AngDBt 29, 1867. I 



JOUKN/VL OF HORTICULTDRE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



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offer to be active in carrying out this proposal, but if three 

 gentlemen will form tliemselves into a Committee, have cir- 

 cularH printeil, anrl forwarded to all poultry eiliibitorB, and an 

 advortiaement inserted in the appropriate journals, stating to 

 whom subscription!! may bo sent, wo have no doubt that the 

 response will be satisfactory. We would not limit the subscrip- 

 tion to halfacrown, let those who can only afford a shilling 

 send it ; but we would not prevent the more wealthy sending 

 larger contributions. — Eds;.] 



DOES GOOD MANAGEMENT CAUSE, or MERELY 

 HASTEN THE PllODUCTrON OF KGGS.' 



Be so good as to inform me whether, by judicious feeding 

 and treatment, persons actually jiro(/»cc eggs in domestic fowls, 

 or whether they merely lidstni the production of eggs, as de- 

 velopments of the germs in a hen's ovary, supposing her to 

 have only a certain limited number of germs when she first 

 begins to lay, as the following quotation from a book before me 

 eeems to imply: — 



" Hens also," to use the words of Willonghby, " as thay for 

 the greater part of the year daily lay eggs, cannot suffice for so 

 many births, but for the most part after three years become 

 effete and barren, for when they have exhausted all their seed 

 eggs, of which they had but a certain (|uanUty from the begin- 

 ning, they must necessarily cease to lay, there being no new 

 ones generated within." 



Why has the goose obtained the character of being a silly 

 bird ? — Bridleooose. 



( Although we have opened many thousands of hens, we never 

 saw one in which the embryo eggs did not exist in some con- i 

 dition. At a certain age they form in the pullet. It is the age 

 of puberty, and by natural process the eggs aro laid. When 

 that tirst process is over, the hen conforms to the rule of 

 seasons. She does not lay in the winter, the severe frosts 

 would spoil the eggs, or if they were hatched, the chickens 

 would die— the nights are too long, the days are too cold. Left 

 to themselves hens would no more produce and rear chickens 

 in the winter than Pheasants, Partridges, and Wild Ducks pro- 

 duce their young at that time. Yet the germs of the eggs are 

 within the hen all the time, and in the early spring when every- 

 thing is springing into life, the hen's face and comb become 

 red, the active circulation becomes more so, and a casual ob- 

 server cannot help saying, " That hen is going to lay." If she 

 were killed at that time, and opened, the little dark spots that 

 had remained dormant all the winter, would be found of dif- 

 ferent sizes, their transparent skins showing the thick yellow 

 yolk within them, and themselves covered with ruddy veins. 

 They are of different sizes and states of forwardness, so dis- 

 tinctly marked that a tyro might accurately show the order in 

 svhich they would have been laid. The knot of eggs is sus- 

 pended from the back, and hangs like a bunch of grapes, in such 

 numbers, too, at the top, that it looks almost Hke a piece of 

 fish's roe. We repeat we have never seen an instance out of 

 hundreds of thousands in which these were entirely exhausted. 

 Extra feeding may cause them to be developed earlier — that is, 

 the egg that by natural process would have been laid in March, 

 may be laid in .January, but if the norms were destroyed, no 

 amount of feeding or management could produce others. Where 

 hens do not lay at all, the embryo eggs are found full of blood, 

 a rupture of some kind has taken place ; this is often caused ' 

 by the abuse of stimulants. If the rupture be of the embryo 

 egg, and the intestines become saturated with yolk, the hen at 

 onoe becomes a hen cock. We have many hens good layers, 

 that ore more than three years old. We do not call them old 

 ones. 



A goose is called a foolish bird, because it is said Queen 

 Elizabeth said it was so, being too much for one, and not 

 enough for two. Did you ever run over one, or hear of one 

 being run over '/ Wo never did. ] 



!\IANCHESTER AND LlVERrOOL 

 -VGRICrhTURAL SOCIETY S POULTRY SHOW. 



Tilts commenced on the 27th iust., and closes to-day. The com- 

 petition in tho poultry classes was coufinud to birds hatched in the 

 present year. The following is the prize list ; bat wo mnst defer oar 

 report till next week : — 



Dorkings (Coloured).— First and Second, Hon. H. W. Fitznillinm, 

 Wcntworth Woodhouso, Kothcrhaiu. Third, F. Schofleld, Brooklleld, 

 Choshiio. 



DoBKiNos (Sllver-Oroy).— First, T. Stattor, WhiteBeld, Hanehoster. 

 Sooond, J. Robinson, Garstang. Corttrd.— Prize, T. Blatter. 



Spanish. — First. F. James, Peckham, Surrey. Second, H. Beldon. 

 liinglev, Yorkshire. Third, M. Ferrnnd,Dalton, near Hiidderefl Id. Com- 

 mended, F.. Hro\i-n, ShefHeld. Cockerfl.—Fiist, a. Forrand. : cond, F. 

 James, HiKhlv Comnioiided, U. Boldon. 



CiicuiN-CillNA lUufl'nnd Cinnamon).— First, P. Taylor, Manchester. 

 Second, G. Fell, Warrington. Third, H. Mapplohcck, Moseley, near Bir- 

 mingham. Commended, J. Kelson, Ueaton Mersey, near Manchester. 

 Cockrrrl.— Pint, J. II. Dawcs, Moscley Hall, near Birmiughuu. Second, 

 A. Bnniford, Middleton. 



CociiiN-CiiiNA {Brown and Portridgc-fcathcred).— First and Bocond, E. 

 Tudman, Wbitchurcb. Third, J. K. Fowler, Aylesbury. C'oc'.vrel.— Cirst- 

 O. 11. Wheeler, Middleton. Second, J. K. Uodbard, Wrington. 



BnAHMi PooTHA. -First, It. W. Boyle, Bray, Wieklow. becond, H. 

 Lacy, Hobdon Briilge. Third, J. K. Fowlor. Highly Commended, T. 

 Statter. Commended, Mrs. M. Soamons, Aylesburj-. Cockertl.—FiTht, B. 

 W. Boyle. Second, G. H. Wheeler. 



Gamk iBlaekbrcasted li.dsi.— Firat, C. Chaloner. WhitwoU, Chestor- 

 (leld. SeLond, Uev. W. J. Mellor, Colwick Rectory, Nottingham. Third, 

 J. Halsall, Inee, near Wigan. Cockrrrl.—Vrize, J. Ilnlsall. 



Game (Brown and other Reds, except Black-breasted). —First, T. Statter 

 (Brown Redt. Second, J. Wood. Wigan (Brown-breasted Reds). Third, 

 W. Bourne, Hoavilev, Stockport I Erowii-breastcd Reds). Cnckerrt.—Viisl, 

 J. Wood (Brown-breasted Redl. Second, T. Statter (Brown Red). 



Game (Any variety except Hlack-breiisted and other lUids).— First and 

 Second, J. Halsall (Duckwingi. Third, W.BoamoDuckwiiig). Cockerel. 

 —First, J. Halsall (Duckwingi. 



HAJinnBoH (Goldenpencillod).— First, W. Parr, Patricrolt, near Man- 

 chester. Second and Third, S. Smith, NorthowTam, Halifax. Highly 

 Commended, J. Itobinson, Garstang. Commended, H. Beldon. Cockerel. 

 -First. T. Wrigley, jun., Tonge, Middleton. Second, ti. 11. Wheeler. 



Hambcroh (Silver-pencilled).- First, H. Beldon. Second, J. Fielding, 

 Nowchurnh. Third, H. Pickles, jun., Earby. Cockerel.— First, H. Beldso. 

 Second, U. Pickles, jun. 



Hambukgu (Golden-spangled).— First, T.Scbolcs.Chadderton. Second, 

 J. Chartderton, Holmwood. Tbiril. N. Marlor, Denton. Highly Com- 

 mended, J. Robinson. CocAcri-i.- First, E. Brierley, Hoywood. Second, 

 J. Roe, Hadfield. Commended, J. Buckley. Taunton, Ashton-under-Lyne. 



Hajiburgh (Silver-spangled).— First, H. Pickle8,jun. Ceoond, J. Field- 

 ing, Newchurch. Third, H. Beldon. Highly Commended, J. Turner, 

 Radclyffc, near Manchester. Cocicrcf.— First, J. Fielding. Second, J. 

 Turner. 



Hambuegh (Black).— First, C. Sidgwick, Keighley. Second, J. Clogg, 

 jun.. High Compton, Shaw. Third, J. Robinson. Cocifrf!.- Prize, J. 

 Clegg, jun. 



Polish (Any varietv).—Prize, H. Beldon. CocJterf!.— Prize, H. Beldon. 



Anv Vabiety NOT Included in the Foreooiko Classes.— First and 

 Third, Col. Stuart Wortlev. Grove End Road. London (Black Cruve Ccenrs 

 and Black and AVhite Houdans). Second, J. Robinson (White Dorking). 



Ga;ie Bantams (Black-breasted Hods).— First and Second. J. W. Morris, 

 Rochdale. Third, G. R. Davics, Knutstord, Cheshire. Highly Com- 

 mended, J. Halsall. Commended, B. Gerard, Chowbent. Coclerrl.- Firat, 

 J. Holland, Manchester. Second, J. W. Morris. Highly Commended, P. 



Game Bantams i Any variety except Black-breasted Reds).— Prize, Rev. 

 W. J. Mellor (Duckwings). Coc^crci.— Prize, B. Gerard. 



Bantam (Any variety except Game).- First. S. & B. Ashton, Mottram, 

 neiir Manchester. Second, T. C. Harrison, Hull. Third, P. Taylor. 



DinKs (Rouen).— First, C. P. Ackers, Bickersham, near Wigan. Second 

 ami Third, E. Leech, Rochdale. Highly Commended, E. Leech. 



DocKS(WhitoAvlesburv).— First, E. Leech. Second, T. Leech, Roch- 

 dale. Third, J. K. Fowler. Highly Commended, Mrs. M. Seamons ; M. 

 Farrand ; J. K. Fowler. 



Ducks (Any other variety than the foregoing).- Prize, J. Dixon, Brad- 

 ford (Grey Call). „ , „ „ 



Geese.— First and Second, J. K. Fowler (Toulouse). Third, D. R. 

 Davies (Toulouse;. Commended, Mrs. b. Burgess, Tabley, Knutstord 

 (Grey). 



TUKKETs. — First and Second, E. Leech. 



PIGEONS. 



Pouters i Any colour).- Fh^t, J. Thackray, York (Blue Poaten). Se- 

 cond, R. Fulton, Deptford (White Pouters). Highly Commended, B. Ful- 

 ton (Yellow Pouters); E. E. M. Royds, Greonhill, Rochdale (Black 

 Pouters). 



Carriers (Black).— Cocl-.— First, E. E. M. Royds. Second. R. Fulton. 

 Highly Commended, W. Maclaren, Highfield, Pendlebury, Lancashire. 

 W/n.- First and Second, R. Fulton. Highly Commended, E. E. M. Royds. 



Carriers (Any other colourl.— Coclt.- First and Second, R. Fulton. 

 Highly Commended, H. Y8rdlc.v, Birmingham. Hrii.— First, E. E. M. 

 Royds. Second, R. Fulton. Highly Commended. H. Yardley. 



Oahriers (Any colourl.- First, U. Fulton i Black). Second, E. E. M. 

 Royds. , „, 



Dragons.- First and Second, A. Lowe, Over Hnlton, near Bolton (Bice 

 Dragons). Highly Comraendod, U. Marshall, Lower Broughton, Man- 

 chester (Blue Dragons). „.,,. ,. .. , 



Axtb-ekps.- First, H. Yardley. Second, W. P. Wilding, Montford, near 

 Burnley, Lancashire. „, . . ., , ■, 



Jacobins (Any colonr).-First, E. E. M. Royds (Bhick). Second, J. 

 Thackray. 



Nuns.- Second, H. Yardley. .. , , „ j j i. « 



Barbs.— Firat and Second, J. Thackray. Highly Commended, fc. Brown, 



TuBBlTS.— First, W. Gotten, Drifflcld. Second, J. Thackray. Highly 

 Commended. H. Mapplebeck, Moseley, near Birmingham. , „ „ , 



(iwLs— First, J. Fieldinij, jun. I.arkflelds. Rochdale. Second, B. Fol- 

 ton. Highly Commended, H. Vardlcy; J. Fielding, jun. 



Trumpeters- First, H. B. Woittaker. Middleton. Second, J. Thackray. 



Fantails.- First, H. Yardley. Second, J. Thackray. Highly Com- 

 nioodod, W. Gamon, Chester : W. Goftm, Driffield. 



Tumblers (Almond).— First and Sccmd, R. Fnlton. Highly Com- 

 mended.H. Yardley; J. Thackray; J. Fielding, jun. 



liEvRDS.— First, il. Yardley. Second, H. Mapplebeck. 



Tumblers ( Baldt.— First, E. E. M. Boydfl. Second, J. Fielding, jnn. 



TusiBLEHS (Bald, any other varioly).— First and Second, K. Fulton 

 (Yellow Tumblers .and Red Mottled Agates). 



