April 11, 1870. ] 



JOUBNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GABDENEK. 



few weeks after my purchase of " King Cole," he threw oat one 

 bright red feather, and then another, and in time could have 

 shown defects of plnmage against any Houdan in the kingdom. 

 He spared me the painB of condemning him to death by com- 

 mitting suicide in a rainwater tub, but his chickens had to be 

 disposed of in a way far different from that I had fondly 

 dreamed ; the cockerels were, of course, roasted, and the 

 pullets were condemned to the ignominious fate of supplying 

 eggs for cooking purposes only. I ascertained too late that 

 the faulty feathers had been plucked from " King Cole," and 

 so all my Houdan hopes for one whole season were dashed 

 to the ground, and the two guineas which I had paid for him 

 were thrown away. I could give a similar history of a Brahma 

 cock, but many fanciers could tell the same story from their 

 own sad experience, so I need not occupy time and space with 

 farther illustration of my meaning. 



Would it not be better for judges to show a little more leni- 

 ency towards a feather or two, and to have no mercy on fraud ? 

 It strikes me that there is a grievous lack of enthusiastic 

 determination among9t honest poultry fanciers to " stamp out " 

 trickery of every kind in poultry exhibition ; but I should grow 

 warm on this subject ware I to enter upon it, so I will rest 

 with having unburdened my mind of the one feature which 

 has particularly disturbed it for four weeks past, and which 

 seems quite to have been overlooked by all who have written 

 on the subject of trimming. I only wish some abler pen than 

 mine had entered the lists. 



I cannot refrain from expressing regret that Mr. Hewitt has 

 qualified his condemnation of dishonest exhibitors, but I for 

 one feel grateful to him for having brought the subject forward ; 

 and I think, after all he has done for poultry exhibitions, his 

 voice will surely be heeded by committeemen, in whose hands, 

 after all, the power lies to check the practices which Mr. Hewitt 

 has condemned. His valuable support makes me hope " there's 

 a good time coming." 



I wish earnestly that the time may he near at hand when 

 dubbing Game fowls shall be called trimming, and when the 

 barbarous practice shall be frowned upon by all promoters of 

 poultry shows. In this there is, I know, great difference of 

 opinion ; but I think there can only be one as to the injury 

 sustained by purchasers of birds which have had their objec- 

 tionable feathers, be they black, white, or red, abstracted for 

 the purpose of deceiving judges and buyers. — TV. 



Owls. — 1. H.'Yardlev, Birmingham. 2, J. Stanley, Stafford, he, J. Cook. 

 Pouters.—], W. Harvey. 2, H. Yardley. Fantails.— I, W. Harvey. 2, H- 

 Beldon. he, R. Gibson ; H. Yardl. v ; J. Kemp. Turrits— 1, J. Kemp. 2, W. 

 Bearpark. Dragoons.— 1, H. Btldon. 2, W. Harvey, he, H. Yardley (2). 

 Trumpeters.— 1, W. Harvey. 2, J. Cundale, Ripon. Jacobins.— 1, H. Beldon. 

 2, H. Yardley. Nuns.— 1, H. Yardley. 2, W. Bearpark. Antwerp*.— 1, .1. Parker, 

 Burnley. 2, W. Harvey, he, J. Crosland, jun.; E. 1>. Borne ; H. Yardley. Any 

 other Variety— 1. \V. Harvey. 2, H. Yardley. he, W. Bearpark. c, Kitchen 

 ftnd Co. (Local).— 1, H. Bury. 2, J. T. Riley, Accrington. 



Judges. — Poultry : Mr. K. Teebay, Fnlwood, Preaton, and Mr. J. 

 Hindson, Everton, Liverpool. Piyeons : Mr. T. C. Charlton, Bradford. 



TRUMPETER PIGEONS. 



I should have answered the inquiry of "Fleur de Lis" 

 (see page 235), last week, but wished to see if any other fancier 

 would favour us with his opinion. I am sorry the discussion 

 has not been more general, as there are plenty of Trumpeter 

 fanciers whose opinions on the standard properties would havo 

 been valuable. 



I observe that Mr. Rule and " Flecr de Lis" both differ 

 from me in some measure as to what a Mottled Trumpeter 

 should be ; but I still venture to think that the standard I have 

 given is the true one for the show pen. My advice to breeders 

 of Trumpeters is, " breed them dark enough, and you are right," 

 the tendency of Mottles being to become light, as " Fleur de 

 Lis " remarks. If they are light when they have their first 

 moult, the chances are that they will have one or more white 

 flight feathers. 



The colour of a Black or Black-mottled Trumpeter's beak 

 should in my opinion be black, or as near an approach to it as 

 can be got. 



Replying to the inquiry as to the advisability of introducing a 

 Black strain into a Mottled one, I say Yes, most decidedly. You 

 cannot breed Mottles with the proper black ground without it ; 

 at least that is my experience.— J. Firth, jun. 



ACCRINGTON POULTRY SHOW. 



The following is the prize list of this Show, which took place on the 

 7th inst : — 



Draycott. he, F. Sales. Crowle; C. Chaloner. e, H. M.Julian; W. John: 

 (Local).— 1. Kustivu.nl ,'c Hin. lie. Accrington. 2. Morris .v. Woods, Accrington. 

 3, J. Smith, Accrington. Single Hem.— 1, C. W. Brierlev. 2, O. Chaloner. 

 3, E. Ayla-oyd.Bra.lt. ird. lie. R. P.ivne ; S.Matthew, e, liillington & Gill ; J. 

 Dyson. Dorkings— 1, J. White, Warlaby. 2, T. Bri.len. Earby. 8 and he, J. 

 Stott, Healey. Cochins.— BujJ or Cinnamon— \ and 2, W. A. Taylor, Man- 

 chester. 3, J. Sichel, Timperlev. he, E. Fearon, Whitehaven i J. Sichel; J.G. 

 Broxup. c, J. G. Broxap. .-lny other rarirtit.—l, W. A. Tavlor. 2, E. Fearon. 

 3. J. Sichel. lie, W. A. Taylor; J. Lee. Spanish— 1 and 2, F. & C Haworth. 

 Haslingdeu. 3. ll.Bel.lou, Goitstock. he, H. B. Smith, e, P.Kaine. Erahmas. 

 —1, J. H. Pickles. 2, W. Hargreavcs, Bacup. 3, E. Loach. Rochdale, lie, F. 

 and C. Haworth : W. Whiteley. Hiiinrnniis.- Uohlowncilb .(.-1, H.Beldon. 

 2. H. Pickles, jun., Earby. 3, W. Speakman, Nantwich. lie, F. S. Driver. 

 SUver-peneilled.— 1 and 3, H. Pickles, jun. 2, H. Behlon. Goldeit-spdiioled.— 

 Cnp, J. Newton, Silsden. 2, H. Pickles, jun. 3, N.Marlow. lie. H. Beldon ; N. 

 Marlow; W. MeMrllon, (ll,..-,,... r. It. n.ldon ; N.Marlow. Sileerspaiuibd.— 

 1 and 2, J. Fielding, Newehurch. 8, H. Beldon. lie, J. Farrer ; G. & J. Duck- 

 worth. Black.— 1, T. Walker, jnn., Denton. 2, H. W. Illingworth, Idle. 3, C. 

 Sidgwick, Keighley. lie, H. Behlon; J. li.d.inson. French.— 1, G. Andrews, 

 Tuxford (Cltve-Cffiurs). 2. H. Beldon (Crcvc-Ocurs). 3. S.H. Stott, Rochdale 

 (Houdans). Polish— 1 and 3, H. Beldon. 2, H. Pickles, jun. lie, T. Dean; W. 

 Harvey. Any other Variety.— 1, R. Loft, Woodmansey (Sultans). 2, R. 

 Hawkins, Sunderland (Malay). 3, Kitchen ,v Co., Feniscowles, Blackburn. 

 Selling Class.— 1, J. Dyson, Halifax. 2 and 3, J. Laming, Broughton. Ban- 

 tajis.-BIocI.- Ibd Oiiuii'.— 1. W. 1'. Entwisle, Clcckhonton. 2, T. Barker, 

 Burnley. 3, J. Crosland, Wakefield, lie, R. Gerrard. c, J. Gardner. Game 

 (Any other Colour).— 1, C. Furncss, Acerbnet.m. 2, J. Crosland. jun. 3, W. F. 

 EntwiBle, Leeds, lie, .1. Crosland, jun. ; W. F. Enlwisle; W. Greaves; J. R. 

 Robinson. .S'.imI.' (',..■/.-.— Cup, J. Cioslan.l. 2. G. Maples, he, J. R. Robinson; 



H. Shumaeh; W. Entwisle. (Locall.-lau.18. liarw 1 ,v Bucklcv, Accrington. ' 



2, C. Furness. .in./ oilier Yurirtn.-l, V..V. Frew, Kirkcal.lv. 2, S. & K. Ashton, 

 Mottrnm. 8. R. C. Frew, Kirkcaldy. I.e. II. ll.l.lon ; K.li. Rilev ; J. W.Cannan. 

 e, J. Walker; W. A. Taylor; T. Sharpies. Ann varatii crc.j.f Home Bantams 

 (Local).— 1. W. G. Holt. 2 and 3, C. Furness. Turkeys.— 1, C. W. Brierlev. 

 2, G. Hustler. Stillinglle.'t Vicarage, York. 3, K. Leech, lie. J. Houlker ; P. B. 

 Bury. Geese.— 1, E. Leech. 2, G. Houlker. 3. W. II. Belcher, Lea. Ducks.— 

 Aylesbury.— 1, M. Seamons, Avlesbury. 2, S. H. Stott. 3, .1. Houlker. he, M. 

 Seamons; E. Leech ; T.Wilkinson. LVuicn.—l, S. H. Stott. 2, T. Wareing, 

 Preston. 3. C. W. Brierlev. lie, E. Leech ; J. Houlker. Aim other Varicti/.—. 

 1. S. Burn, Whitby. 2, A. dtJ.Trirkctt, Wiitcrioot. 3, C. W. Uin-rley. lie, T. C 

 Harrison, Hull; S. Burn; C. W. Brierlev; S. .i It. Ashton; H.B.Smith; B. 

 Consterdine. c, T. C. Harrison. 



PIGEONS. 



Carriers.— 1, J. F. While, Birmingham. 2, T. Stretch, Ormskirk. Ac, H. 



Yardley. e, H. W. Marklan.l. Tihelers.— 1, W. Harvev, Sheffield. 2, H. 



Yardley, Birmingham, lie, J. Ashworth. Barbs.— 1, H. Beldon. 2, H. Yardley. 



MR. FRANK GRAHAM'S CHALLENGE. 



I regret to say I cannot accept Mr. Graham's offer to show 

 a pair of birds against his, for the very sufficient reason that I 

 have not, nor ever had, a "pair of Blues" in my possession, and 

 I cannot show other colours against them with an equal chance 

 of success, since Blues are in advance of any colour in points. 

 So long as the Dragoon is without a standard, I maintain I 

 had a perfect right to say the birds were coarse in skull ; I will 

 now say further, that they are too short in head. My idea of a 

 Dragoon (and I flatter myself I know one when I see it, as I 

 have bred Dragoons for several years) is a long, flat, narrow 

 head — the narrower the better — straight thin bill, and pro- 

 minent eye, with a small even cere all round. — Your Corre- 

 spondent. 



DUMMY FRAMES. 

 I hate perused with much interest the excellent article which 

 appeared in No. -171, bearing the signature of " W. A. X.," and 

 although I agree with nearly all of it, I must beg to take 

 exception to one particular — viz., " dummy frames." I have 

 in use Pettitt's "hive of hives," which contains thirteen rather 

 large bar frames, the comb-building space in each bar frame 

 being 13J inches by 8 J inches. Now, without these dummy 

 frames this hive would not suit my purpose, for these assist 

 me much in manipulation, and give me the power to enlarge 

 or diminish the size of the hive at pleasure. During the 

 honey season the bees occupy the whole of the thirteen bar 

 frames, but in the autumn, when I " put up " my stocks for the 

 winter, lean reduce the size of my hives to about seven fiames, 

 which give me ample space not only for the bees but for their 

 winter's provision also, and the combs in the outside frames 

 I can appropriate to my own use. I also contend that the 

 " super, or nadir, or the collateral," each has its use as far as 

 honey-getting is concerned ; but if we desire to go further, 

 and to " study the natural habitats," the combs " upon each 

 separate frame " afford us the only means of doing this effectu- 

 ally. I think when Dr. Bevan first used bars in his hive they 

 were firmly fixed to the crown-boards, which he soon found did 

 not give him the necessary command over his bees ; he there- 

 fore adopted loose bars, which he found suited his purpose 

 better, and Major Munn soon followed with his bar-and-frame 

 hive, which gave a stimulus to scientific apiculture. — Sudbury. 



Hunger Swarms.— The Rector of a village near Stamford 

 writes to ns that a swarm was hived there on the 1st inst. 



