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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GAItDENER. [ Decer.-.bor ri, :S63. 



Hamilton. Teii PoxtUs.— Tw&t, Capt. C. Hamilton. Second, J. Lentaigne, 

 Tallaght. Commended, J. Hylanrt, Dublin. 



Geese— First, K W. Boyle. Duniirum. Soconfl, Mrs. F. Blair, Bai- 

 thdvack Cistle. Hij^hlj' Cumim-nded. C. H Poticockc Canig--na-Kreine, 

 Dalkey ; G. Lan^tiT, MMlahide. Quislings.— P'ws^t, Mi£. Tiiinne, Suckaden, 

 JJavan. Second, Mrs. F. Bl.ur. 



Ducks.— Fir^t, II. P. Wil.idms, nollybrook (K^uen). Second, R. W. 

 Boyle, Diindnim (Aylef-buvy ). Hijihlv Com mended, C. H I'eacocke, 

 Canig-na-i?]-eine, Dalkey (East Indian)." Diiik!in/;s.— -Prize, Mrs. F. Bluir, 

 Balthiiyock Castle (Kouen). 



Best Lor of Poultry Exhibitf.d by a Public Institution.— First, and 

 Second, Mrs. M'Donnell (for tbe CommieBioners ot National Education), 

 Glasnevin, Dublin. 



EESULTS OP THE BIRMINGHAM POULTEY 



SHOW. 



This important Exhibition was brought to a successful 

 termination on the 3rd instant, and it will be seen on 

 reference to the subjoined comparative statement that the 

 admissions were more numerous than on any former occasion ; 

 and although, owing doubtless to the unfavourable weather, 

 the money paid at the doors was smaller in amount than in 

 1862, the deficiency is more than compensated by subscrip- 

 tions, &c., and the sale of four thousand additional tickets, 

 at Gd. each, for tlie working classes. 



1860. 

 £ s. A. 



Monaay 184 10 



Tuesday 3(0 18 



Wednesday 338 7 



Thursday 337 10 



Total I,a41 5 1,341 6 4 1,207 5 (', 1,210 17 3 



The amount received for the workiag-class tickets is not 

 included in these figures. 



Total 47,:!78 59,799 60,061 lil,530 



The trajisfers of poultry made through the office set apart 

 for the purpose were more numerous than hast .year, as the 

 following statistics will show : — 



The sums paid in various instances show that the interest 

 in poultry is not diminishing ; and to the foregoing parti- 

 culars we may add that Captain Heaton's two silver cup 

 pens of Cochins sold for £25 each : that the same exhibitor's 

 second-prize adult Cochins sold for ii20; Mr. Hemy Lane's 

 first-prize Spanish pullet,^ for ,£20 ; Mr. Chase's fii-st-prize 

 adult White Cochins for iilo 15s. ; Mr. Fowler's third-prize 

 Aylesbury Ducks for d£12 12s. ; and the following pens 

 for jEIO 10s. each : — Captain Hornby's Dorking chickens. 

 No. 89; Mr. Dolby's Dorking pullets. No. 164; Mi-s. Fergus- 

 son Blaii-'s first-prize Brahma Pootra chickens ; Mi-. Wood's 

 silver cup Game chickens ; Mr. Garlick's first-prize Game ; 

 Ml'. Eiehard White's single Cochin cock ; Messrs. Siddons 

 and Sons' first-prize Black Carrier Pigeon hen. Mr. Bishop's 

 first-prize Cochin pullets went for iJlO; and Mr. Stubbs's 

 second-prize Game chickens for .£10. 



Immediately upon the close of the Exhibition preiiarations 

 were commenced for the transmission of the poultry to their 

 respective owners, and the laborious work was admirably 

 caiTied out under the energetic superintendence of Mr. 

 Mapplebeok. Those birds which had to travel the greatest 

 distance were forwarded by early railway passenger trains on 

 Friday morning, so as to reach their destination in the course 

 of tbe day, and those belonging to local exhibitors were ready 



for delivery to applicants by twelve o'clock. The general 

 oversight and feeding of the poultry was entrusted to Mr. 

 Fowke, for many years steward and joailili to the late Hon. 

 W. Vernon, of Hagley Hall, near Eugele.v ; and the fidelity 

 with which his functions were performed may be inferred 

 from the fact that not a single bird of any kind died from 

 disease oi- accident in Bingley Hall. 



DARLINGTON EXHIBITION OF POULTRY. 



The following are t"ue awards made in the Pigeon classes 

 at the above Show : — 



Carbieu (Any cnlouv). Ctoci. — First and Cup. J. Fiith, noivsbury. 

 Secnnd, E. V.iu.k. Sunderland. C.inr.nended, J. W. Wooler, Sdilicr^c Hiili ; 

 F. Else, Bavswuter. Hen.—Vkst, F. Else. S.-cond, G. U. Polls, Si:nJe:- 

 land. Coniniendcd, J. Firtli. ., 



PowTER (Any ciiiur). CVa-J;.— First, R. Fulton, Dep'ford. Second, W. 

 Ta\lor, Shetlield. Cominen led, C J. Samuels, Lungsight. //fu.— Hr^t, 

 R. Fulton. Second, K. Brown, Sheffield. 



TuMBLKRs (Almond).— First, F. lilsc, Bayswater. Second, G. U. Potts, 

 Sunderland. 



Tdmbleks (Any other v.iriety) —First, J. W. Edge, Aston, Birmingham. 

 Seecnil, H. Fa^vdon, Gutehhead. 



Fantaii.s.— First, H. Yardley, Birininghaiu. Second, T. C. Taylor 

 Middleshorougb. 



Tr.uMPEiER-. —First, J. J. Wilson, Darlington. Second, Master J. 

 Cbarlton, Ma>ininghatn. 



Barbs. — First, H. Yardley, Birmingham. Second, Master J. Charlton, 

 Manningham. 



jAcoBiue, -First, H. Yard'.ey, Birmingham. Secfmd, Master .T. Charlton, 

 Manningham. Coinmended, J. W. Edge, I'irmingliain. 



TuRBiTS. — First, J. Taylor, Eaton. Second, K. Tho^tpson, Morcsdale 

 Hall. 



Owls.— First, M. E. Jobling, Bxrras Biidge. Second, .7. Bell, Newcastle- 

 on-Tyne. 



ANY OTERR N'Ew OR DisTi.NCT VARIETY.- Fifst, C. .1. Saoiufls, Lonc- 

 t-iffht (Dragoons). Second, H. Yardley, Birmingham (Satiuettes). Third, 

 M. E. Jobling, Bairas Bridge (Blue Brunswicksj. 



BEES DYING OF DYSENTERY. 



Will Mr. Woodbm-y kindly come to the help of a sufferer, 

 and direct him as to the cause and cure of a disease, which, 

 though not so extensive in its operations, is as deadly in its 

 results as foul brood 'f 



Towai'ds the end of July a swarm was lodged in an empty 

 hive ; and as it was impossible for it so late in the season to 

 obtain out of doors a suificiency of food for winter, it was 

 liberally supplied, at intervals, with sugar till about the 

 end of September, when, from the number of bees iu the 

 hive, and the quantity of food stored up, I hoped with a 

 little care to have rendered them secui'e against frost and 

 famine. But I am doomed to disappointment. During 

 October and November the bees have died oil at the rate of 

 one or two hundred per day ; and now tvhat was a goodly 

 swarm two months ago can 'oe contained in a breakfast -cup. 

 The bees lie strewed on the floor-board and around the 

 hive. Their flaccid abdomens are somewhat swollen, and 

 when torn up a darkish fetid fluid is emitted. Besides, 

 there are in the hive a very few cells containing either 

 chilled or fold brood. How is the malady to be aiTCsted ? 

 Will it infest the neighbouring hives, and should the sugar- 

 filled combs be at once -consigned to the melting-pot? " — 

 One in Pekplexity. 



[Of late years I have unfortunately been but too familiar 

 with the kind of dysentery described by my esteemed corre- 

 spondent. Although not able to speak positively as to the 

 cause of the disease, I have a very strong impression that it 

 is often due to the use of artificial food, and also that it fre- 

 quently arises from the presence of internal moisture. On 

 this account bees in wooden boxes appear more Uablc to its 

 attacks than those domiciled iu straw hives, and it is for 

 this reason that I have recently been led to prefer straw to 

 wood in the construction of bee-hives. 



When a colony is attacked at tliis season, I believe there 

 is little chance of cure. After trying every remedy I could 

 hear or think of, I have found the best palliatives to be the 

 immediate removal of the 'oees and combs* into a clean and 

 dry straw hive, with ample ventilation on the top, and re- 

 moving all dead bees promptly, by giving them a clean 

 floor-board daUy. All attempts at feeding should be aban- 

 doned, and the bees disturbed as little as possible. When 

 spring is sufficiently advanced, I have, with the aid of frame- 



* This can only be done when either bar or frarae-hivea are used. 



