October 8, 1868. ] 



JOURNAL OF HOBTICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



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Oahk Baktam Cock (Any oolonr).— First, J. Crosland, jnn. Second, R. 

 Balsall, Hnlewooll. Third. Bonny & Davioa, Blackpool (Black iied). 



Any other Distinct Variety not Bekork Mentioned.— KirBt, C. 

 Leyland, Gnippoiibnll. Second, T. Pilkington, Proscot (Houdans). Third, 

 O. R. RoKcrson, Liverpool (Golden PluMi*iant). 



Selling Class (Any colour or breed).— First, E. Shaw. Second, A. 

 Bamford, Tongo. Third, T. Comber, Uainhill (Silver-pencilled llam- 

 burghs). 



DccKS (Rouenl. -First, T. Wakefield, Railway View, Golborne. Second, 

 B. Halsall. Third, T. Burgess, Macclosflold. Highly Commended, E. 

 Leech; T. Houlker, Revidgo, Blackburn. 



Ddcks (Aylesbury).— First, E. Leech. Second and Third, Mrs. M. 

 Seamons, Hartwell. 



DccKS (Any other variety).— First, H. Gladstone, jnn., Broadgrcen 

 (Uascovy). Second, S. Burn, Whitbv - Kast Indian). Third, T C. Harrison, 



Geese.- Medal, W. Mather, Uainhill. First, Mrs. M. Seamons. Se- 

 cond, T. Houlker. Third, S. H. Stott, Rochdale. Highly Commended, E. 

 Leech ; R. Gladstone, jun. ; Rev. J. C. Macdona, Sefton Rectory, Toulouse. 

 Commended, H. Gladstone, jun. 



Pigeons.— Highly Commended, T. Lea, Whiston (Black Barbs). 



The Juili^es wore Mr. R. Teebay, Fulwood, Preston, and Mr. Joseph 

 Hiudson, Bart'Jn House, Evorton. 



YORK AND DISTRICT FANCY RABBIT SHOW. 



The inaugural Show of this Society, held in the Friendly Societies' 

 Hall, Castle,-;ate, on the '2nd inst., was one of the hest that has ever 

 been held in York. The Kabbits exhibited were for the most part of 

 the purest breed, especially in the open classes, whilst those shown in 

 the classes limited only to members of the Society were very tine and 

 of excellent quality. The entries amounted to sixty. Rabbits were 

 sent from Birmingham, Hull, Leeds, Middlesborougb, Surrey, and 

 Frestwich. 



OPEN" CLASSES. 



Lop-eared. — Burk. — First. M. Millingtou, York. Yellow Buck, age 

 eleven months, ears '22^ inches long, ,'> inches wide. Second and Highly 

 Commended, M. Millington. Sooty Fawn Buck, age one year and six 

 months. Commended, A. H. Easten, Hull. Doe. — First, M. Millington. 

 Fawn Doe, age two years, ears 21^ inches long, 4,^ inches wide. Necond, 

 G. Jones, Birmingham. Fawn Doe, age eleven months. Highly Com- 

 mended, J. Ingham, Leeds. 



Lop-eared (Yellow and White Buck or Doel. — First, — Stainburn, 

 York. Yellow and White Doe, age one year and four months, ears 2U 

 inches long, 4^ inches wide. Second, A. H. Fasten. Yellow and white 

 Buck, age two years. Highly Commended, J. Ingham. 



Lop-eared (Black and white Buck or Doe).— First, M. Millington. 

 Black and w'nite Doe, ago one year and tive months, ears 211 inches 

 long, 5 inches wide. Second, A. H. Easten. Black and white Doe, age 

 one year and three months. Highly Commended, J. R. Jessop, Hull. 



B0CK OR Doe (Any other colour not previously mentioned). — First, B. 

 Hudson, Hull. Tortoiseshell Buck, age six months, ears 21>, inches 

 long. 4J inches wide. Second, A. H. Easten. P'awn Buck, age one year 

 and four months. Highly Commended, W Taylor, York. Commended, 

 — Hamsworth. York. 



Any othi-r Variety.— First, A. H. Easten (Silver-Greys). Second, G. 

 Hobmson, York (Angoras), age ciglit months. Highly Commended, S. A. 

 Vi ylie. Commended, — Rayson, Prestwich. 



CLASSES OPEN TO MEMBERS ONLY. 



Length of Ears. -First, — Staiohurn, York. Yellow Doe. age six 

 months, e.irs 21J inches long, ij inches wide. Second, — Stainburn. 

 Fawn Buck, age three months ten davs old. 



Bl-ACK and White.— Fir.st, — Hall,' York. Black and White Buck, age 

 five months 10 days old, ears 18^ inches long, 4^ inches wide. Second, 

 M. Millington. Black and White Doe, age four months and eighteen 

 days. 



Yellow and White.— First, — Hall. Yellow and White Buck, age five 

 months ten days, ears 2 ) inches long. 4^ inches wide. Second, M. 

 Millington. Yellow and White Buck, age five months. Highly Com- 

 mended, — Hall. 



Tortoiseshell. — First, — Stainburn. Tortoiseshell Doe, age six 

 months, ears lOA inches long, 4^ inches wide. Second, — Hall. Tortoise- 

 shell Buck. age. 4 months 3 days. 



Blue and White —First, — Stainhum. Blue and White Back, age 

 seven months, e>.r» 211 inches long, 4; inches wide. 



Grey and "'hite.- First, — Stainburn. Grey and White Doe, age 

 three mouths ten d .ys, ears in inches long, 4.' inches wide. 



Self-Colocr.- First — Hall. Fciwu Buck, age four mimths three days. 

 ears 19! inches long. 4J inches wide. Second, Highly Commended, and 

 Commended, — Millington. Blue Buck, age four months eighteen days. 



Heaviest Weight.— First, — Stainburn. Fawn Doe, nge'^five months 

 one day old, 9^ lbs. Second, — Hall. Grey Doe, age five months ten 

 days, 8| lbs. 



The judges were Mr. J. Hume, of York, and Mr. Fletcher, of Hull. 



BEES IN LANARKSHIRE. 



I FIND the following paragraph in ihe Hamilton Advertiser. 

 " The Bee-man " therein referred to has, I am happy to say, a 

 worthy successor in hi.s son, Mr. A. Pettigrew, of Rusholme, 

 near Manchester, who has from time to time during the last 

 quarter of a century perseveringly advocated the adoption of 

 much larger hives than those generally used. I know not if 

 this were an inherited idea, but the weights given below are 

 sufficient of themsehes to prove that bee hives in Carluke 

 must be very much more capacious than those we are accus- 

 tomed to meet with in the south. — A DEVONgHir.i; Bee-keepeb. 



" Bees and Bee-hives.— This village (^Carluke) is the 'head 



centre ' of bee-keeping and bee-keepers. It is situate in the 

 centre of a pariah of poor clayey soil, with minerals under- 

 neath. The orchards in the vale of the Clyde serve the Carluke 

 bee-keepers much, and they do not fail to place their beea 

 within easy reach of the fruit blossoms of these orchards ; 

 but the white clover fields of Carluke are much inferior for 

 honey-gathering to those of adjoining parishes and counties. 

 The weights of the hives at (Jarluke year after year indicate 

 that their owners are greatly in advance of the bee-keepers of 

 Scotland generally, and more than half a century before those 

 of England, in the art of making moat of bees — that is to say, 

 their profitable management. In 1864, it is reported that one 

 bee-keeper at Carluke made £40 off nine hive ; and in the 

 Hamilton Advertiser it was stated that another bee-keeper had 

 a hive which yielded two swarms in 1H(J4, their united weight 

 being 3'28 lbs. In 1866, the heaviest hive of the parish was 

 1401bs. This year many of the swarms are 140 lbs. each, and 

 one weighed KiB lbs. The years 1864, 1866, and 1868, have beeia 

 favourable for a good honey harvest. The bald weights given 

 of bee-skeps at Carluke may stimulate many readers to pay 

 more attention to bees ; but it may interest some of them to 

 know how it is that this village is the ' head centre ' of bea 

 management. About seventy years ago James Pettigrew, a 

 labouriug man, became the most extensive bee-keeper that this 

 country has seen, and for thirty years he was well known fifteen 

 miles round Carluke as ' The Bee-man ' by name. He died 

 twenty-five years ago, leaving the legacy of his experience and 

 practice to the active, intelligent, and earnest bee-keepers of 

 his parish. These shrewd men have not stood still these 

 twenty-five years ; they have adopted several valuable improve- 

 ments of their own — so few in number, that they ask, ' Who 

 taught the old Bee-man all he knew '? '—but still improvements 

 which eaable them to talk of weights of hives and pints of 

 honey startling to other folk." 



SHREWSBURY'S PORTABLE GAS O^TSN. 



Gre.\t are the advantages of the use of gas for cooking 

 purposes, especially during the summer months, when fires are 

 desirably extinguished as soon as cooking has been completed, 

 but there has hitherto been one great disadvantage — namely, that 

 the roasting and baking have been performed over the burning 

 gas, thereby causing the article cooked to become impregnated 

 with the vapour arising from the combustion of the gas. This 

 disadvantage is entirely removed in the case of Mr. Shrews- 

 bury's Gas Oven. 



The oven is heated from the outside, with the ii ventor'.i 

 patent burner, which, for the convenience of lighting is fixed 

 on a swivel, and is made to open with the door immediately 

 under the oven, and as the heat is carried all over the oven, 

 the sides and top are kept at an equal temperature, while the 

 fumes from the burnt gas are taken away by an outlet pro- 

 vided for that purpose. 



The oven can be heated in a few minutes, and for roaHing 



