February U, 1800. 1 



JOURNAL OF HOBTICUIiTOBB AND OOTXAGE GAEDENEB. 



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TauMPETKHB.— 1 and 2, J. Dutton. Itc, J. Chestera. 



TUHBITS.— 1, J. nntton. 2 niid e, J. OhGStors. 



TuMiii-Ens (Almond).— 1, J. S. Skidmoro, Nantwioli. 



ToMBi.EHs.— 1, J. Ohcstcrs. 2, J. Grice. he, H. Prlnco. c, J. CheBtors ; 

 J. Gricc. 



Owls.— 1 nnd 2, .1. ('hestcra. rtw, H. Prince. 



DovEs.--l,.I.S. Skiduiore. 



Any other VAniETV.— 1, J. S. Skidmoro (Spots). 2, J. Dutton (Labovo). 



Sellino Class.— 1, J. Chosters (YoUow Turbits). 

 SONG BIRDS. 



CANAJtIss (Yellow).—!, S. Williamson. 2, H. Surannr, Naotwicll. 



Canabies (liun").— 1, R. Groon. 2. H. Sumner, Nimtwicb. 



Canaries (Any viirioty).— 1 and 2, J. Banks, Crewo (Silver-spanglod 

 Lizard and Huff-crested), vhr, R. Green. 



LtMNETS (Drown).- 1, S. WiUiamsou, Nantwich. 2, J. Bullock, Nant- 

 wich. 



GoLDFiNcnES.— 1 and 2, S. Williamson. 



Skylarks.— 1 and 2, S. Williamson. 



BoLLfiNcuES.— 1 and 2, S. Williamson, 



Rabbits.— tons Ears.- 1, J. Robinson, N'nutwiob. 3, Master P. P. John, 

 son, Nantwich. 'Weight.— I, T. Knight, Nnutwich. 2, G.,Smith, Marsfteld. 



Mr. ITewilt, of Birmingham, judged the Puidtry ; and Mr. Uodpath, 

 of Manchester, the riijcnns and Sofif) Birds. 



CREWE POULTRY SHOW. 



The following is a corrected list of the Pigeon awards made at 

 this Show, and wliioh reached us too late for imblicatiou with the 

 rest of the prize list last week : — ■ 



ToMBLEns (Almond).— I and 2, J. Fielding, jun., Rochdale. /)<•, A.Boote; 

 H. Yardley, Birmingham, c, H. Brown. 



TuMBLEns (Any other varietv).-!. R. Minnitt, juu. 2, J. Fielding, jun. 

 he, F. Graham (Mottled and Blue Beards) ; H. Princo (Agates) ; J. W. 

 £dge, Birmingham, c, J. F. Leach. 



Cabriers.— 1, G. Wooley. 2, E. Walker. )ic, F. Graham ; G. C. Holt. 



Pouters.— 1, H. Bro\vn. 2, W. Garaon. ?'/ic, H. Yardlev ; J. F. Loach. 



Balds.— 1 and 2, J. W. Edge, he, J. Fielding, juu. c, H. Hughes ; W. 

 Banks ; J. Goolding. 



Jacobins.— l,and 2, J. W.'Edge. r/ic, A.Boote; J. Hawley, Bingley ; J. 

 F. Leach. 



Pantails.— 1 and vhe, H. Yardley. 2, J. Hawley. 



TRU-itPETERS. — 1, J. Hawley. 2. J. Firth, jun., Dewsbury ; he, J. Dutton ; 

 W. Gamon, Chester, e, T. Robson. 



Owls.— 1 and 2, J. Fielding, jun. he, T. Newell; F. Graham, c, F. 

 Graham. 



NONs.— 1 and 2. W. Croft. I'/io, E. T. Dew. lie, F. Graham ; J. Dutton. 

 c,T. Newell. P. C. Beadley; G. F. Whitehouse. 



TuBBiTS.— 1, J. Fielding, jun. 2, T. Robson. vhc, F. Sale ; J. W. Edge, 

 ftc, W.Banks; R. Siddall. 



Barbs.— 1, F. Firth, jun. 2, J. Fielding, jun. vhe, F. Firth, jun ; H. 

 Yardley. he, H. Yardley ; H. Prince ; F. J. Leach, c J. Fielding, juu. 



Dragoons.— 1, W. Cliff. 2, J. W. Edge. /i<;,.G. 0. Holt ; H. Yardley. 



Maopies.- 1, J. F. Leach. 2, C. Baker, he, 3. W. Edge, c, T. C. 

 Marshall; T. H. Frean. 



Antweri's.— 1, R. Autberson, Hazel Grove, Stockport. 2, H. Yardley. 

 The whole class Highly Commended. 



Any other Variety.— 1, T. Newell (German Toys). 2, H. Y'ardley. 



CANKER IN PIGEONS. 



I NOTICE in your Numbers 402 and 109, remarks respecting 

 the canker disease in Pigeons. Should it be the same as we ob- 

 serve here (Brussels) in the Antwerp breed, I think your corre- 

 spondents will prevent it if they take care to provide themselves 

 with a reasonable quantity of old seeds. Change of diet, prin- 

 cipally at moulting time, and amongst young birds, brings 

 forth the canker, as very often the seeds are not sufficiently old. 

 Many fanciers, and I do the same, feed their birds with Indian 

 com, from September till March, when we are obliged to alter 

 their regimen in training them for the flying matches, other- 

 wise maize is one of the best seeds for Pigeons. 



I formerly cured my birds by applying caustic, but find that 

 if they are left alone, the canker, after growing to a certain size, 

 becomes dry, and ultimately falls off. The birds become thin, 

 as they can scarcely pick up and swallow their food, but will 

 Boon recover. — Brussels Fancier. 



EGGS. 



" I DO wonder, Clara, you allow Harry to play with and to 

 nurse that little Bantam. Are you not afraid it will leave 

 something in the shape of hoppers with him ? " said Mrs. 

 Walter to her sister. 



"No," replied Farmer Thompson's wife ; "our poultry are 

 quite clean, at least we think them so. They certainly have 

 every inducement, and every contrivance we can think of, to 

 make them comfortable and to keep them in good health, and 

 as a rule fowls take every advantage you ofler them." 



" I cannot bear to see my children handle fowls, or, indeed, 

 birds of any kind. I am always thinking of " 



" Ignorance would be bUss to yon, then, Mary. I wonder 



you do not see ticks when you pull on tboir woollen socks. 

 What ft world of pleasure you deny yourself, to be sure. Of 

 course you never eat eggs ? " ,,j,,| 



" Indeed I do." . 



" You would not have many if you had your own poultry to 

 manage." 



" None." 



" Ah ! I often say that whatever our English soil may be, 

 English people are not suited by nature for poultry-keeping. 

 The importation of eggs may well increase at a frightful rate ; 

 so much good money going out of the country, and very poor 

 efforts made to lessen it. Our neighbours across the Channel 

 far exceed us, and there is no reason why they should. Wo 

 might easily produce thousands of eggs at little or no cost, 

 often, indeed, at a saving in our yearly expenditure— yes, even 

 in towns you might do this. But then your town houses are so 

 neat and tidy, with their little back courts, which you would 

 hke to call gardens if anything would grow in them ; and you 

 are so dainty, or so afraid of a little trouble, that you shudder 

 at the thought of keeping half a dozen hens to eat up the left 

 potatoes and overbaked crusts of bread which will accumulate 

 in the most careful household and under the most watchful 

 supervision. I often speculate as to what people do with these, 

 for dogs will seldom eat such scraps." 



" I can tell you, Clara ; they are all put into a tub kept for 

 the purpose, and sold once or twice a-week for pigs." 



" That tub would be a nuisance I could not put up with. 

 I should always be fancying more than I bargained for found 

 its way in." 



" Tiien they would have to be thrown out and wasted ; fowls 

 in a town are a great bother, which you, living out in the 

 country, know nothing of— sure to be an annoyance to one's 

 neighbour or to one's self." 



"Well, if you are so afraid of annoyance, which is often more 

 imaginary than real, you must give the high price you usually 

 have to pay for new-laid eggs in the winter, when so few can be 

 procured." 



" But then, Clara, so very few are wanted. All housekeepers 

 put down, either in salt or lime water during the spring mouths 

 for winter use ; and it is only for a few weeks at the close 

 of the year that eggs can be called dear in our northern towns. 

 I usually pay 2(1. or V^d. each during November, December, 

 and the early part of January, after that they lower in price 

 unless the season is very severe. I make it a rule, never to 

 give more than Is. for six, and there are thousands of well-to- 

 do people who think it very extravagant to give more than Is. for 

 twelve eggs." 



" They are fortunate not to be compelled to purchase eggs at 

 a much higher rate. My own opinion is they ought never, not 

 even in the season of plenty, to be sold for less than Is. for 

 fourteen. Then, too, in justice to producer and buyer, eggs 

 ought to be bought and sold by weight. Eight ordinary-sized 

 eggs, or six Black Spanish, will weigh 1 lb. We buy many 

 things not half so good at a much higher rate. Wait, Mary, 

 until you have a long lanky boy with a poor appetite, or a 

 husband who cannot eat meat to his breakfast, then you will bo 

 glad to have them at three for Is. The worst of the matter 

 to me is, there is always a doubt about the newness of bought 

 eggs. I always break into one with fear and trembling, and can 

 seldom eat it ; but then, I do not care for an egg that begins to 

 count its age by days instead of hours." 



" Its keeping properties are only indifferent then," replied 

 her sister. " We townspeople are not so dainty ; we call an 

 egg good that is not bad." 



" Yes, but if you had ever had the pleasure of eating your 

 own you would not. I know nothing that is sooner spoiled ; 

 through its porous shell it quickly imbibes the taint of new- 

 mown hay, fish, cheese, onions, or any other article it may be 

 placed near. We cannot expect vendors to care for these little 

 matters, and considering the low rate at which eggs are sold is 

 it possible?" , , t u 



" Low, do you call it, Clara ? Why, a few years back I could 

 get twenty-four for Is., sometimes even more." 



" You will never do that again, Mary, in England, unless you 

 live until all the coal is burned out, and the New Zealander 

 stands, as they say he will do some day, in amazement on London 

 Bridge, watching the ploughshare go over the once-paved streets. 

 It is contrary to all reason that the price should be lower. 

 There are more consumers than producers of eggs, and the cost 

 to producers is much heavier both in food and the payment of 

 labour than it was formerly. And then, many who used to 

 produce for the market retain most of them for home oonsump- 



