Ssptember 12, 1867. 1 



JOUBNAL OF HOBTICULTOBB AND COTTAGE GAKDENEB. 



205 



for eatiDg any of the seeds, as they were poison, and that I 

 might easily lose my lifo by eating them. She said that she 

 once knew a number of hungiy fowls eating heartily of the 

 seeds, and several of them died. — S. 



POULTRY rUODUCE. 



Beading Mr. Philip Crowley's account of his poultry pro- 

 duce in your Joiiinal ok Horticultckk, No. 334, and think- 

 ing I have been even more prosperous with my hens, 1 venture 

 to send yon the account, which haply you may see lit to find a 

 corner for in the same Journal. 



For two months, from Christmas 186{), I had only four hens, 

 and up to August 3Ut (1807), only ten (six added in March). 

 These have laid 713 eggs, hiive been sat upon 121 out of the 

 number, bringing eighty-six chickens ; of which wo have reared 

 seventy-fivo, have killed some for the table at four months and 

 a half old, weighing good 4 lbs., and we liave used no extra 

 oare, only good feeding and great cleanliness. One of my hens 

 (a Bufl' Cochin), has laid 144 egf>s (130 without stopping), and 

 reared one brood of chickens. The ten hens are two Cochins 

 and eight Dorkings. — Ass Wynne, lihos Anmjdd, Rusthall, 

 Txmbridgc WelU. 



CKOSS-BBED BEAHMAS AND DOIiKINOS. 



In January last I collected together a lot of fowls of mixed 

 eharacter, but chic-fly cross-bred Brahmas and Dorkings. Having 

 met with an accident my stock was considerably reduced, and 

 the avorage number was thirty-two hens. The result up to 

 June 30th will be best understood by the annexed table : — 



chickens Chickens 



Uonths. No. of eggs. hatched. roared. No. of hens. 



January.. 25 87 



Foliruary . 268 1 87 



March .. 244 r,2 43 86 



April .... 287 .... .■« .... 25 .... 31 



May 288 .... 43 .... 31 .... SO 



Juno 183 23 2D 21 



Total 



1295 



152 lU) 32 averaRO 



I may state that I have a grass run of an acre in extent and 

 a stable-yard, and that I allow my stock one bushel of corn 

 weekly. This quantity, with what the fowls procure for them- 

 selves, has been found snfScient. Newly laid eggs in my 

 neighbourhood (Liverpool), are never worth less than 1.5. per 

 dozen, and during the winter months as much as 3s. I have 

 had a constiiut su|iply hitherto of chickens and eggs for the 

 table, also for hatching. — Powis. 



GOI.DK»-PENCILLED U.\H1)DKG1I AND GAME FOWLS. 



I SEND you an account of poultry produce from January to 

 June of Iho present year. On the 1st of January my stocli in 

 one yard consisted of nine Golden. spangled Hamburgh hens, 

 bred in 1806, to which two Golden-ptnciUed hens (age un- 

 known), were added on the 1st of April. These hens began to 

 lay on the 1.5th of February, antl the number of eggs per 

 month was as under. 



F.r.ns. 



Febrnnrj' 31 



March 86 



April 176 



Eons. 



May 106 



June 71 



Total 470 



On the 3rd of June, one of these hens was killed accidentally. 

 About the middle of the same month another striiyed away and 

 was lost, and early in July I sold the remaining nine hens for 

 19.S., having determined to give up keeping Hamburphs. 



During the same period of time, I hnil in another yard a 

 Black-breasted Red (;ame cock with throe hens of the same 

 breed. Tliese hens began to lay on the .'ith of February, and 

 the number of eggs per month was as under — 



Eggs. 



February 30 



March 32 



AprU 18 



May. . 

 Juno 



Eoos. 

 ,. 15 



Total 



During the same period each of these hens has had a sitting 

 of eleven eggs under her, with the following results : — 



On the 31st of March, the first hen that sat hatched seven 

 chickens, three cocks and four hens, all of which are now alive 

 and fine well-grown birds. 



On the 3rd of Jlay, the second hen that sat hatched five 

 chickens, two cocks and three hens, and of these one cock and 

 two pullets are alive and doing well, but, of course, not such 



fine birds as those hatched on the Slst of March. The third 

 hen should have hatched about the 14th of May, but owing to 

 mismanagement whilst I was absent from home (although 

 there were chickens in most of the eggs), none hatched out. 



The covered yards I have for my poultry are about G yards 

 long by 2 yards wide, with suitable roosting and laving places, 

 and each lot of birds has been let out for half the day (tho 

 Game in the morning, and the Hamburghs in the afternoon), 

 into about a quarter of an acre of ground, cbir-fly grass. 



Two of the Game hens are now (August 21th), laying again, 

 and average about a dozen eggs per week. 



The cost of wheat, barley, and meal for the whole Block, 

 from the Ist of January to the 1st of July, was £4 2s. 9d. Thii 

 includes groats occasionally for the young chickens. — G. S., 

 Yurk. 



EED CAPS AND GAME FOWLS. 



H.vviNG read several accounts of poultry produce in the 

 Journal, I send you mine, which bears comparison with any 

 p\iblished. I have ten hens, seven Red Caps, and three Game, 

 which produced me in 



Eo«8. Eoos, 



January 42 May 188 



Fcliruary 130 Juno 100 



March 179 



April 198 Total 887 



Out of these I sat sixty-three, hatched forty-three, and reared 

 thirty-two chicks. 



Your correspondent, Mr. Philip Crowley, averaged from 

 twenty-two hens just over fifty eggs for each, mine have averaged 

 nearly eighty-four eggs from each hen; but he has been more 

 successful in rearing chickens. — Henry Coopki!, Carlton Hill, 

 near Nottinyham. 



SILVER-PENCILLED UAMEUKOHS. 



I nouGHT six hens on January 2Gth, and two more hens and 

 a cock on the 4th of February, the latter from a different part 

 of the country, and the following is the produce : — 



Eggs. 



June 146 



July 119 



Egos. 



Fobrnary 14 



Mnrch 64 



.\pril 135 



May 14S 



Toial . 



C26 



Thus far in this month (August), I have rather more than in 

 July, although some of the birds are moulting. I should add 

 that not one of the hens has wanted to sit. — S. 



BARNSLEY POULTRY STIOV,'. 

 Tins was held on the 3rd instant. The following ^7ero the awards: — 



Gau£ Cock (Any colour).— Prize, W. J. Cope. Barnflcy. 



Gamk (Black-br.aBted and other Red).— Fii-8t, A. Senior, Riloy, Kirk- 

 burton. Second, \V. J. Cope. 



Game (Any other colour).— First, G. Xol>lc, Staincliflb. Second, I. 

 Batty, Bolton. Ui);blv Commended, W. J. Cope. 



Spanish.- First, J. Thresh, Bradford. Second, Vi. Harvey, Sheffield. 

 HiKbly Commended. E. Brown, Sbrffii-ld- 



UoiiKiNGs (Anv colour).— First. W. H. King. Seonud, S. AB. Ashton, 



CocHiN-CnisA (Buffer Cinnamon) —First and Second, V. Hor\-cy. 



Cochin-Chika (Anyothcr colour).— Frizi'. T. nicbardson, Barnsley. 



BuAiiMAS {Any colour).— First. Mrs. Newman, Worsl orough. Second, 

 T. Richardson. " Hicblv Commended, W Harviy. 



HAMnrnoiis (Gold or Silver-spangled).- First, J. \\Tiito, Nethorton. 

 Second. W. liarvcv. 



Hajibviighs (Gold or Silver-pencilled).— First, Messrs. Ashton 4 Bootb, 

 Broadbotlom, Moltram. Scci'ud, E. Batley. 



Amy other Variety Except Baktams.- First. Col. Stuart Wortley, 

 Grove End Road, London. Second, T. C 4 E. Newl)itl, Epwortb. 



Game Bantams.- First, G. Noble. Pewtbury. Second, T. Vickeim&n, 

 Barusley. Highly Commended, W. J. Eutwisle, Leeds. 



Bantams (Any other variety) —First and Second, W. J. Cope. 



Gl INEA Fowls.— First nndVecond, H. Merkin. Prinitld. 



Dicks ( Aylesbury).- Prize, J. Wilkinson, Barnsley. 



Dicks (Any other variety).— First, J. While, Waliefield. Second, Mrs. 

 Newman. Wor.tiboroURh. 



Geesk (Any colour).— First, J. Whito. Second, H. t llyott, Blackmoor, 

 Penistone. « .^ ™ ,. «. ■ _.». 



TCBKEVS.- First, T. Richardson. Second, F. w. T. ^ . Wentwnrth. 



Selling Class.— First, W. Harvey. Second, U. Ullyot. 



PIGEONS. 

 CAniuEKS.— First, E. E. M. Royds, Rochdale. Second, T. C. 4 E. New- 



Pocters.— First, E. Brown, ShcflSeld. Second. E. E. M. Royds. 

 B.vrhs.— First, E. Brown. Second. B. Kaye, Honley. 

 TCMBLFRS.— First. E. Brown. Second. F Wailt. Bi'mingham. 

 Jacobins.— First. B. Knye. Second, E. E. M. Royd^. 

 Trumpeters.— First, F.'Waitt. Second, S. 4 R. .\sbton. 

 Fantails— Prize, T. 0. 4 E. Ncwbitt. 

 ANV ctreb Vabietv.— First and Second, F. Waitt. 

 Selling Class.— First. W. Harvey. Second, Rev. C. Spencer, Norfolk. 

 Highly Commended, F. Waitt. 



