August 14, 187S ] 



JOUENAL OF HOETICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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—1. p. Unsworlh, Lawton, Kewton-le-WillowB, 2, T. Wakefielcl, Jolborue. he, 

 •J. Wilker ; W. Penny ; S. H. Stott ; K. liladslune, jun., Courthe y. 



PIGEONS. 



PouTEBS.— Cm*.— 1. T. 0. CUnniat!, Birkdale. 2 and S, W. Ball, SoaUiport. 

 nen.—l, T. O. Clioning. 



Carribrs.— Cocfc.— I and Cap. J. Stanley, Blackburn. 2, n. Yardley. Bir- 

 minf;ham. 3. T. H. Stretch. Orm-skirk. he. J. Stanley; T. U. Stretch. Hfn.~ 

 1. J. B. Buckley, Aughtun. 2. E. c. Stretch, Oruiikirk. Youmj.—l, A. Billyeald, 

 Nottingham. 2. C. Duckworth. Wavertree. 3, E. C. Stretch. 



Barbs.— 1 and 2. J. Fioldiog.jun., Rjchdalc. 3 aud he, J. Stanley, Blackburn. 



Dragoons. — Blue or Silver. — 1, 2, and Cup, F. Graham, Birkenhead. 3, J. B. 

 Buckley, he. F. Graham; E. C. Stretch. Ormskirk; W. Gamou, Chester. 

 J«y o(a*r eolour. — 1. 2. and 3. F. Graham, /tt", W. J. Mitchell, Birmingham. 



ITMBLERS.- S«or/-/acfd.— 1 and 3, J. Fietdiug. juu. 2, C. Duckworth, he, H. 

 Yardley. Lonqfaeed.—l, J. Wa;t3. 2. E. C. Stretch. 3. C. E. Duckworth. 



Owls.- Fortiflri.— 1. 2. aud 3, J. Fielding, jun. EmjUsh.—l and 3, J. B. 

 Buckley. 2, P. Uueworth, I.awtou. 



Jacobiss.- 1, II. Yardley. 2. J. Stanley. 3. F. L. Denny, Soathport. 



TuBBiTs.— 1 and 2. J. Fieldiu'.:, juu. 3, J. Watts, Birmingham. 



Fantails. — 1 and 2. ,T. F. Loveraediic, Newark. 



AxTwaBPS.— S/iorf-.f-icct/.— 1 and Cjp, M. Hackfortb. Croston. 2. J. Stanley. 

 S. A. Justice, iie, W. G iinoD. Chester, [.lui'j-faced. — 1, A. Juatiue. 2, R. 

 \Vhit«, Manchester. 3 and he, K. Ashtun, Ormskijrk. 



Ant oroER VARiETr.— 1, H. Yardley. 2, FumesB & SadaU, Rawteustall. 3, 

 K. WWte. 



Judges. — Poultry : Mx. R. Teebay, Fulwood, Preston ; Mr. 

 J. Hiadson, Liverpool. Pigeons : Mr. R. Teebay, and Mr. J. O. 

 WakesoE. 



NEATH POULTBY SHOW. 



The meeting of the Neath Association was held on the 7th 

 .-md 8th iast., in a large suitable field lent by the Corporation. 

 The pens were Billett's, of Southampton, and were well ar- 

 ranged against the fences, and the only point to which we would 

 take exception was that the bottoms were covered with straw, 

 which answers no good purpose. 



The Dorkings were a good class for the time of year ; the 

 prizes went to Dark Greys. Buff Cochiiis were also good, 

 and the cup was awarded to the first-prize winners, a capital 

 pen ; the second-prize pen in the same class contained a good 

 hen but a very small cock, though nice in colour. The Partridge 

 and other Coloured Cochins were very poor, and although there 

 were some good aud large Dark Brakmtis, yet they were mostly 

 in bad feather, the Light variety showing little improvement 

 in that respect. Only the first-prize Spanish were worthy of 

 notice. Of the Golden Hamburghs, Gold-spangled were first 

 and cup for the section, and Golden-pencilled second and third. 

 In the Silvers a pair of good Spangled were first, and Pencilled 

 chickens second. Among Polands a neat pair of White-crested 

 Blacks stood first, and Silvers second. Of Game, only the first- 

 prize pair were good, but these were awarded the section cup, 

 aud were Brown-breasted Reds of rare merit. In Game Bantams 

 the first and second-prize birds were Black-breasted Reds ; the 

 first adult as good as can be wished for, aud the second chickens 

 of this year. In the Variety class, Creve-Cceurs.were first, and 

 La Fleche second. 



There were two classes for chickens, the first for Cochins, 

 Dorkings, and Spanish. The first prize, and the cup for the 

 two classes, were carried oft by a grand pen of Partridge 

 Cochins; the second prize went to excellent Buff Cochins, and 

 the third to Black Spanish. In the class for Any other variety 

 of chickens were also some very promising pens, particularly 

 the pair of Lii,'ht Brahmas which won the first prize, aud the 

 pen of Dark birds of that variety which won the second prize. 

 The third-prize Dackwing Game were capital in colour and style, 

 but slightly duck-heeled. An eitra third prize was awarded to 

 Creve-Coeurs. 



Rouen Ducks were very good, but the Aylesburys were some- 

 thing wonderful in size, condition, and colour of beak ; and the 

 cup for the aquatic birds and Turkeys was awarded in this 

 class. In the Variety class of Ducks was a neat pen of Black 

 Ettst Indian. Only one pen of Geese was shown, and these 

 were Toulouse, but tliere were three pens of Turkeys of great 

 gize and in good order. 



Of Pigeons the Carriers were very poor, in fact little more 

 than Dragoons, but all the Pouters were mentioned, the first and 

 second prizewinners being White, in grand show, and long in 

 limb and feather. Only one pair of Tumblers was exhibited, 

 and the .Jacobins were very poor. The winning Fantails were 

 birds of this year, good in carriage and style of tail, aud the cup 

 for the best pen in the Show was awarded to the first-prize pen. 

 Nims were good ; the first prize was taken by nestlings, and the 

 second by old birds. Barbs were of ordinary merit, the first 

 were Yellows and the second Reds, no others being worthy of 

 notice with the exception of the winners of the first prize in the 

 Variety class, which were Silver Runts of great size. 



.'Vmong the Canaries were some neat birds ; the first prize 

 went to a Crested Jonque Norwich, the second to a first-feather 

 Dutch, and the third to a common Yellow. An aviary of wild 

 birds was awarded an extra prize. 



D ■aur.os.-l. R. Treadwell. Triog. 2. W. Boran, Swansea. 3. H. Fe«8t, 

 S-ran H 1. h'. W. Bevan : C. Harrif . Neath ; K. Lcyahon, Bridgend. 



' ' .^.- Ztul7 uu'l CijiH/iDioil.— 1 and Cui», T. A. Dean. Mardcn. 2, 

 ' . i.'boltenham (Bull). 8, S. R. Uains, St. Day (Buffi li<r. H. 



I . ':. K. dliiver, Swansea. Any ijOur variet;! —I. K. P. Bidder, 



V. urtridgi^). !, J. H. Watkins, Hereford. 3, D. Uutcbin.i. PuucDud. 



LiL^oiii. luuiRA.— i/ar^.— 1. H. B, MorrelJ, Caomawr, Clyro (Dark). 2, T. U. 



Williams, Brecon. 3, B. P. Bidder, he, W. Bovau. Li(iht.—\, T. A. Dean, a, 

 Kev. N.J. Eidlev, Newbury. 3, H. Feast, c, U. btuddy, Ashdale. 



Spanish.- 1, H. Feast. 2, T. Ace. Ystalyfera. 



HAiiBuaGHS. — Goldfiiiii'ncilkd and Spunoled.—l, Cup, and 2. Mrs. Rolls, 

 Monmouth. 3, C. Bloodworlh. /ic, H. Moore. Weston-ouper-Mare ; Mrs. H. 

 Feast : Mrs. E. Feast : J. F. Davios, Neath, c. C. Bmikland, Swansea, .silver- 

 pencitlcd nnd Spangled.— 1, Mrs. iftiUs. 2, J. M'Connoll, Hereford. 3, Mrs. E. 

 Feast, /ic, Mrs. H. Feast, c, — Farrah. Neath. 



PoLANDS.-l, R. Jones. Neath. 2, C. Bloodworth. 3, Mrs. H. Feast. 



Ga->ie.— 1 and Cup. H. E. Martin, Fakenham. 3, A. Feast, c, T. Reece, 

 Llaudaff ; J. Lewis, Neath. 



Game Bantahs.— 1 and 3, A. Ashley, Woroeater. 2, R. Wiugfield, Worcester. 

 he. H. P. Price. Brecou. 



Bantams.— .liiy other variety. — 1, A. Feast. 



Anv other Distinct Variety.- 1, J. Robinson, Garstang (Creve-Cteur). 2, 

 Rev. N. J. Ridley, Newbury. 3, A. Feast, kc. Mis. E. Feast, c, F. J. Gibbias, 

 Neath (Chinese). 



Cochins, Dokkikos. and SPANian.— C/iic/.(:u«.— 1. Cup, and e, P. Charles, 

 Neath (Partridge Cochins). 3, C. Bloodworth (Buff). 3, A. T. Walters, Kid- 

 welly (Black Spanishl. he, W. Hevan iDorkiugsl: D. Lane, Hardwick (Buff 

 Cochins) : O. E. Cresswell, Baeshot (Silver-Grey Dorl^ings). 



Anv otuee Variety.— C;tic;;cM—l, T. A. Dean. 2. O. E. Cresswe)!, Early 

 Wood. Bagshot. Extra 2, J. Carr.Hafod. Swansea. 3, D. W.J.Thomas, Brecon. 

 Extra 3, A. Feast, Swansea, vlie, Mrs. H. Studdy, Ashdale. Haverfordwest ; W. 

 Morris, Hereford ; J. F. Davies. Neath, /ic, Mrs. U. Studdy ; W. Harris (2) ; J. 

 Carr. e, J. F. Davies. 



DccKS.— Bou.iii.— 1, J. J. Lewis. Brecon. 2, S. H. Stott, Preston. B. J. R. 

 Paramore, Neath, he, Mrs. Kicharas, Brecon ; W. W. Cunnick, Brecon. 

 Aylesbury.— \ and Cup. T. Tomliuson, Lancashire. 2. S. R. Hains, St. Day. 

 Cornwall, 8. Mrs. E. Feast. Swansea, he, Mrs. H. Studdy; Mrs. H. Feast, 

 Any other variety.— I, Mrs. Lewis, Neath. 2, Mrs. E. Feast. 3, H. Cuthbertaoo. 

 Panrhiewtyn. 



G( ESE.— 1, Mrs. H. Studdy. 



Tdkkejs.— 1, Mrs. H. Studdv. 2, Rev. N. J. Ridley. 8, Mrs. Lewis. 



Selun-g Class.— 1. D. J. Rhys, Neath. 2, W. Harris. 3, Mrs. R. Morgan. 

 he, .\. K. Tboraas. 



Ducks.— 1, J. B. Paramore. 2, W. W. Cunnick (Rouen). S, J. F. Daviea 

 (Aylesbury). 



PIGEONS. 



Carriers.- 1, P. R. Spencer, Hereford. 2, W. Morriman. Swansea. 



PoDlERS.— 1. W. H. Tomliuson, Newark-ou-Treut. 2, H. Yardley, Birming- 

 ham, /ic, P. R. Spencer; T. A. Dean, Maradou. c, P. R. Spencer. 



Tumblers (-ihorUfaced).- 1, H. Yardley. 



J.VGOBINS.— 1, H. P. Price, Brecon. 2. W. G. Davies, Swansea. 



Fantails.- 1, Cud, and 2, W. H. Tomliuson. he, W. Merriman. 



Nuns.— 1 and 2. T. A. Dean. Hereford. 



Barbs.— 1. H. Yardley. 2, W. H. Tomlinaon. 



Antwerps.— 1, H. Y'ardley. 



ToBBiTs OR Owls.— 1, H. Yardley (Owls). 2, J. Croote, Hcavitree, Exeter 



Flvino TuMBLERa (pen ot not less thin six).— 1, P. Charles, Neath. 2, J. 

 Westren, Neath, e, W. M. Davies. Neath. 



Any OTHER Variety.— 1, Mrs. H. Studdy, Ashdale, Haverfordwest (Runts). 

 2, P. R. Spencer (Trumpeters), he, W. G. Davies. 



CvNARY.- 1, B. P. Bidder. Waunceirch. 2, E. Spooner. Baglan Hall. S, .!• 

 Baylis. Neath, he. A. Shepherdsou, Neath; R. Roe, Swansea; 3. DanieU 

 Neath (1) ; B. P. Bidder, c, S. Daniel. 



HORNINGLOW POULTET SHOW. 



This Show was held on the 8th and 'Jth inst., at Burton-on- 

 Trent, and proved unexceptioually good. The arrangements 

 were of a very superior character, tlie method adopted for the 

 staging of the poultry being alike unique and satisfactory. As 

 rapidly as possible the staging was completed by the simple 

 plan of turning on end a number of empty ale casks, and then 

 placing planking on them to receive the pens, supplied by 

 Turner, of Sheffield. The casks proved to be a foundation in- 

 comparably secure, and the erection was completed with almost 

 inconceivable rapidity. Such a hint to committees, if pressed 

 for time, may be useful. Another point in the management is 

 quite worthy of note — viz., that in every instance in wliich 

 there appeared to be the slightest question as to the birds 

 reaching their owners on the Saturday evening, they were care- 

 fully retained aud attended to during the Sunday, and sent 

 away by the earliest trains on the Monday morning. Bscursiou 

 trains from distant localities brought together an immense 

 number of visitors, and this, with the fact that a popular candi- 

 date for the district was simultaneously returned to Parlia- 

 ment, lent much excitement to the doings of the day, and made 

 the Show an extraordinarily paying one. It would be well, 

 perhaps, to revise the prize schedule for future shows, as 

 neither Ducks, Geese, nor Turkeys had any place on the 

 prize list, proving the only drawback to au otherwise excellent 

 Exhibition. 



The greatest feature of the Show was the Hrxmiury/s classes, 

 the Duke of Sutherland, Mr. John Rollinsou, Mr. Henry Beldon, 

 aud a few others of high repute for these breeds, making prize- 

 winning " a far harder job than anticipated." Such a collection 

 of the grandest pens in the kingdom formed a Hamburgh show 

 that once seen could never be forgotten. Among other objects 

 of especial interest were the well-grown chickens of most of the 

 larger breeds of poultry, that were brought to the show-pen in 

 most creditable condition. Cucluns and Dorkings were very 

 fine, though, as most persons would anticipate, many of the 

 adults were much out of plumage. The Golden and Silver- 

 spangled Polands proved irre-sistibly attractive to the visitors, 

 being represented by some of Mr. Beldon's best specimens; 

 there were also some very fine Malays, Silky fowls, and Leg- 

 horns. Some very good Game Bantam chickens were shown, 

 but as yet too young for exhibition. 



The most perfect order and good humour prevailed among 

 the crowds of visitors who attended, and the weather was as 



