December 18, 1866. ] 



JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



471 



drawn up by the lu.rlnlule Committee ami priniutcd to tbo several 

 compiniii.-s iiy Mr. Fowler, Mr. Dixon, and Capt. Heaton, had becu 

 answered by the various Secretaries of lines to tbo eiTeet tliat m> 

 change could be made, and that many Companies already more than 

 complied with the terms of the memorial." 



It was further stated, that Messrs. Routlcdgo had applied for per 

 mission to print at the end of the " Poultry Hook," published by 

 them, the " Standard of Excellence ;" and another question was 

 offered for the consideration of the Club, as to the be&t method of dis- 

 posing of the remaining copies. It was suggested that the Stewards 

 should endeavour to make terms with Messrs. Routledgein the matter. 



The following new members were elected — Bowman, Esq., White 

 haven; Tbo West Cumberland Poultry Society ; W. P. Merry, Iv.q., 

 Coventry ; Mr. K. K. Clay, Dublin. 



After a vote of thanks to the Chairman the meeting separated. 



WHAT HAS THE POULTRY CLUB DONE FOR 

 ITS MEMBERS. 1 



The above question forcibly suggested itself to me at the 

 late meeting of the Club in Birmingham, when a member 

 high in office informed me that the " Standard of Excellence " 

 had long since been cast aside as useless, and the proposition 

 afterwards that Messrs. Routledge should publish the 

 "Standard" in Mr. Tegetmeier's "Poultry Book" confirmed 

 the statement, and appeared to make the unsold 110 copies 

 (worth £35 to the Club) useless also. 



It is well known that our leading poultry judges have openly 

 repudiated being bound by any rules or " Standard ; " yet it 

 was suggested by (supposed) influential members, and only 

 lost by the casting vote of the Chairman, that certain of these 

 leading judges — not members of the Club — should be elected 

 judges for the Club : thereby openly admitting the failure of the 

 " Standard of Excellence." At the Rochdale Show everybody 

 naturally expected to see awards in accordance with the 

 "Standard," but to the general astonishment there was scarcely 

 a class so judged. 



I am here reminded that the Rochdale Show must have cost 

 the Club something like £30, and yet another Show is sug- 

 gested at the Crystal Palace. Surely, if a large company like 

 the Crystal Palace Company cannot make a show answer, a 

 small club never will. Birmingham has also been suggested. 

 Rochdale Show ought to be a lasting lesson ! Will the dupes 

 of that affair again come forward as guarantors ? From what 

 I saw and heard at the Birmingham meeting, the working of 

 the Club costs more than half of the receipts, and the benefit 

 derived from five years' subscription, amounting to £2 12s. Crf., 

 is a book (now said to be worthless), of the supposed value of 

 5s., and the pleasure of attending two meetings in the year to 

 hear the Honorary Secretary read a report, and make motions 

 and suggestions amounting to nothing. 



If I recollect rightly Mr. Tudman in tendering his resigna- 

 tion of the honorary treasurership said something about " bad 

 treatment, and that not a farthing of the proceeds of the 

 ' Standard of Excellence ' had passed through his hands," 

 and this, I observe, is carefully omitted in the reports of the 

 meeting. How does this arise ? Mr. Tudman and Mr. Ashton 

 were, I believe, the founders of the Poultry Club, and well 

 knowing that no member had its interests more at heart than 

 Mr. Tudman, I therefore think that an explanation is necessary 

 as to why that gentleman takes so summary a farewell. — 

 A Member. 



Polish cock, £10 10.s\ ; the l!ev. G. Hustler's second-prize Dork- 

 ing hens, £10 10*. ; Mr. J. YV. Morris's Game Duiitam cock, 

 £10; Mr. 1''. Sale's fourth-prizo Brown Red Game cock, £10; 

 Mr. II. Mapplebeck's highly commended Huff Cochin pullets, 

 68 8s. ; Mr. Avkroyd's first ptfzG Came pullets, £8 8s. ; Mr. H. 

 Mapplebeck's Buff Cochin hens, £7 15s. Three pons of Dork 

 ings sold for £33. Three pens of (lame sold (d Colt. Three 

 pens of Buff Cochins sold for £55 15s. £25 was refused for 

 two Game hens. Three first-prize pens of Buff Cochins sold 

 for £32 IDs. Three pens of same brood, which did not receive 

 prizes, sold for L'l* "... 



RESULTS OF THE BIRMINGHAM FOULTRY 

 SHOW. 



pens were sold for the aggregate 



This year 40G pens were sold for the aggregate sum of 

 £1408 10s. In 1805, the number of pens sold was 259, and 

 they realised £990 17s. Gd. Among the pens sold were the 

 following : — Mr. Thos. Burgess's first-prize Brown Red Game 

 cock, £21 ; Mr. Henry Beldou's first-prize Spanish hens, £20; 

 Mr. J. C. Ord's first-prize pair of Carrier Pigeons, £20 ; Mr. R. 

 \V. Boyle's commended Buff Cochin cock, £20 ; Mr. George 

 Fell's first-prize Buff Cochin hens, £15 ; Mr. H. Mapplebeck's 

 Buff Cochin cock, £12 10s. ; Mr. J. Nelson's highly commended 

 Buff Cochin cock, £15 15s. ; the Hon. H. Fitzwilliam's Dork- 

 ing cock, £12 ; the Hon. H. Fitzwilliam's Creve Coeur cock, 

 £12 ; Mr. G. Fell's first-prize Buff Cochin pullets, £10 10s. ; 

 Mr. .las. Dixon's first-prize Mandarin Ducks, £10 10s. ; Mrs. 

 Arkwright's first-prize Dorking cock, £10 10s. ; Mr. Robert 

 Chase's first-prize White Cochin pullets, £10 10s. ; Mr. Yardley's 

 first-prize Runt Pigeons, £10 10s. ; Mr. H. Beldon's highly 

 commended Polish cock, £10 10;. ; Mr. Silvester's first-prize j J. W. Carman. 



HANLEY (STAFFORDSHIRE) POULTRY AND 

 PIGEON SHOW. 



The Committee of the Hanley Exhibition have this year placed 

 before the public their second meeting for the exhibition not only of 

 agricultural products, but also excellent collections of poultry, 

 Pigeons, Rabbits, and foreign and British song birds. In each of 

 those departments it has proved a complete success, and the competi- 

 tion in the poultry was such as is but rarely met with, even at our 

 exhibitions of longest standing. When it is remembered that £100 in 

 money, besides at least £100 worth of first-class pottery, was offered 

 as premiums, such a display of the best of poultry might easily be 

 accounted for. The services of china, <feev, proved a most acceptable 

 change from the now-too-general proffer of silver nips alone ; they were 

 generously presented to the Society by a number of the manufacturers 

 in the neighbourhood of Hanley. 



The show of Grey Darlings was admirable, and not less so was 

 that of Spanish fowls ; but, strange to say, only a single pen of White 

 Dorkings was entered. The Ooeldhs were shown irrespective of colour, 

 and the principal prize (we believe a very handsome china dinner 

 service), was obtained by a pon of Partridge-coloured that at any show 

 will not be easily beaten ; they were the well-known pen of Mr. 

 Joseph Stephens, of "Walsall. Mr. Henry Bates, of Vintage House, 

 Yaidley, was a very close second with capital Buffs. Excellent White 

 Cochins were also shown in this class. Cn Brafmuxs, both dark and 

 light-feathered competed together, the dark were the only prizetakers. 

 As a kind of practical joke, a pen of White Cochins was exhibited in 

 this class, to the no little merriment of some visitors, whose predilec- 

 tions are not favourable to '" the Brahma fancy." There need not be 

 a butter class than the Black BamburgJis, nor than the Golden and 

 Silver-spangled Hamburghs, but the Golden-pencilled were not by any 

 means praiseworthy. Very excellent Polanas, both Silver-spangled 

 and Black, were shown, with uuexceptionably developed crests. In 

 the Game classes the show was capital, many of the principal birds 

 being shown in first-rate plumage, though we could not help noticing 

 that the majority of these birds were not yet fully moulted, a most 

 unusual circumstance so late in the season, and one that tells most 

 unfavourably on Game fowls. The Sebright Bantams, although much 

 better than usual of late, were a poor apology for those exquisite speci- 

 mens so generally exhibited at tlu- earlier of the Birmingham Shows. 

 The Game Bantam*, and the Black and White ones, were scarcely so 

 good as most parties anticipated. 



It was in Dueke; Geeae-, and ']'nrlr>i* % that ttie Hanley Show especially 

 excelled, and weights were attained which many visitors could scarcely 

 credit— Aylesbury Ducks, 34 \ lbs. ; Bouen Ducks, 20£ lbs. ; Turkeys 

 (adults), '.".nibs.; Bingle cock Turkey, 2SJ,bs. ; White Geese, 7 j lbs. 

 6 ozs. ; and Grey Geese. 1'2' lbs! 



A "Selling Class" was held, but it would bo decidedly the wisest 

 policy to restrict this competition to a fixed number of birds in each 

 pen; as it was, single Geese, single Game cocks, and single Ham- 

 burgh coi kg were e ihlbited, quite breaking in on the uniformity of the 

 class. 



The Committee were very persevering in their efforts to promote the 

 comfort of the birds and to please every one, and as the weather was 

 favourable the neighbouring gentry mustered very strongly. 



Dorkings (Coloured).— First, T. Burgess, Burleydam, Whitchurch. 

 Second, F. S. Arkwright, Etwall Hall, Derby. Commended, Mrs. Bailey, 

 Shooters Hill, Longton ; W. T. Everard, Alton Grange, near Ashby-de-la- 

 Zouch. 



Dorkings (White).— First, withheld. Second, T. Leech. Newcastle. 



Spanish.— First, J. Walker, Wolverhampton. Second, T. Clifl'. Hanley. 

 Highly Commended, A. O. Worthington, Newton Park, Burton ; J. Clews, 

 Walsall j Mrs. J. Mansell, Longton; J. W. Caiman, Bradford. Com- 

 mended, H. Greenwood, Woodall Hills, neur Bradford. 



Cochin-China.— First, J. Stephens, Walsall. Second, H. Bates, Yardley, 

 Birmingham. Highly Commended, H. Yardley, Birmingham ; J. Nelson, 

 Heaton Mersey, Manchester; Rev. S. C. Hamerton, Warwick. Com- 

 mended, T. Sherratt, Bradley Green, Biddulph ; E. Shaw, Plas Wilmot, 

 Oswestry; H. Yardlev; T. Boucher, Birmingham. 



Brahma Pootra.— First, J. Heath, Nantwich. Second, Mrs. M. Sea- 

 mons, Hartwell, Aylesbury, Bucks. Highly Commended, C. Butler, 

 Handsworth; J. Stephens. Commended, A. O. Worthington; W. B. 

 Etches, The Woodhouses, Whitchurch. 



Hamburghs (Black).— First, J. W. Caiman. Second, C. Sedgwick, 



Keighley. Highly Commended, J. Fielding, Ncwchurch, near Manchester ; 



Messrs. Ashton & Booth, Broadbottom, near Mottram. Commended, G. 



Prince, Burslcm. 



Hamburghs (Golden-pencilled).— First, A. O. Worthington. Second, 



