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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ June 26, 1873. 



YOUNG BIRDS. 



NoRwlcn.—rtfnow.— 1, — Calvert. 2, — Hai-laad. 3. —Tlorlerian, Leicester. 

 i?it:r.-l, — Barton. 2. — Barwell. 3, J. Fo-iter. Ei'^n-markt^d Yelt<iw.—\. ti. 

 G. VVaitWdll. Yor^. 2. — Dossor. li. — Browu. EocnrUixrhed Buff.~\, Miaa 

 Barton. 2, Mdrtin & Griffln. 3. — Culvert. 



Norwich,— Dfir/j Crested Yelloiii or ButT.— l, — Trifflt, York. 2, Misa Burton. 

 S, J. Green. Clear Crrsted Yellow or Buff.—'l, R. Reed. 1 and 3. not awarded. 



Yellow. — I, — Hoderiae. 2, Cowl & Simpaon 3,— DickenHon, Whitby. 



Buff.— iVMf.— 1. — Harland. a, W. Oariiutt. 3. — Reed. 



Crested.— .V(^.i(.— I, .1. J. Ttiompaon. 2. — Tr'ffln. 3, — Garnctt. 



Cage ov Six Canaries, in varibtv.— 1, — Calvert. 2, — Smitll. 3, — Burton. 



Consumption of E'Ms.— Wo wonder, and reasonably wonder, 

 at the enormous and auuniUy increasin'^ amount of egj^,-j itn- 

 pDttedinto England; bat wherever the population Roes on in- 

 creasinf^ far beyond the local power to supply food to that 

 population, thither food of every kind will be attracted. Tlius 

 we read in an Araorican piper that a Bowmanville ectg-dealer 

 hag this Beaton shipped some .')0,000 dozen of es^gs to New York. 

 But this inevitable result of demand and supply does not excuse 

 our agricultural labouring population for not xiniversally attend- 

 ing to poultry culture. Anyone who traverses the bye-roads and 

 lanes of Sussex, and sees how they are fringed with hen-coops 

 belonging to the cottagers, learus a beneficial lesson, and would 

 impress it as we do upon all our cottage friends. 



DouBLE-CuicKED Eoo. — Respecting the occurrence of double- 

 chicked eggs, I may state that a few years ago I had a Turkey's 

 egg, in which two chicks grew and developed up to the point of 

 hatching, but did not hatch. They were ijuite distinct from one 

 another. — N. B. C, Siirgeoyi. 



OUR LETTER BOX. 



Books M. B. C). — Payne's" Boo-keepiuj,'." You caa havo it free by post 

 from our office for five postage atampa if seat with your address. 



DoUKiNG Pullets Droopinq (E. B.). — Your Dorkings show weakness, and 

 would indicate the want of fresh blood. It may be that your food U too 

 stimulating, but unless meat is very liberally dispensed in your establish- 

 ment, the scraps should not be sufficient to disagree with a number of fowls. 

 Wo have little doubt they are too fat. Feed them with slaked ground oats in 

 the morniny, the harue iu the evening. Give them a spare meal of whole 

 barley at midday. Withhr.ld the scraps for a time, and discontinue Indian- 

 meal. A little fastiug will do no harm. 



Testing iNCUH.VTiNCi Eggs {M. R. S.).— We have never said that an egg 

 that sank should be destroyed. Wo have said that an egg that showed 

 no sign of life when it felt the influence of warm wa';er, was always viewed 

 with Buspiciou by u^, and generally couderaued. We are seldom wrong in 

 our judgment. The egg that simply floats is generally rotten. Eggs will not 

 display theii- full vitality in warm water till they are within three days of 

 hatching. When you found that every ogg sank and on breaking one found 

 it to contain a live chicken, you should have broken no more, but have re- 

 placed them under the hen. In eggs that have never bseu ea*^. upon, the gnod 

 ^■^•ii'i go to the bottom, and lie then quieUy on one side. Those sat upun, 

 although they sink to the bottom, stand-up on end ; those that have been 

 developed au-l h'lve perished beome full uf gas aud float. We speak from 

 many years' experience. We have followed that which we describe, and do so 

 still with unvarying success. 



Comh.s Crooked in Gerjiim Bar Hive (C. L. TI'.).— The bee3 having 

 worked their combs across the frames instead of within each frame, would 

 render the hive useless for the purposes for which moveable frames are in- 

 tended. Your only plan is to open the sides or euds of the box, and cut out 

 the combs iu the bast way you can; prune them if tooloug, straighten them if 

 necessary, and tit them into the frames, se'riring them temporarily by string, 

 wire, zinc clips, or thin slips of wood tacked to the sides of the frame. Place 

 the frames so filled in position, return the bees, and leave them for one or 

 two days; then take out each frame, remove the temporary supports for the 

 cimb, and pare a.vay any pnijectiu,' portions. In future attach piece* of 

 worker-comb to the uppor bars, or run a ridge of melted was along tho centre 

 of their lower sides. Tho moment you soo a comb going wrong remove and 

 rectify it. The German frame-hives ai-e very inferior to the Laugstroth, or to 

 the English modification of that principle. 



Drones Sl^ughteurd (2i. S. H.l.— Your bees seem to be thriving fairly 

 enough, but why the one stock killed its drones we cannot tell without moro 

 precise information. Bjo.i will often get rid uf the drones after cold or wot 

 weather of somo duration, b'sca'ue thny aio wiso onough to foresee the poswi- 

 bitity of Btarvatiou if they keep on a set of u^yle^is and hungry fellows abmt 

 the hive. You need nut l)o alarmed abiut that. Perhaps by the time you 

 real this all will be change 1. and your bees will be cullecting honey fast 

 enough. It is a late year, so that we think it likely h -noy will ht harvested 

 chiody in July, as tho white clover is only beginning to bloom. But all depends 

 upin weather. Wo should advise you not to allow yourself to be discouraged. 

 If swarms come, place thetu whore the parent hive stood, and so diminish your 

 chances of too many swarnn; this will increase your prospect of honey. 

 Give plenty of room iu supers. As soon as one begins to fill, slip another 

 between the first super and the parent hive. You must not expect to make 

 your fortune with bees until yuu liavo won yuur experience like everybuly 

 "else. Write again if you have any further dilliculty. We shall be glad to 

 help you to success. 



Artificial Sw.iitMS (.4 N'-w Suhscrihcv).—Xo\\ do not say how you treated 

 your " forced" swarms. Did you put them on separate stands, or iu plai:o nf 

 the old stocks? Anyhow, we cannot imagine why there was nu piping of the 

 young queens. If you put the swarms uu new stauis they ought to havy 

 bwarmed again — that is to sav, supposing tho stocks to have been fairly strong 

 and the weather suitable. We ha-u often ftirced swarms, and never rec^jlleet. 

 an absence of piping. You could lurce a second swarm from each of them if. 

 as you say, they are very strong aud working well ; but time is short now, and 

 you will probably have to feed them through the autumn and spring. We 

 Lava no experience of " scraped war " as a help to bees in comb-making. 



PoucuvsiNG Bee5 (L. M. H".).— 3warnn of common bees will cost now 



from 10/;. to 2').?. Tho most popular bees are the Italians, whether pure or 

 hybrid, which cofjt more. It is, undoubtedly, a profitable speculation to keep 

 hens if you mana;je them properly. Tney will pay more than lOU per cent., 

 taking thoavera^o of years. Get from our office " Bee-keeping for tho Many," 

 to be had for five stamps. There you w.-ll find all particulars about hives. 

 Now is a very good time to establish an apiary. Write to the Rev. P. V. M, 

 i'illeul, Biddisham Rectory, Weston-super-Mare. 



Woodbury Hives (C. M.). — Write to any of the hive-miker.^ who advertise 

 in oiu* columns, 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, 



Camden Square, London. 



Lat. 5r 32' 40" N. ; Loa^. 0= 8' 0" W. ; Altitude 111 feet. 



REMARKS. 

 iHth. — liain in the morning; fine in the middle of tha day ; rain in the even- 

 ing, but fine night. 

 19th. — Fine morning; rain at noon, and showery all the after part of the day. 

 2'Jth. — Dull morning ; fine afternoon aud evening. 

 21at. — A most beautiful day throughout, the finest as well as the longest wa 



have had this summer. 

 22nd. — Fine and warm in morning aud till between 7 and 8 P.ai., when it 

 clouded over ; sharp shower at 8 p.m. ; fine afterwoi'ds. 

 Owing to the early period as which it is necessary to send this to press, it 

 has not been possible to insert all the data for June 23rd. The complete data 

 for that day and the subsequent one will be given in oui- next, ai well as lh.e 

 mean values for the week ending June 21:th. In the interim it maybe well to 

 call attention to the considerable rise of temperature, and especially to tha 

 high temperature in the sunshine. — G. J. SvaiONS. « 



COVENT G.VRDEN MARKET.— Jo.ve 35. 

 Business continues steady, and a good supply is maintained, out-door 

 Strawberries becoming plentiful, and a good promise of an abundant eeason. 

 Hothouse fruit ample to meet all demands at last week's quotations. Pines, 

 however, are lower, in consequence of the West ludia ones havin;,' mido their 

 appearance. 



FRUIT. 



Apples . 

 Apricots.. 



Ties., 



, 1 sieve 

 .. doz. 



lr> bos 2 



d. s, d. 

 Oto5 u 



Chestnuts bushel 



<Jurrants i sieve 



Black do. 



Figa doz. 6 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs lb. 2 



Gooseberries quart 



Grapes, hothouse lb. 4 



Lemons. ?»'100 6 



MelonB each 5 







4 











11 



10 







2 6 



3 U 6 



10 



I'l 



8 



d. B. d. 

 OtoO 

 3) 

 10 



Peaches doz. 15 d 30 



3 

 18 



Mulberries -^ b. 



Nectarines doz. 15 



Oranges '^ 100 



Pears, kitchen aoz. 



dessert doz 



PineApplea lb. 6 10 



Plums. J sieve 



Quinces doz. 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries *v lb. 4 6 



Walnuts bu-hel 15 30 



ditto it-lOJ 2 a 



VEaETABLES. 



Artichokes doz. 



Asparai;us ^100 



French 



Beans, Kidney ^100 



Beet. Red doa 



Brocculi bundle 



Cabbage d<»z. 



CapsiLMiins T^ 1"0 



Cirrots bunnh 



Cauliflower (li'z. 



Celery bundb; 



ColewiirtH . doz. bUUiilM^s 

 Cucumbers uach 



picltlmg doz. 



EndivLi doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish bundle 



Leoks biinch 



Lettuce doz. 



1 o 







6 

 3 (I 



1 (1 



2 fi 

 G 

 



2 

 3 

 6 

 n 3 



3 



'I 



1 



Mushroom? potUe 



Mastard & Cress. .pannet 

 Unions bushel 



pickling quart 



Parsley per doz. bundles 



Parsnips loz. 



Peas quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Round do. 



Radishes., doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Salsafy ,' bunrlle 



S.ivoys di'Z. 2 



Seorzonera bundle 1 



Sea-Uiile basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 2 



Tomatoes doz. 2 



Turuips -.. bunch o 



Vegetable Harrows 



d. 8. d. 



to 2 



a 



111 

 6 







9 



2 



6 











1 



6 



1 



2 

 1 

 » 



(I 







H 



8 



POULTRY MAREET.— JONE 25. 

 Oou^ boc.5me? a Cuckoo note, wo are looking for a better supply. To thi** 

 tnue it is a sort ol poultry, " .\nne, sister Anno, do you see anything coming ?" 

 But as all things happen to him who can wait for them, we shall be right at 

 last, but not uow. 



s d. 8. A. 



Large FowU 6 to 6 6 



Suialler ditto 5 5 6 



Chickens 8 6 4 



Goslings 7 7 6 



Gre-n Geese 



Ducklings 3 4 



B. d. s. d 



Pheasan 3 o to o 



Partridges 



Hares 



Eabbi-.s 15 IB 



Wildditto 9 "10 



Pigeons 9 10 



