Docombor 11, 1866. ] 



JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GABDENKK. 



455 



SPAHISB ( [Hack).- -First. K. Wright, Holloway Road, Loudon. Second, 

 A. Heath, Wilts. Third, J. Josser. Fourth, Rev. J. de I.. Simmonds. 



Chilcomb Reetory, Winchester. Chicktiu. First, \. Heath. So id, 



mi. I Fourth, Messrs. K. ,t E. Ede, Worthing. Third, J. R. Rodbard, Aid- 

 i Court, Wrlngton. Highly Commended, Rev. J, M. Rice j .J. Jeanev ; 

 W. n. Walker, Shenfleld, Brentwood. 



".n Pootras (Light).— First, F. Crook, Vine Cottage, Forest Hill, 

 SeoondjT. W. Smith, Bristol. Third, H. Do« Btt, r .1 I ms, PI hey, 

 Fourth, J. Pares, Postford, Guildford. 



I'.K.iiMM i ■ -i \ (Dark) First, Blarosiosess Dowager ol Bath, Worth- 

 ing. Second, C. Cork, New Shoreham. rhird,J. h. Plokles,Todmordes. 

 r, until. Ri iv. J. I iii . Bra< ikm U, ! aly Commended, E. 8h 



Chelmsford j Mi--. Christie, Glyndi b lurne. 



Ooohih-Cbvdu.— First and Third, J. R. Rodbard. Second aud Fourth, 

 C. Jennis ■;'. Highly Commended, F. w. Rust, Hastings. 



Polish (Any variety). First and Second, T. 1'. Gdwards, Lyndhurst, 

 Third, J. Hinton, Hinton, Fourth, \V. K. Tiakner, Ipswich, 

 Suffolk. Highly Commended, 11. Mutton, Brighton. 



II \mii i:,.ii (Gold-penoilled or spangled). — First, N. Marlor, Denton. 

 Sec-, m.l, F. Pittis, jun. Third, F. J. Loversidge, Newark. Fourth, W. YV. 

 Pyne, 



Hauburgh (Silver-pencilled or spangled).— First, W. W. Pyne. Second, 

 T.J. Saltmarsh, Chelmsford. Third, National Poultry Company, Bromley, 

 Kent. Fourth, n. Hudson. 



Banta:is i Any variety).— First and Second, J. W. Kellcway. Third, IMrs. 

 Shearman. Fourth, W. W. Pyne. Commended, W. B'outcher, Netting Hill, 

 L indon; W. W. Pyne; F. Piirlett, Great Baddow, Chelmsford. 



Aw \ Aiiir.rv not FiiF.viousi.v Mentioned. — First, Col. S. Wortley, 

 Grove End Road. Second, T. P.Edwards. Third and Fourth, Nation:.! 

 Poultry Company. Commended, P. P. t'other, Salisbury : Mi tional Poultry 

 Company ; J. Pares ; H. M. Maynard, Rydei; F. W. Zurnorst, Donnybrook. 

 i ':i'ST.\KES for SrNGLE Cocks. — First, S. Matthew. Second, G. 

 Boniface, jun.. Ford. Third. H. Gorringe. GaekertU — First; J. .Tenner, 

 Lewi .. Second, C. Cork. New Shoreham. Third, Messrs. E. & A, Stan- 

 ford. 



Geese.— First and Second, Mrs. Scamons, Hortwell, Aylesbnry. Third, 

 G. Hudson. 



In iks (Aylesbury).— First and Second, Mrs. M. Scamons. Third, H. 

 Dowsett. 



Ducks {Anv other variety). — First, Miss E. Price. Second, H. Hum- 

 phrey, Ashington, Sussex. Third, J. li. Rodbard, Aldwick Court, Wrington. 

 Highly Commended, W. Stanford, jun. 



Turkeys.— Poults.— First and Second, Lady M. Maedonald, Woolmer, 

 Liphook, Hants. Third, Marchioness of Bath. 



Pigeons. — Dragons or Carrier*.— First, C. Cork, New Shoreham. Se- 

 cond and Third, H. M. Maynard. Commended, C. R. Dames, Chigwell, 

 Essex; R. C. Weekes, Hiirst. Any other variety.— -First, G. Hudson, 

 Market, Brighton. Second, A. Heath. Third, H. Loe, Appuldurcomlie, 

 Isle of Wight. Commended, F. Broemel,Ladywell j A. Heath ; J. Peroiva] ; 

 F. Pittis ; C. R. Dames ; B. P. Brent ; C. Cork. 



Judges. — Mr. Edward Hewitt, Sparkbrook, Birmingham ; and Mr. 

 J. S. Turner, Chippisgton. 



PRODUCE OF EGGS. 



In the Number of the Journal published November 27th, 

 page '115, " S. G. J." states the produce of eight Silver- 

 spangled and Golden-pencilled Hamburgh hens. I wish he had 

 given the weight of the eggs, as I wish to compare his produce 

 with mine, and am anxious to know the breeds or crosses that lay 

 the greatest weight ; number of eggs gives but a faint idea. 



As I wish for information, I send the result of five different 

 breeds for April, May, and June, 1866, and hope some of your 

 numerous correspondents will state produce in weight during 

 the same three months : — 



Buff Cochin laid 48 eggs weight 111 ounces. 



Grey Dorking „ 56 , „ l'J'.i 



Black-breasted Red Game „ 51 „ „ 95^ „ 



Creve Cceur „ 48 „ „ 105 „ 



Cross (Dorking and Cochin) „ 46 , „ 106} ,, 



I perceive that " S. G. J.'s " hens averaged fifty-nine eggs 

 during the same time, but I imagine he is far short of me in 

 weight. 



Please inform me if a Grey Dorking cock's breast changes 

 from speckled black to white feathers. Mine was hatched 

 February, 18G1, and is now quite white. — Aliquis. 



BUFF COCHIN-CHINAS. 



I chanced some fifteen months ago to visit one of our well- 

 known Yorkshire poultry shows, and the idea entered my mind 

 of becoming a poultry fancier. On reference to your Journal 

 I found that a well-known and very successful breeder of Buff 

 Cochins at Manchester had for disposal some "good pens of 

 Buff Cochins." I wrote to him, and in reply to my com- 

 munication he very courteously informed me that he could 

 sell me " a really first-rate pen for £5, quite fit to exhibit 

 aud take prizes anywhere." I purchased them, and note my 

 success. They have been exhibited at two small poultry 

 shows near the place where I live, and at neither could my 

 "really first-rate pen " be favoured with either prize or com- 



mendation ; and yet my birds huvo, no doubt, cost more than 

 any other pen of tho class exhibited. Still all hope of suc- 

 cess " with this really first-rate pen " was not yet gone. A 

 short time ago I advertised in your Journal that I had a num- 

 ber of chickens on sale, bred from this very pen. A gentle- 

 man in London answered the advertisement. I sent them, 

 and in a note just received he says, " They are not Cochins — at 

 least, not pure bred, and are not at all worth the amount you 

 ask (5*. <id. each)." So much for " my very fine pen of Buff 

 Cochins." I, for one, have done with fancy poultry-keeping. — 

 J. D., Ji'x. 



[We insert this, not because we feel convinced that our corre- 

 spondent has been wronged, but because it gives us an oppor- 

 tunity of saying that any one who buys anything of the true 

 merits of which he knows nothing, must always be liable to 

 be deceived. Such purchaser commencing poultry-keeping, 

 should ask advice of others better informed, and go with one 

 thus better skilled and pick out the pullets from one yard and 

 the cockerels from another. Although our correspondent writes 

 from Huddersfield, surely he is not a Yorkshireman ! — Eds.] 



WALSALL POULTRY SHOW. 



Allow me a word or two in reference to one of the Shows — 

 viz., Walsall, mentioned by " Chanticleer." 



1st, As to feeding. At our last Exhibition all the poultry 

 that soft food would suit had a sufficient supply daily, and 

 others occasionally. The whole of the birds had a plentiful 

 supply of green vegetables during the time they were in our 

 care; the result was they were sent home in good health, to 

 prove which we hold many letters from exhibitors, thanking us 

 for the care taken of their specimens, and expressing their 

 satisfaction at receiving them so soon after the close of the Show. 



2nd, As to time. As our town is very central, birds sent on 

 Thursday night, or even on Friday morning (except in extreme 

 cases), ought to reach us in time for admission on Friday even- 

 ing, and we pledge ourselves to have the whole dispatched from 

 our railway station before 11 A.M. on the Wednesday following ; 

 so there is no reason why birds should not go back from our 

 Show in as good condition as from any other, even where the 

 time is shorter, especially as we have a spacious, lofty, and 

 well-ventilated building for the E xhibition to be held in. — John 

 Bayliss, Hon. Sec. 



PRIZE LIST OF NANTWICH POULTRY 

 SHOW. 

 The prize list of the above Show has always been rather 

 novel, but that for the forthcoming Show is certainly unique. 

 Hitherto Cinnamon, Buff, and Partridge Cochins have competed 

 in one class ; but in the prize list just issued there are only 

 two classes, one for Buff and one for White Cochins, to the 

 exclusion of the dark birds. Now this appears to me so pointed 

 that I ask for some explanation, as during the existence of the 

 Show there have not been half a dozen Yellow or Buff Cochins 

 exhibited. The question arises, Is the class created for a 

 patroness of the Show and successful exhibitor now located 

 near Nantwich, and who probably will have no competition 

 when it is confined to the limited radius of thirteen miles ? 

 Pray do not think I make this inquiry for the sake of the 

 prizes, but on account of the way in which the class for birds 

 of which I am a breeder, and with which for many years I have 

 been a prizetaker at Nantwich, has been struck out of the prize 

 list. — Edwaed Tudman, Ash Grove. Whitchurch, Salop. 



BRAHMA POOTRAS AS EGGrRODUCERS. 



Having observed occasionally in the Journal remarks on the 

 best egg-producing fowls, I send you my personal experience in 

 such matters. 



Previous to December, 1804, the fowls which were kept here 

 consisted of Dorkings, Spanish, three varieties of Hamburglis, 

 Cochins, and Creve Cceurs. In the early part of December, 



1864, we procured four Brahma Pootras, one cock and three 

 hens. One of the hens commenced laying a few days after- 

 wards, and a few chickens were hatched on the 23rd of January, 



1865, some of which commenced laying in the first week in 

 the following July. Only a few late broods were brought out in 

 1865 ; but this year several broods were brought out in March 

 and April. 



