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JOUBNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ July 24, 1866. 



Bantams (Black, Ac.).— First, H. M. Bazley. Second, R. Highani. 



Guinea Fowls.— First, S. L. Lucas. Second, T. Phillipps. 



Docks (Aylesbury}.— First, J. Bines. Second, W. Bines. Ducklings. 

 —First, J. Bines. Second, J. Davey. 



Duck (Common 1 .— First, J. Cotton. Second, J. Piper. Third, S. T. 

 Pickard. Fourth. Mrs. E. S. Trickey. Ducklings.— First and Second, F. 

 Gloyne. Third, S. Brown. 



Ducks (Rouen).— Prize, Rev. G. C. Guille. 



Geese.— First, J. Woodley. Second, Rev. G. C. Guille. 



Turkeys.— First, Rev. G. C. Guille. Second, Miss Gorle. 



Pigeons (Common).— First and Second, J. Cotton. Tbird, W. Brock. 

 Carriers.— Prize, Rev. J. R. Whyte. Powtcrs.— Prize, J. M. Braund. 

 Fa ntails.— Prize, J. M. Braund. Trumpeters.— Prize, J. M. Braund. 

 Tumblers.— Prize, Mrs. Bazley. Nuns.— Prize, Rev. J. R. Whyte: 



Rabbits (Longest Ear).— Prize, Master Veale. Common.— First, Master 

 J. Edgcumbe. Second, Master R. Francis. 



Extra Prizes (Any pure Breed).— Prize, T. Wood. Single Cock.— First, 

 A. West. Second, H. Dnrch. Third, J. F. Delmar. 



Extra Prizes given by William Maskcll. Esq.— Cock and two Hens.— 

 First, J. Davey. Second J. Stanbury. Ducks.— Prize, J, Davey. 



EPPING EXHIBITION OF POULTRY AND 

 • PIGEONS.— July 17th. 



This Show though limited as to the number of the entries, was one 

 of a very superior land as regarded the greater proportion of the 

 birds exhibited. The weather proved as satisfactory as any well- 

 wisher of the Society could desire, and the ground on which the Show 

 was held was well chosen. The pens were the well-known ones of 

 Mr. Cooke, of Colchester, and every specimen was placed in a single 

 row, so that the arrangement for the exhibition of the birds was all 

 that could be desired. The members of the acting Committee were 

 entire novices at the management of a poultry exhibition, and for this 

 simple reason they deserve the greater credit for bringing everything 

 to so satisfactory a conclusion. The weather, too, was fortunately 

 most propitious, and as a poultry show was a novelty at Epping-, the 

 attendance was far beyond what was generally anticipated. Every 

 pen was placed under cover, and protection was also provided for all 

 visitors had the weather necessitated it, but happily, as just stated, 

 the day was extremely tine. 



The Grey Dorking class was one of the best filled in the whole Show, 

 and Mr. Lingwood 1 s triumph was not without severe competition. A 

 pen of most excellent birds in this class were thrown out altogether by 

 one hen proving to be ruptured. It should be always borne in mind 

 that ruptured hens are as inadmissible for competition for prizes as 

 they are utterly useless for stock purposes. The class for White 

 Dorkings was at a very low ebb as to entries, but the prize birds were 

 excellent. In the Spanish class only one pen was exhibited, and to it 

 a second prize was awarded. The birds had, no doubt, some time 

 jback been of great merit, but age had laid a heavy haud upon them ; 

 the cock was long past his best, and the coarse corrugations of the face 

 rendered him almost sightless. In Game fowls, as might readily be 

 ^anticipated, Mr. Mathews, of Stowmarket, proved the lion of the day. 

 Most of the birds in this gentleman's collection were very good indeed, 

 l>ut it is simply impossible just at the present period of the year to 

 exhibit them in the height of condition on which, in Game fowls par- 

 ticularly, so much depends. In Cochins, the Buffs exhibited by Mr. 

 Lingwood, of Needham Market, and the White ones belonging to Mr. 

 Znrhorst, of Donnybrook, Dublin, were most praiseworthy. Mr. Pickles 

 again stood first with his excellent pen of Dark Brahman. In Ham- 

 burgihs, the Show was confined to but few, but the excellent pens of 

 these beautiful varieties, sent by Mr. Wood, of Kendal, proved most 

 attractive, as Hamburgh fowls seem but little known in Essex. The 

 Game Bantam classes were a failure as to excellence, although a good 

 show was anticipated. Among the Bantams were shown a trio of as 

 superior Booted Bantams as we have seen for a long series of years. 

 In the Variety class La Flcche and Malays were the prize-winners, 

 both being pens of first-rate birds. 



A single pen of Geese and of Turlceys were all that were entered, 

 both being very good indeed. The Geese belonged to Mrs. Seamons, 

 of Aylesbury, which insured something decidedly superior ; but it was 

 in Aylesbury Ducks that this lady far out-distanced all competitors, 

 surprising the many visitors who for the first time witnessed the pro- 

 ducts of her yard, by the good quality and size of these. The Rouens 

 were so bad that every prize was withheld, the truth being rather, that 

 not a single Rouen Duck was exhibited, and those Ducks that were 

 sent might better have remaiued at their homesteads. 



Although four different classes were allotted to single cocks of as 

 many varieties, only one Buff Cochin was entered ; he was an excel- 

 lent bird, but, of course, had nothing to compete against, although 

 journeying from the yard of Mr. Znrhorst, of Donnybrook, Dublin, to 

 look out for a rival. As a "sweepstakes" bird under such rale, if 

 rigidly enforced, can only win by any possibility his own entry-money 

 back again, the Judges suggested an extra prize from the general funds, 

 which will, no doubt, be allowed by the Committee, and the bird itself 

 well deserved it. 



No entry was made in any of the classes devoted to Pheasants ; and 

 .the small collection of Figev)is t with the exception of two or three pens, 

 was not equal to what m\ght have been hoped for in an exhibition 

 held within seventeen' miles of London. The Siberian Ice Pigeons 



ere well shown, and very good specimens. As extra stock, Mrs. 



Roth well, of E2>ping, exhibited two capital pens of Japanese Bantams, 

 a light- colon red pen and a dark one, of both of which the Judges 

 spoke in highly commendatory terms. 



Some very good Canaries were shown, but few in numbers. As a 

 kind of tail-piece to the Show, Mr. Edward Milinan, of Theydon 

 Grove, sent a recently-caught Barn Owl. He seemed an object of 

 great interest to the more juvenile visitors, but his violet efforts to 

 escape proved beyond question that his comforts were but little in- 

 creased by their uproarious plaudits. 



The Show was concluded satisfactorily to all parties, and no doubt 

 will become an annual institution. 



Dorkings (Coloured).— First, H. Lingwood, Barking, Needham Market, 

 SuffoLk. Second, F. Parlett, St. John's Road, Chelmsford. Chickens.— 

 Extra Prize, W. H. Walker, Shenfield, Brentwood. 



Dorkings (White or Silver-Grey).— First, Miss Arkwright, Mark Hall, 

 Harlow. Second, W. H. Walker. 



Spanish (Black).— First withheld. Second, R. B. Postans, Brentwood. 



Game (Black-breasted and other Reds).— First and Second, S. Mathew, 

 Chilton House, Stowmarket. Highly Commended, J. Jeken, Eltham, Kent. 



Game (Any other colour).— First and Second, S. Mathew (Duckwing 

 Game, Piles.) 



Cochin-China (Buff).— First, H. Lingwood. Second, J. Thompson, 

 Writtle. 



Cochin-china (Any other colour).— First, F. W. Zurhurst, Donnybrook T 

 Dublin (White). Second, Rev. M. R. Barnard, MargarettingVicarage,In- 

 gatestone (White). 



Brahmas (Dark or Light).— First, J. H. Pickles. Second, E. Sheerman, 

 Chelmsford (Brahma Pootra). Highly Commended, Mrs. M. Seamons, 

 Hartwell, Aylesbury, Bucks. 



Hamburghs (Silver-pencilled). — First, A. K. Wood, Burneside, Kendal, 

 Westmoreland. Second, T. J. Saltmarsh, Mildmay Road, Chelmsford. 



Hamburghs (Gold-pencilled).— First, C. Havers, The Beacons, Ingate- 

 stone. Second, A. K. Wood. 



Hamburghs (Gold-Bpangled).— Prize, A. K. Wood. 



Hamburgh (Silver-spangled).— Prize, A. K> Wood. 



Game Bantams (Black-breasted and other Reds).— First, R. B. Postans. 

 Second, Rev. G. Rayner, Kelvedon Hatch Rectory, near Brentwood. 



Game Bantams (Any other colour).— Prize, G. Manning, Springfield 

 (Duckwing). 



Bantams (Black or White).— Prize, J. R. Jessop, Beverley Road, Hull. 



Bantams (Any other variety). — Prize, G. Griggs, Oatlands, near Rom- 

 ford (Cuckoo). 



Any other Distinct Variety.— First, F. W. Zurhost (La Fleche). Se- 

 cond, J. Hinton, Hinton, near Bath (Malay). 



Turkeys (Any colour). — Prize, W. Wright, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire. 



Geese (Any colour). — Prize, Mrs. M. Seamons, Hartwell, Aylesbury, 

 Bucks. 



Ducks (White).— First and Second, Mrs. M. Seamons. Highly Com- 

 mended, W. Tippler, Roxwell ; E. W. Green, Bury St. Edmunds. 



Cochin-China Cock (Any colour). — Prize and Extra Prize, F. W. Zur- 

 host (Buff). 



Pigeons. — Carriers (Any colour).— First and Second, E. Dames, Chig- 

 well (Black and Light). Any other variety. — First and Second, F. Broemel, 

 Lewisham (Siberian Ice and Russian Porcelain Pigeons). 



Canaries. — Cock. — First, G. Hall, Romford. Second, R. Counter, 

 Romford. Hen.— First, R. Counter. Second, G. Hall. Mules— Prize, 

 R. Counter. 



Rabbits (Lop-eared).— Buck.— First, G. Hall. Second, E. Lawrence, 

 South Weald, Brentwood. Commended, E. Lawrence. Doc— First, 

 E. B. Barnard, Fair Green, Sawbridgeworth. Second, E. Lawrence. 

 Highly Commended, Rev. H. Foster, Theydon Gernon Rectory. 



Mr. Tegetmeier, of Muswell Hill, London, and Mr. Hewitt, of 

 Sparkbrook, Birmingham, officiated as the Arbitrators. 



HAMBURGHS WANDERING. 



Seeing that " Wiltshire Eectok " recommends Ham- 

 burghs to an inquiring friend, I should like to know whether 

 he finds in them the one fault which I do— namely, a strong 

 propensity to lay away from home, in which case, as they do 

 not sit, undiscovered eggs accumulate to an undesirable extent. 

 I once found fifty-six, all laid by one hen. I have, however, a 

 good deal of wild shrubbery adjoining the poultry-house. — 

 A Wiltshire Farmer. 



[I would observe that the tendency to lay away from home 

 which some fowls manifest, among them some Hamburghs, 

 which " A Wiltshire Farmer " rightly terms their " one 

 fault," may be much checked by making the birds very tame. 

 This may be easily done by feeding the fowls near to the house, 

 going among them with dinner-plate scrapings, and other 

 niceties. If you enter some yards the fowls fly from yon 

 like wild birds ; in others, where they are tame, they walk fear- 

 lessly around you as domesticated birds ought. Again, if fowls 

 are allowed to roost anywhere, it is no wonder if they lay any- 

 where. I think the tendency to lay away from home exists in 

 all those varieties of fowls which love to wander ; in fact, they 

 are more like wild birds. I have in former years been much 

 troubled with Game hens laying in hedges, but they were in- 

 variably those which I had not bred, and were always to the 

 last shy of company. 



I think that " A Wiltshire Farmer " has hit upon the -iuef 

 cause of his trouble, when he says, " I have, howeve'. a good 

 deal of wild shrubbery adjoiningthe poultry-hon^-'' His satis- 



