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JOURNAL OF HOKTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEK. 



[ September 11, 1873. 



moulting, being lu woeful show trim, but the great bulk of the 

 chickens were not only well grown, but also in ailmirable feather. 

 ±' or this simple reason we must confine our remarks more par- 

 ticularly to chickens. 



Among these a grand pair of Brown Red Game claim especial 

 mention; they were shown in the hardest feather, well matured 

 tut the cockerel only very recently dubbed. Mr. Tickner, of 

 Ipswich, was successful with a pen of Golden-pencilled Ham- 

 burghs, sent m ei-quisite condition. In the Cochins, both White 

 and Partridge-feathered were very excellent, but the Buffs were 

 as decided inferior. A very well-feathered pen of Brown Leq. 

 horns were much noted, as being so rarely met with ; and a very 

 strange-looking pen of White chickens, the product of a cross 

 between the true Frizzled and Silky fowls, were decidedly a 

 curiosity though as yet barely ready for public exhibition. The 

 snow of Aylesbury Ducks contained many very large specimens, 

 but faulty bills were the rule. The Rouen Ducks were a very 

 HMt 1 "^^^ "*' ^'™°Se to say, no fancy waterfowl w:ere ex- 



P(>eoHs were a fair collection, but not numerous; White 

 routers, Black Carriers, Foreign Owls, and very superior Barbs, 



m,° among the most prominent varieties. 

 ♦1. 1 "^^^ ^''^^^ °* ifofciiYs shown were the Lop-eared ones, 

 tnougb some specially good Angoras and Silver-Greys were in 

 general competition in a class open to all other breeds. 



A very attractive portion of the Show consisted of Parrots of 

 many rare varieties, singing birds both foreign and British, and 

 a very interesting couple of Long-eared British Owls. These 

 uwls were soon claimed, as, being shown in the most perfect 

 leather and from their rarity in confinement, they wiU doubt- 

 less be transferred to some public collection. 



Poultry and Pigeons were judged by Mr. Edward Hewitt, of 

 Birmingham; and Mr. J. W. Harrison, of Spalding, awarded 

 the prizes m all the remaining portions of the Show 

 E?b°o".'fjTwi-tte.''''°- ^'W-H-SbeB. 3,W.E,>o,jun. Ckickem.-l,^.n. 

 BBjiiMas'.-ijirfc-'l, w. E. Garner. 2, Mrs. E. Pryor. 3. J. M Atkinson 

 JameB."" ^'^ ^'"'"''"■-^ '"'> 2' »"• J- KicHardeon. 3, W. WWteley. ArMi 



BRiHM4s.---iiVi;i(._], r. Nntsey. 2, E. Coney. CMcl!cm-l Rev H W 

 Button. 2, P Haines. S. W. KinR. /ic, W. King; S. F. Hu n e c J Wat't« 

 gate""' w"wl;ftcTir- "■"'""'■ ^"" •■«''^'^,,#.-fand 1; Itl.^'^U- 



i^^Slt^^^: 1 1: %'^S^!: Z-i°t,lUi:' """■'*'' «-*' ^'-* 



Fkekch.-1,J. Lewis. 2,B.Hibbort. 3, 1. Nutsev. 

 bPiuisH.— 1, G. G. Thompson. 2. Mrs. Martin. 



?o\"Xs!^!;G°^*B"oSftl''R'sS^^^^^ 



Babsdooe or Ckoss.— 1. J. S. Bond. 2, K. Concv. 3. F SanI 



Bantams.-I. F. Sales. 2, G. F. Clare, he, A. Canty 



ANi- OTHER Variety.— 1, E. S. S. Woodgate. 2.W L.e(lrard fftiVlvin—l A 

 Canty. 2, W. Wbiteley. 3. S. F. Hulme." .-/.c,.7 Watts^lcfw G Wate^ 't 

 pJyorfj.'E°PoHa?."'''''"- «• «°'''''«°'' = I- Nutsey/"K. Cone^''Mrl; e! 



SELiiNG Clabs.-I, J Walkerley. 2, J. Brown, /ic. J. Sellers. cT.H Dows 



, „ PIGEONS. 



CARRraBS.— 1. H. Yardley. 2, R. Ashton. 



Pouters,— 1, E. Ashton. 2, H. Yardley 

 vi-toy."'^""'' ■'■ ^'"'"^'^«^- "• W. H. Tomlinson. he, J. LoTersidge; H. 

 C^alLa™^" ^■""^^^•-l- ^- AUcn. 2, H. Yardley. he, W. Larkins; E. 



Selling Clabs.-1, T. H. Dows. 2, B.Fo ster, he, E. Foster ; W. Larkins. 



3^c'TH~v,^'!'"'^''rh ^- 5-,S"«'!'^y- 2, F. J. Smith, he, R. T. Grantham ; 

 Smith ?; H iJVi ■ -^^ S^l?'',?'"':,,-^"!' '^""'f Lop.~l. E. S. Smith. 2, F. J 

 bmith. Ac, H. E. Glew ; E. S. Smith, c, E. S. Smith; G. Foulds. 



_ , „ CAGE BIRDS. 



pIrb? t"" pr» \^-- ^'™'"- \B-Atkin. ,*c, W. Harwood. c, T. C. Johnson. 



WUl»on"'aBjndrH.'wiirson'" ^''""'-'- °- ''"''• '■ '^'^'^^ =""811. ., J. 



J. B"rSbu'l"'r. jIs": Atkta? TfTw-H^ '*""'-'• ''"• ''"'^"- '■ ^• 



TS^^w^ff^'i^'irl; ■'• F- '^'JV°J!'".-, 2. - Mountain, he. L. J. Brakenbnry ; 

 Tj^J.^Wood. c, D. SowJcn ; G. North. iTDicioJi.-l, Miss L M. Bradley. 2,— 



HYDE POULTEY SHOW. 



The great featm-e of the Hyde Show was its general excellence. 

 Nearly the whole of the most noted prize pens were entered, but 

 Bome were not by any means in perfect feather, as they were 

 moulting heavily. A somewhat serious drawback caused some 

 pens to arrive too late for competition. By the 7,65 a..m. train 

 from Manchester a considerable number of entries were expected, 

 both of dogs and poultry, and it was arranged for the Judges to 

 arrive by the same train. At the Hyde Junction, however, an 

 accident occurred ; the engine, tender, and a portion of the wheels 

 of a first-class carriage leaving the rails at what are called the 



facing points ;" and the engine embedded itself to the very 

 axles, and entirely blocked both lines for about fom- hours. 

 Except the fi-ight consequent on a great noise and heavy jolting, 

 the passengers, as well as the poultry and dogs, were none the 

 worse for the mishap, and, under the circumstances, permission 

 was granted to the Judges to walk down the line a mile and a 



half to Hyde to fulfil their duties, whilst the Committee, with 

 praiseworthy dispatch, sent conveyances by road for those un- 

 expectedly delayed on the railway. 



The birds were nicely penned around the walls of a mill, but 

 the bght being what is called a " back light "-that is, coding 

 through the pens at intervals from the windows behind the 

 pens, could not display the poultry to the best advantage. The 

 toclnns and the Brahmus were admirable, and ot Eamlurglis 

 very rarely has there been such display. The Game were few, 

 but really good. Bantams were a fine collection, a pen of real 

 bilver-laced ones being worthy of note. Geese, Bucks, and 

 J^'irkeijs were all that anyone could desire. The comfort of the 

 whole of the poultry was well provided for. 



R?rmK,°''7?,'/-,!?°,''J?'°''' G-'"'3'ant'. 2. J. Walker, Rochdale. 

 o(L, r„r?;.7;, f w'i'i""?""','!;"'! =""' 2' W. A. Taylor, Manchester. Any 

 hew m, ", h!^ ■ \ ^^^"'^ Partridfe). 2, T. Aspden, Church (Partridge). 



R^™^ Pn ?,.■,? °"^n' ^,'"*<'"' (Pilrtndge) ; T. Stretch, Ormskirk Partridgei 

 ,,.^ Y P Smi?lT lhTffi"M-~r •"?? ';^-I- '^"'if ". Cowley Mount, lit. HeleS's. 

 'hnw„;; ?,?„i'i.» ''?'''''■ i^'g'''-~;J' 7- "■ »"". Marden, Hereford. 2, H. 

 Chawner, jun., Ultoxeter. he, Eev. N. J. Eidley, Newburv 



T^riu^iZj^yv u'"'f'^ iif<fe.-l, Howarlh & Lever, Wooltord, Bnry. 2, T. 

 Tomhnson, VVoolford, Bury. 13roicn.(>rf,M(«i Xtcds.-l, E. Bell, Burton-on- 

 Trent. Ahu other variely.-l. E. Bell (Duckwing). curton ou 



K^rth^^^'l?''1:79''l^°"'""'"'i'"lr'\- ^ Kol^oson. 2, T. Edwards. BarntoD, 

 o r fe i° • '"^.JBowness; R. H. Ashton, Mottram. iilver-ixnciUed.-laai 

 2, J. Eobmson. /ic. J. Bowness, Newehurch. 



Hamboeghs. — poldenspangted. - 1, G & J. Duckworth, Church. 9, N. 

 5i^^ '^^' 1?,'°°' ''^'"",'"i*'^''- '":.J-Kolihson,Lindley,Otley; J.Bowness; N. 

 f^Mr,,^ 'rf"!l?'"'\,\^- KoU'uson. 2, J. iollmson. ),c, J. KoUmson; 

 J. itobmson ; A. Lndlam, Mottram. 



H»MBDKGHS.--B;i!cfc.—1, J. Robinson. 2, J. Bowness. ftc.T. Walker, Denton (2). 



.♦ , S^*"'',^'?' « ■ I m ?"!?' Broughton, Preston. 2, Furness i Suddall, Kawten- 

 stail. e, J. Nash, Walsall. 



CEEVECiECB.-l. J. Robinson. 2, G. Yf. Hibbei t, Goilley, Hyde, Manchester. 



HocDA.NS.-l and 2, G W. Hihbert. he, E. Williamson, Henllys Berriew. 



PoLANDS.-BJacfc with White Cresls.-l.J. Royle, Manchester. 2. E. Jones, 

 Neath. Any other cartet:/.—!,}. Fcarnley, Lowlon, Newton-le-Willows. 2, J. 

 rvQbmson. ' 



AST other Variety except Bantjm,s.-I, Rev. A. G. Brooke. Shrawardine 

 Rectory, Shrewsbury (Malays). 2, E. Walton, HorncliUc, EawtenstaU. fcc, E. 

 S. S. A\uodgate, Pembm-y, Tunbridge Wells. 



Game BANTAMs.-B(ai;J;.6rc(is(€Yi Iteds.-l, T. Barker, Hill End. Burnley. 2, 

 no •,*?/";•, ^'■'^S'"?- 'I'^.G- Booth. Any other nalict;/.-!, J. W. Brockbankr 

 2, R. J. Hartley. Altnncham. 



BANTAais.-BincJ: or White.-l, W. A. Taylor. 2, R. H. A«hton. he, E. 

 Walton; e, R. H. Ashton. Any other variety.— I, E. Walton. 2, E. Wharam. 

 Hyde. 



Ducks.— Aylesbury.-l and 2, J. Walker, he, S. Dronsfield, Werneth, Old- 

 ham; 1. Tomlmson Bouen.-l, J. Walker. 2, G. B. Goodfellow, Hyde. Anu 

 otluir rarzety.-l, J Walker. 2, G. S. Sainsbury. Devizes (Black East Indian). 



GEESE.— 1 and 2, J. Walker, he, J. & W.Eostron, Levenahulme, Manchester; 

 J. Greaves, Stockport. 



TCRKETS.— 1, 1,-ev. N. J. Eidlev. 2, J. Walker, 

 o ?.?''y'"^..'^f;**'-~'' ^- Smith, Rochdale. Coct.-l. R. Newhitt, Epworth. 

 2. W. Birch, Barnacle, Coventry. Hens.—l, R. Newbitt. 2, J. Nash. he. W. 

 Warburton, Hyde ; W. Birch. 



PIGEONS. 



Carbiers.— Cocft.— 1, n. Yardley. Bii-raingham. 2, E. Horner, Harewood, 

 Leeds. Hc;i.— 1 and 2, E. Horner. 



PojiTEBB.-Cocfc.-l and 2, E. Horner. Hen.—l. E. Horner. 2, J. C. Boothby, 

 Stockport. Ac. H. Yardley; E. Homer. 



TUMBLEBS.- ,Sftor«-/«c<(i,-jlimn)irf8.— 1, J. Fielding, Jan., Eoeha.ale. 2. E. 

 Horner, /ic, H. Yardley. -l«i/ o»lcrmirrf(i/.—l and /ic, J. Fielding, jun. 2, H. 

 Yardley. ^. j « 



TDMBLEBS.-7.onor-/nm(.-B(!!(faoJ-Bcnr*!.—l,L.i\llen, London. 2, J. Watts. 

 King s Heath, Birmingham. Any other variety.— 1, W. A. Hyde. Ashton-undcr 

 Lyne. 2, J. Watts. ' ' 



RnNTs.- 1 and 2, H. Yardley. 



Jacobins.— 1 and he. E. Horner. 2, T. Newell, Ashton-undcr-Lyne. 



*ANTAiLs,— 1 and 2, J. F. Loversidge, New.Trk. 



DB.1GOONS — B/uf.-l. H. Yardley. 2, J. Watts, he, E. Horner. Any othcr 

 varii:ty.~l, Mrs. Hunt, Hyde, 2, J, Watts. 



ANTWEEPS.—sftor(-/u<;c,l— 1 and 2. G. B. Goodfellow. he, A. Justice. Long- 

 faced.— 1, R. White, Manchester. 2, G. B. Goodfellow. 



Owls.— £ii£iiis/i.— I, E. Lee, Nantwich. 2, J. Walker. 



„ , „ LOCAL CLASSES. 



Game.— Cocfc.— 1, W. Warburton. H,u».— 1, W. Warburton. 



HAMBCBGHS.-Goki and SiU-cr-siian:ilid.~i. Ashton & Booth, Broadbottom, 

 2, J. Mayers, Denton. GoU or tiileer-i,eneillcd.—l, H. Smith, Hvde. 2, Ashton 

 and Booth. • j -, 



Bantams— 1. R. H. Ashton. 2, Miss H. A. Wharam, Hyde. 



Any other Variety except Bantams.— 1, J. Mayers (Black HambnrghsV 

 2, D. Potts. Hyde (Houdans). 



Ddcks.— 1, u. B. Goodfellow. 



JvDOES.— Poultry : Mr. E. Hewitt, and Mr. Richard Teebay. 

 Pigeons : Mr. F. Esquilaut. 



TODMORDEN POULTRY SHOW. 



The fourth annual meeting of the Vale of Todmorden Agri- 

 cultural Society was held on the (jth inst. The entries, con. 

 sidering that it is so late in the season, were very good in all 

 departments ; in poultry and Pigeons they amounted to about 

 350. The management of all was exceedingly good, and the 

 pens, which were on Turner's principle, placed in single tier 

 looked exceedingly well, while the birds appeared quite com- 

 fortable. 



Game were divided into five classes, and all were young birds, 

 some of which were very good ; among them were the lir.stprizo 

 single Brown Red cockerel and the pair of Brown Reds. In 

 single pullets a gi-and Pile was first, closely run by a capitai 

 Brown Red. The only other birds worthy of speciia notice 

 were the first-prize Duckwingg, which are, doubtless, one of the 

 best pens that have been shown of late. The only exception in 

 the age of the fowls was in Brahmas, of which there was one 

 adult class containing some good old birds, and the young birds 

 were also very good and forward. In Cochins, Buffs were first 



