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JOUKNAL OF HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GARDENEK. 



[ Korember 3, 1863. 



I am sure that the facts which I have mentioned must deter 

 many from exhibiting poultry at all, and induce others who 

 have entered on the pursuit with enthusiasm to give it up 

 in disgust. — An Exhibitor in a Small Wat. 



[The amount of money given fur pens will at once prove 

 that there is a good sale for birds at shows. It ia known 

 beforehand that at Bingley HaU from i;700 to i«00 will be 

 laid out in the purchase of birds that are sent for sale. Many 

 prices are prohibitory, but before two o'clock on Monday 

 hardly a pen of average merit in the useful classes is for 

 sale, if the price be moderate yet remunerative. Fancy and 

 feather birds ai-e subject to other rules, and are not of certain 

 sale. Are you sxu-e that your birds are of average merit ?] 



COLLINGHAM POULTRY SHOW. 



The eighth exhibition of this Show was held on Oct. 27th. 

 The number of entries was in advance of those of last year. 

 Many classes of poultry were especially good. The Game 

 and Game Bantams were of first-rate excellence. The 

 single Game Bantam cock of Miss E. Crawford was one of 

 the most perfect little fowls exhibited for a long time. 

 SUver-spangled Hamburglis were also a very superior class. 

 Cochins, though not numerous, were very good. 



The Pigeons, as is always the case at this Show, were of 

 extraordinary excellence. Mr. Taylor's Blue Powters were 

 remarkable for length of limb and feather. In Short-faced 

 Tumblers Mr. Gates took tliree prizes with 'nis well-known 

 pens that have won at Bu-mingham and elsewhere. The 

 Owls constituted one of the finest classes ever seen. The 

 petite African variety was shown in all colours — White (of 

 which there were three exquisite pairs). Black, Blue, and 

 White (with black and blue tails). So good a collection 

 was never before exhibited. The Trumpeters were very 

 superior. Whites taking all the prizes. Turbits were good, 

 but many exhibitors seemed to have bred them with Owl 

 heads, losing altogether the proper distinctive frog-like 

 character of the Turbit's skull. The Variety class was well 

 represented, first prizes going to the Black-tailed Owls 

 before mentioned, and an extra fifth prize being awarded 

 owing to the goodness of the class. 



SrAKiSH.— First, E. Brown, ShetlicUl. Second, T. T. Sneap, South Col- 

 lintrbam. Third, T. Whitaker, Melton Mowbray. Highly Uommended, 

 T. Hngera, Walsiill ; Binh ami Boiler, Sh.ttield. 



DoKKiNO (Any colour). — First, K. Swilt, Southwell. Second and Third, 

 W. Dolby. 



CocniN-CHiNA {Cinnamon and Buff). — First, — Staley, Collinghara. 

 Second, C. T, Bishop, Lenton, Nottingham. Highly Cotumended, C. T. 

 Bishop. 



CocniN.CinxA (Any colour), — First, D. Causer, Erdington, Birmingham. 

 Second, Mr. Staley. 



Game (Bluck-breasted and other Reds).— First, M. Billing, jun., Birming- 

 ham. Second, \V. H. Swann, Farnsfleld. Third, P.. S^wilt. Highly Com- 

 Hiended, VV. Boyes, Beverley. Commended, J. Doncaster, Hykeham, 

 Lincoln ; R. Swift. 



Game (Duckwings and other Greys and Blues). — First, J. Doncaster, 

 Lincoln. Second, T. Carlees. Notts. Third, J. Bradwell, Southwell. 



Game (While and File, or .\ny other variety).— First and Third, Miss E. 

 Crawford, Farnsfield. Second, C. Spencer, Thurlston. 



HA.MBtiitoHs (Golden-spangled). — First, Messi s. Birth and Bolter. Sheffield. 

 Second, J. Dixon, Bradford. Highly Commended, W. Cannan, Bradford ; 

 H. Beldon, bingley. 



Bambcrghs (Silver-spangled). — First, W. Cannae. Second, J. Dixon. 

 Highly Commended, T. Kodgers ; J. Key, Farnsfleld ; H. Beldon, Bingley. 



HAUaUEGHS (Golden-pencilled). — First, \V. Canuan. Second, Messrs. 

 Wrigley and Fielding, Manchester. Highly Commended, W. Cannan ; 

 J. R. Jessop, Hull; J. Dixon. 



Uaubvrohs iSilver-ptnciUed). — First, H. Beldon. Second, Messrs. 

 Birth and Bolter. Highly Commended, V^. Cannan i J. Dixon ; W. Wood, 

 Sheffield. 



Bantams (Gold and Silver-laced).— F'irst, T. H. D. Bayly, Biggleswade. 

 Second, J. Staley (Gold). Highly Commended, R. Swift. 

 'e Bantams (Game).— First, Miss E. Ciawford. Second, R. Hawksley, 

 Southwell. Highly Commended, G. Maples; Miss E. Oawford; K. 

 Eawk'ley; J. Newton, Cheateriitld. 



Bantams (Black, White, or Any other variety). — First, J. P. Gardner, 

 Rugeley. Second, Rev. 8. R. Hole. Highly Commended, T. H. D. Bayly ; 

 J. C. Brierley (Japanese Bantams). 



Decks (Aylesbury).— First, J. Smith, Grantham. Second, R. M. Stark. 

 Commended, J. Smith. 



Ducks (Kouen).— First, Mies E. Crawford. Second, R. M. Stark. Highly 

 Commended, H. Beldon. 



Ducks (Any oiher variety).— First, T. H. D. Bayly. Second, J. Dixon. 

 Highly Commended, J. T. I'ountain (Muscovy). 



Ba&ndoor Fowls. — First, Mrs. Cooper, Collingham. 8econd,lW. Wright, 

 Collingham. Third, Mi86 L. Mantle. 



Game Bantams.— First, MissE. Ciawford. Second, T. H. D. Bayly. Highly 

 Commended, R. Hawksley ; E. Brown ; C. Aukland, Chesterfield. 



PiQtoNE.— 6Virner».— First, E. Brown. Second, W. Boyes. Highly 

 Commended, W. Massey; H. Yardley, Birmingham. Fowten. — First, W. 

 Taylor. Second, £. Brown, Highly Commended, W. Taylor, Sheffield ; 



H. Simpson, Newark. Almond 7timblers.— First, H. Yardley, Second, H. 

 Beldon. Short-faced Mottles. — First, W. H. C. Gates, Beslborpe. Second, 

 G. H. Sanday, Nottingham. Highly Commended, G. H. Sanday ; J. W. 

 Edge, Birmingham. Baldn or Beards, — First, W. H. C. Gate-. Second, 

 J. W. Edge. Short-faced ruuiifi-rs.— First, Mrs. Gates. Second, H. Beldon. 

 i^aris.— First, H. Yardley. Second, G. H. Sanday. Commended, W. 

 .Massey. Jacobins. — First. T. Ellrington. Second, E. Brown. Ouh. — 

 First, G, H. Sanday. Second, W. H. C. Oatcs. Highly Commended, 

 H. Y'ardley ; H. Beldon. Commended, W. H. C. Oates. Trumpeters. — 

 First, Second, and Highly Commended, W. H. C. Oates. Turbits. — VixtA, 

 J W. Edge. Second, J. It. JesHOj) Commended, H. Y'ardley. Fantails. — 

 First, G. H. Sanday. Second, J. Ellrington. J\'t/7j«.— First, 11. Yardley. 

 Second, F. Else. Am/ other runV/i/.— First, G. H. Sanday (Black-tailed 

 Owls). Second, H. Yardley (Priests). Thud, i. Percival (Archangels). 

 Fourth, J. W. Edge (Swallows). Fifth, H. Y'ardley (Satinettess 

 SECRr.TARY's Prize.— jTHriiV*.— Pr ize, H. Y'ardley. 



The Judges were Messrs. Tegetmeier and Challoner. 



JUDGES SHOULD BE ALONE. 



My attention has been called to a paragraph which ap- 

 pears in your October Journal, headed " Judges Should be 

 Alone," which I cannot allow to pass unnoticed, as it reflects 

 (discredit on me as Judge of the Poultry Show held at Crewe 

 on the 30th September last. 



" A Lover of Fair Plat," as he signs himself, would 

 have had a better claim to such a title, had he in the first 

 place written to me on the suljject of his remarks, instead of 

 giving such false information to the public through the 

 medium of your valuable Journal. 



Had " A Lover of Fair Plat " sjioken the truth, I should 

 have let the matter have passed, but as to his statement — 

 viz., that whUst the Judge was making the awards an ex- 

 hibitor entered the tent, catalogue in hand, and went round 

 the pens with the Judge, and that when the public were ad- 

 mitted, that exhibitor met the owner of a prize and a certain 

 conversation took place. I can only say that that statement 

 by "A Lover of Fair Plat," is untrue from beginning to 

 end. 



I trust to your kindness in insert.ing this in your next 

 publication; and as I am not afraid, like " A Lover of Fair 

 Plat," to give my name, I beg to subscribe myself — John 

 Heath, Judge of the Poultry Slioic lield at Creirc. 



POLLEN -VND HONEY OP THE IVY— THE 

 ADJUSTING-HIVE— FOUL BEOOD. 



Eegularlt in the early part of October when the ivy 

 blooms, I have observed that an unwonted activity prevails 

 throughout my apiary, the bees confining themselves not 

 solely to poUen-gathering, but conveying also a considerable 

 quantity of honey to their hives ; at least 3 or 4 ozs. having 

 been daily indicated by a hive suspended from a steel balance, 

 and which has also afforded a very interesting register of 

 work during the present season. This honey possesses in a 

 great degree the strong flavour of the leaf and berry of the 

 ivy, its presence in the hive being exceedingly disagreeable, 

 and communicating its peculiar smell to much of the pre- 

 viously stored unsealed honey. It possesses little more con- 

 sistency than water, and will splash from unsealed combs, 

 leaving an odour on the hands difficult to remove. The 

 ivy largely abounds in the immediate vicinity of my apiary, 

 and during the autumn of last year tliis honey was collected 

 in unusual quantities, much more so than during the present 

 season. Pollen also is gathered to a large amount from the 

 same sources, the bees returning to their hives not only 

 dusted with it, but with long, in-egular, stringy filaments of 

 the whitish pollen adhering to their legs, very little being 

 kneaded into regular balls. Cannot the activity observed in 

 the apiary of your coi-respondent, Mr. Fairbrother, and the 

 return of his bees dusted with dirty white powder, be attri- 

 buted to the vicinity of ivy now in bloom ? the high-flavom-ed 

 transparent fluid which he found in their honey-bags also 

 being of a very similar nature to the honey of the ivy. 



I have this season had a further opportunity of testing 

 the " adjusting " principle of working hives, which I first 

 carried out satisfactorily in 1851, upon which occasion I re- 

 moved a box-super of upwards of 68 lbs. nett weight of pure 

 honey, and in the present season the superb glass supers, the 

 weight of which were lately communicated to the Journal 

 by my relative, Mr. S. B. Fox, in his article on " Bee-keeping 

 in Devon," these glass supers being in all probability the 



