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JODKNAL OP IIORTIOULTUKE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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POULTRY. BEE, and HOUSEHOLD CHRONICLE. 



HENS 0];STINATI''J.Y BROODY— I;XT1<:NSIVK 

 rOULTRYKKEl'ING. 



What is best to do under the foUowiuf; circumstances ? I 

 have tliree liens that will insist upon sitting now. Wo have 

 ducked them two and three times a-day, but to no purpose, they 

 are determined to sit, and do nothing el.se. What other means 

 can I adopt ? Or will it be wise to let them have eggs to sit 

 on? 



With reference to poultry -keeping for profit in this country 

 and in France, one main ditferenco consists in the food given. 

 In France poultry-keepers buy large quantities of horse flesh 

 as food, which is cheaper and more easily to be had there than 

 in England. Here, after many experiments, I find that sharps, 

 grains, and Indian corn, alternately, form the best and cheapest 

 food I can get for my poultry. Again, in France, poultry- 

 feeders often keep as many as ten thousand fowls ; that would 

 scarcely bo practicable in England. 



What food, and in wliat quantities would you advise for 

 economy, and at the same time nourishment ? — E. F. T. 



[Ducking and such-like expedients are cruelties. If you do 

 not object to winter chickens let each hen have half a dozen 

 eggs. If you do object, it is enough to take every opportunity 

 of driving them from the spot they have chosen for their nest, 

 and if it is in a house shut them out. 



It is a mistake to suppose that establishments of ten thou- 

 sand hens are common in France, or that horse flesh is com- 

 monly used. The largest establishment in Europe, was that 

 of the Prince of Tour and Taxis. Maggots were there the prin- 

 cipal food. There is no difficulty in keeping ten thousand hens 

 if you have space enough, but it would be as reasonable to try 

 to mana'uvre ten thousand troops in Grosvenor Square as to 

 keep a similar number of hens on a small lun. They must 

 have space, especially when they have chickens. Poultry can 

 only be kept on a largo scale where land is of small value. The 

 food that costs least money is not always the cheapest, it 

 affords least nourishment. Where poultry is to be kept cheaply, 

 and on a large scale, all the food must be given ground, on the 

 same principle as that adopted by the Sussex men, who are 

 the most successful breeders, rearers, and feeders in England 

 or Europe. They buy the best oats, and grind the whole ; 

 nothing whatever is taken from it, and yet it is ground so fine 

 it mixes like fiour. Nothing is so profitable as this. We are 

 not very friendly to sharps or grains. We like good barley ; 

 and where people have time, opportunity, and the desire to 

 master the subject, we advise them to feed by weight, and 

 they will soon find the dearest and best food is the cheapest.] 



able request, I natarally felt Buspicions, and at some troable 

 and expense made inquiries respecting him, the result of which 

 I beg to communicate to yon for the benefit of others. 



" H. Eastwood, &e.. Salesman. A weekly tenant, shop been 

 opened about a week, not known in the neighbourhood; bouse 

 and shop very dirty, contents of the latter a little milk." 



I need scarcely add I kept my Pigeons and poultry. — Geo. 

 Waue . 



PURPOSELY IN.TURINCr EXHIBITED POULTRY. 



Pekmit us througli the medium of your Journal to make a 

 complaint which we think is not uncalled for. At the Middle- 

 ton Show we were successful exhibitors in the Silver-pencilled 

 Hamburgh classes, and our birds were returned home in due 

 time ; but we were much grieved to find that the cockerel shown 

 with the pair of pullets had three feathers plucked out of his 

 tail, two hangers and one sickle. Now, if we could have per- 

 suaded ourselves that this had been accidentally done, we would 

 not have said a word about it ; but we cannot so consider, for 

 the hangers were plucked from one side of his tail, and the 

 sickle feather from the opposite side. 



We are not the first who have suffered from such practices, 

 and to say the least to inflict such an injury is mean in the ex- 

 treme. Wo would suggest that the managers of the various 

 shows which are yet to come off, should keep a sliarp lookout 

 and see if the criminal cannot be detected, and if there is not a 

 law that can be brought to bear upon him. — W. & J. Bairstow, 

 Fcarncliff't', Biiigh'ij, Yorkfhiiv. 



USE OF A WARNING. 



WISBECH POULTRY SHOW. 



Tun glorionB autunir. sun which slowly dispersed the morning mista 

 of Friday llie 'JTth inst.. and shone with such genial Rplendonr all the day, 

 gave thn last necessary eleiiient of snccoRs to tlio fourth annual Show 

 of tho Cmuhrulgcshiri' ami Islo of Ely Agricultural Society held at 

 Wisbech tliat day, anil made a visit to the Sliowas pleasant and enjoy- 

 able as thn sight was mcritorions. It is long since anything in the 

 shape of an agiicnltural show was held at Wisbech, tho defnnct local 

 society being almo.st forgotten. Still, it is scarcely necessary to say 

 the intorcfit:! and connection of the town are essentially ngricultnral ; 

 and whin it was known that the Show was to be held at Wisbech the 

 town and niMi^hbourhood took up the matter with great spirit. Not 

 only have about eighty of the leading agriculturists of the district 

 joined the Society as members of the local committee, or otherwise, and 

 by that menus largely augmented the income of the Society, but a very 

 liberal subscription was raised in the town towards thn prize list ; in 

 fart Wisbech may ho said to have contributed about one-fourth of the 

 value of the prizes, which in the aggregate nnionnt to about CfiOO. In 

 raising this local list mnch praise is due to W. Groom. Esq., tho Mayor, 

 for hi.^ energetic assiduity in tho matter. To the town is also almost 

 entirely due the Poultry Show, which has been so prominent and at- 

 tractive a feature, and has been witnessed with pleasure and admira- 

 tion by such a large number of persons. 



noRKlNos (Coloured). — First, H. Lingwood, Barking. Second, G. 

 Cl.irke, Long Sutton. 



Dorkings {Any variety except Coloured). — Prize, H. Lingwood. Chickens. 

 — First, Dr. Campbell, Brentwood. Second, Hon. 11. \V. Fitzwilliam, 

 Rothcrham. 



Game (Black-brensted or other Reds). — First, S. Matthew, Stowmarket. 

 Second. J. Jeken, Elthara, Kent. 



Game (Any other variety).— First, S. Matthew. Second, G. Lee, Long 

 Sutton. 



CocHra-CuiNA (Bufr).— First, T. C. Marshall, Peterborough. Second, 

 H. Liui^wood, 



CocniN-CniNA (Any other variety). — First, H. Lingwood. Second, T, 

 Derry. 



Game Bakt.'.ms (Any variety).— First, W. F. Entwisle, Leeds. Second, 

 R. Pashley, Workshop. 



Bantams (Sebrigbts Golden or Silver).— First, S. 4R. Ashton, Mottram, 

 Cheshire. Second. J. W. Harrison. Spalding. 



Bantams (Any other variety).- First, A. Storrar. Second, Miss L. N. 

 Bensley. Northampton. 



Hambcrohs (Golden or Silver-spangled).— First, S. & R. Ashton, Se- 

 cond, Rev. F. Teftrle. Newmarket. 

 I HAMncRons (Golden or Silver-pencilled).— First and Second, C. Havers, 

 Essex. 



Spanish.— First, F. James, Peckham. Second, C. Bamford, Cambridge. 



Brahma PooTEA (Dirk).— First, J. W. Harrison. Second, A. H. Verity, 

 Cheshire. 



Brahma Pootba (Light).— First and Second, H. Dowsett, Pleshey, near 

 Chelmsford. 



Any Variety. — First, Hon. W. Fitzwilliam. Second. G. Cljirke. 

 I TCRKEVS (Any variety).— First, E. Harris. Second, J. N. Bcasley, 

 i Brampton. 



1 GuiNF.A Fowls (Any variety). — First, C. Bamford. Second, G. Clarke. 

 I Ducks (Rouen'. — First. H. Dowsett. Second, J. W. Harrison. 



Ducks (Aylesbury).- First, H. E. Emberlin, Oadby. Second, Rev. H. 

 Crosse, Cambridge. 



Ducks (Any other variety).— First, C. Bamford, Cambridge. Second, S 

 and R. Ashton, Mottram. 



Geese (Any variety). — First, — Brackenbury, Downham. Second, C. 

 Bamford. dnlingg. — Prize. Capt. Aveling, Elm. 



Seli.ino Class.- First, J. W. Harrison, Spalding. Second, G. Clarke , 

 Long Sutton. 



PIGEONS. 



Carriers —First, R. Fulton, DepKord. Second, E. E. M. Boyds, Boch-. 

 dale. 



Tumblers.- First and Second, R.Fulton. 



Owls.— First, B. Fulton. Second, J. Fielding, jun.. Rochdale. 



Pouters.— First, R Fulton. Second, W. K. Rose, Kettering. 



Barrs. — First, E. E. M. R-iyds. Second, Maelure A Redford. 



Fantails.— First, H. M. Maynard, Ryde Second, H. Yardley, Birming- 

 ham. 



Jacobins. — First, L. Glassey, Rochdole. Second, J. Thompson, Bingley. 



TuRBiTS.— First, J. Thompson. Second H. Ynrdley. 



Any Variety.— First, J. Thompson. Second, H. Yardloy, 



SELLrNG Class.- First, J. R. Jcssop, Hull. Second, A. H. Stewart, 

 Harbome. 



Rabbits.— Purtf-Brcif.-First, WagstflflTA Hanson. Tliome. Second, R. 

 Wise. I/raiM>8l. — First, G. Clark, Long SottoD. Second, Wagstaff and 

 Hanson. — (WUbech Chroniele.) 



AcTiNc, upon the advice contained in your note to Mr. John 

 Stuart's letter, published in the Journal of August 29th, to re- 

 quire a posl-ofl5ce order payable ten days after date previously 

 to parting with some Pigeons and poultry I bad for sale, and 

 the would-be purchaser declining to comply with such a reason- 



Abxormal Egos. — X friend of mine possesses a Dorking hen 

 that a few weeks ago laid an egg measuring lOJ inches by 

 7J ; inside it was another large-sized egg, with a well-developed 

 shell, which weighed 9 ozs. The same hen a few weeks before 



