to himself on the title-page of the Journal. Our Belgians hold their 

 heads as high as any Brahma, and show as much blue blood as any Game. 

 Either fancy is a source of amusement, with a strong dash of £ s. d. in it, 

 rather than a disinterested study, having for its object the production of 

 pretty songsters on the one baud, or eggs and flesh on the other. Iseither 

 fancy has for its ultimate aim any idea of benefiting mankind. Indeed, the 

 Canarv has but a limited sphere of action, and could at the best do but very 

 little or nothing. Poultry might do a great deal, but do not. The object of 

 poultry-breeding is much the same as Canary-breeding— feather. There is no 

 inconsistency in the two going hand-in-hand. Your bird has evidently a 

 severe cold. Feed hitn on bread and milk, and keep him very warm. He -wiU 

 most probably soon come round again. — ^W. A. Blaeston. 



Canary with One Mandible {F. W. Smith).— VHiy wish to keep such a 

 dcfoi-mity ? As for its being able to feed itself after it is weaned, Nature 

 makes wonderful provision for supplying deficiencies, and might suggest a 

 mode bv which a bird v.-itb only a lower mandible miiiht be able to feed itself, 

 but I should suggest that it would be merciful to kill it.— W. A. Blakston. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— Mat 15. 

 A -week's coarse unsettled weather has completely disorganised our market, . 

 some things becoming quite scarce and others not to be had at all, th& 

 suDplv of Asparagus and BroccoU especially falling off. The foreign trade, 



however, has not been so much interfered with. ^'- '' P-.t<.t^A« on,, tn. 



30s. per cwt. ; Eidney ditto 6rf. to Is. per lb. 

 FBUIT. 



r round Potatoes 20s. to 



8. d 



Apples 



_^^___ ...isieve 3 0to6 



Apncote... doz. 2 3 



Cherries .perbox 3 5 



Chestnuts bushel 10 20 



Currants J sieve 



Black do. 



Figs aoz. 12 15 



Filberts lb. 6 1 



Cobs lb. 6 1 



Grapes, hothouse.... lb, 7 12 



Gooseberries quart 10 1 



Lemons ^100 7 10 



Melons each 6 0tol5 



Nectarines doz. 15 3) 



Oranees ^100 4 10 



Peaches doz. 18 41 



Pears, kitchen doz. 



dessert doz. 



PineApples lb. 6 6 12 



Quinces. doz. 



Raspberries.. lb. 



Str.iwberries '^'b. 6 15 



Walnuts bushel 10 25 



ditto ^100 10 2 



VEGETABLES. 



Artichokes doz. 



Asparagus 1*100. 



Beans, Kidney per 109 



1 6 



_ bushel 



Beet, Red doz. 1 



Brocculi bundle 9 



BnisBels Sprouts.. i sieve 



Cabbase doz. 1 



Capsicums ^b^O 



Carrots bunch 6 



Cauliflower (^oz. 4 



Celery bundle 1 6 



Coleworts.. doz. bunches 2 



Cucumbers each 6 



pickling doz. 



Endive....! doz. 2 



Fennel bunch 3 



Garlic lb. 8 



Herbs bunch 3 



Horaeradieb bundle 3 



Leeks bunch 2tc 



Lettuce doz. 1 



Mushrooms pottle 1 



Mustard & Cress. .punnet 2 



Ouions bushel 2 



pickling quart 6 



Parsley per doz. bunches 3 



Parsnips doz. 9 



Peas quart 3 



Potatoes bushel 4 



Kidney do. 3 



Radishes., doz. bunches 6 



Rhubarb handle 3 



Ravovs doz. 



Sea-kale basket 



Shallots .lb. 4 



Spinach bushel 3 



Tomatoes doz. 3 



Turnips bunch 3 



"Vegetable Marrows.. doz. 



