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JOUENAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



( AofTiut le, 1809. 



throngb the fiogere, then hollov oat the centre, poar in 

 rapidly boiling witer, stir all tbe time with a trowel, knead to 

 the consistence of a tbick crambl; paste wbich I press into 

 lamps of tbe size of a cricket ball, and feed. I commence with 

 my joanp ntock abont (jam. I am a great stickler for cleanli- 

 ness, and I take every precaution that tbe pan is tboronghly 

 scalded oat after eacb making. 



In Mr. Dear's proRpectas be claims that tbe loss cf birds 

 reared on bis " Food " does not exceed five per cent. My loss 

 this year has not been 3J per cent., and tbese were mostly in 

 Jannary and Febrnary. My bonest opinion is tbat Dear's food 

 gives strength to early-batched chickens ; tuey prow fast on it, 

 their beads and faces are of a rich red. and as far as condition 

 and plnmage are concerned I would wish for nothing better. I 

 think it is a great help to birds in the moult. 



I saw in your number of July 1.5th, an opinion expressed 

 tbat the plague of feather-eating fowls now so prevalent " is 

 principally to be attributed to artificial feeding.' My opinion 

 is tbat if every breeder used Dear's food prepared on the system 

 I have mentioned, bad bis poultry kept clean, and gave pure 

 water placed in the shade, not allowed to heat in tbe eun, we 

 should bear much less about it. — Fredk. Wkagg, Stoke Park, 

 Ipswich. 



ALLERTON POULTRY SHOW. 



The fifth Show of the Allerton Agricnltnral Association was held 

 on the 7th inst. The show of Poultry, Pigeons, ifcc, was very extensive, 

 thongh the Society is comparatively young. Every year from its 

 establiehment there has been an augmentation of the prize list, and 

 the good management of tho birds while in the hands of the Com- 

 mittee has so gained the confidence of tho exhibitors, that some of the 

 best birds in the country are shown, many of them being sent from 

 great distances. 



In the poultry section, the single Game cocks were first, and the first- 

 prize Black Ked was nearly perfect ; and tbe same may be said of 

 the first-prize Silver-spangled Htmiburglis. Adult Cochins showed 

 to advantage, but Spanish did not look so well. Considering the 

 season the Ilav^mrghs were good and in fair condition, and the cup 

 went to the most perfect pen of Golden-spangled we have seen for 

 some time. Many of the Game were in bad feather, though there 

 were several excellent pens. 



In young poultry the first-prize SpatiUh were most beautiful in face 

 and drop, and the first and second Oochin-'i were also good ; but, ere 

 long, these two pens will change places, as the birds in the latter 

 pen are the most beantiful in colour we remember, though wanting 

 the size of the first. In /Jatnlntr/ihs, the Silver-spangled and Pencilled 

 were very good, especially the pullets in the latter. The Game were 

 not equal to those shown last year ; though this remark does net 

 apply to their numbers. The Game Vantamn were good, and the cup 

 was given to an excellent pen of Black Reds ; but the Bantams in the 

 " Variety class " were poor. 



Some excellent Ayleshnry, Rouen, and Teal Duels were shown. 



Tbe Pigeems were a great feature of the Show, and wore of special 

 interest to the visitors. Of Pouters there were bnt two entries, but the 

 Carriers were more nnmerons. In the Short-faced Tumblers, the first 

 were Almonds of special quabty of head and well broken in the 

 feather. Among the Lone-faced Tumblers, the first prize went to a 

 very neat pair of Blue Balds ; the second to perfect Red Mottles ; and 

 tbe third to Yellow Mottles, wbich lost only in size, being a little 

 coarser than the rest. The first-prize Owls were White foreign, and 

 tbe second Blue English. The Turbits were the strongest class of the 

 Show, there being twenty-one entries, and though there were birds of 

 great beauty, there was not a perfect pair in tbe lot. Those birds 

 which had the most beantiful characteristics of the Torbit head, were 

 deficient in colour, and those that were roost perfect in colour were a 

 little fonl-thiRhed. Five prizes were awarded in this class, and were 

 given as follows : — First. Blues ; second. Reds ; third, Yellows ; fourth, 

 Reds : fifth. Yellows. The Jacobins were a good class, and the prizes 

 were all carried o£f by Reds. FantaUs were of high quality, and the 

 tails of immense size. Of Barbs, tho first and second were capital 

 Blacks sent from Sussex ; and the third, Y'ellows. Of Dragoons, 

 there were seventeen entries, and most of them were noticed. Tho 

 first-prize Reds were a grand pair. Tmmpeters were larpe. well- 

 featbercd, with excellent roses; Blacks bein<; first; Fnwn-colonred 

 Splashes second ; and Black Mottles third. It would be impossible to 

 improve upon the prize-winner.-; in Nuns as regards cither quabty or 

 condition. That most reprehensible practice of showing two cocks as 

 a " pair," seems to have become quite common of late, and in conse- 

 quence several suspicions-looking '• pairs " were passed over un- 

 noticed in the previous classes ; but in tbat for Antwerps, two birds 

 were exhibited in one pen which were most certainly both male birds, 

 and so palpable was this that it admitted of no excuse whatever. The 

 w in n i ng Mappies were Red, Yellow, and Black, all three pens being 

 nearly perfect in all points. Archangels were not good. This beauti- 

 ful variety of Toys seems to be degenerating rapidly. In the '" Variety 

 class. " Red Swallows were first, German Ice second, and Black 

 Swallows third, all being first-class. 



For Rabbits there were bnt two claascs ; the first prize pair of Lop- 

 ears measared eacb -Ij inches in width, and one 21^ inches and tAe 

 other 21 inches in leuKtb ; the second, which wer« not in good con- 

 dition. 4f inches and 4^ inches in width, with 21 incht-s and '20^ inches 

 in leii^h ; the third 4J inches and 4 1 inches, and 20} inches and 

 2(1 inches in length, bnt not at all matched in colour. In tlie 

 " Variety class." the first were very good Chinchillas ; the second ft 

 beautifullj-markod pair of common Black and White ; tho third pure 

 White Angora. 



SreoLK Cocis.— CiiiK.— Cnp, 1. and 2, J. Settle. MinninKbam. 8, W. 

 Fell, Ailwalton. Bamburgh.—l, H. Bridon. Goitiitock, Blnnlev. S, A. 

 Driver, Morton Banks. 8. W. Clayton, Morton Banks, c, H. Pickles, jon., 

 Earbv. /Janiam.-l, W. F. EnlwWc, Leedf. 2, J. Crosland, Wakefield. 

 3, J. Walker, HiUifax. 



SpAN-mn iBlack).— 1 and 2, H. Beldan. 3, 1. Thresh, Bradford. 



CocniN-CBixi.— 1 .md 2. W. A. Taylor, Manebestor. 3, C. Sedgwick, 

 RyddUsden Hall, c, H. B.ldon. 



HAMBOaoB l»iilverpencillcdl.— 1 and 2. H. Beldon. 3, H. Pickles, jon. 



HAMBuaoB (SiWor-spangled).— 1 and 8, U. Beldon. 2, W. A. Taylor. 

 e, H. Pickles, jon. 



HAHBOaon (Golden pencilled).—! and 8, H. Beldon. 2, H.Picktei, jon. 



Bambobgh ((iolden-spaneledi.— Cnpand 1. H. Keldon. 2, B. Pickles, 

 jnn. 3. 8. & R. Ashton, MottrAm. c. J. BoUinson. Liodley. 



HAHanaoB (Black).— 1, C. Sedgwick. 2, W. H. Ulingwortb, Idle. 3, J. 

 Smith, Gilstead. c, H. Beldon. 



PuLAHD— 1 and 2, II. Beldon. 



DoBziNG.— 1. J. Stott. Healer. Rochdale. 2, J. Walker, Enaresboroagh. 

 3, Hon. H. W. Fitzwilliflm, Wcntworth Woodhonse. 



Game (Red).— I, E. Aykroyd, Bradlord. 2, H. Jowett, Idle j E. Heming- 

 way, Shelf. 



Game (Any other variety).— 1, G. Noble. StiinclifTe, Batley. 2, W. Fell ; 

 H. Jowett. e, 3. Sunderland, Colev Hall, Halifax. 



SiKGLK Oamk Hess.- 1, H. Beaiiland. Bradford. 2, E. Aykroyd. 8, T. 

 Bottomlev, Shelf, Halifax, e, J. Smith, Allerton. 



Game Bantam.— 1, W. F. Entwisle. 2, J. Crosland, Wakefield. S.MlSS 

 E. Charlton, Bradlord. 



Bantam (Any other varietv).— 1. H. Beldon. 2, W. Brotherlon, Idle. 

 8, H. Pickles, c, S. H. Stott, "Rochdale. 



Any Vabietv not pbeviocsly mentioned.— 1, E. Leech, Rochdale. 



2, B. Loft. Woodmansey, Beverley. 3, Hon. H. W. FitiwiUiam, c, C. 

 Layland, Morris Brook. 



CHICKENS. 

 Spanish (Black).— 1, H. Beldon. 2, W. & F. Pickard, Tbomer, LaaAa. 



3, J. Berry, Silsden. 



CocoinCbixa.— 1 and 2, C. Sedgwick. 3 and i-, W. A. Taylor. 



Hamburgh (Silver-pencilled).— 1 and c, J. Ti'alker. Knaresborongh. 

 2, H. Beldon. 3. H. Pickles, jun. 



HA.1IB0BGH (Silrer-spancled).— I, H. Beldon. 2, Aahton & Booth, 

 Mottram. S and c, W. Bairstow. 



Hambdkoh ! Golden-pencilled).— 1, H. Beldon. 2, J. Sugden, Thornton. 

 8, G. J. Taylor, HuJdorsflcld. i:, J. Walker. 



Eambdegh iGoldenspaneled).— 1, T. Walker, Denton. 2, W. I>river, 

 Keighley. o, J. Mnr^jatrovd, Idle. 



HAMErRoB (Black).— l.C.Sedqwick. 2. .T. Cockroll. HawkcUffe. 3, T. 

 Hanson, Thwaites Bnnk. c. C. Sedswick : E. Baiter. Idle. 



Poland.— 1 and 3, H. Beldon. 2, J. Bowk«r. EeiKblov. 



DoEKlXG — 1, J. Walker. 2, T. Briden, Earbv. 8. J. 'Stott. Hea'ev. 



Game (Red).— 1, H. Jowett. 2, J. Pearson, Allerton. 3, W. .lot-nso'n. Idle 



Game.- Cocterfl— 1, H. Jowett. 2, H. Hatton, Cleckbeaton. 3. T. 

 Dyson, Halifax. PulUt—l and 3, J. Carlisle, Earby, Skipton. 2, J. Hird, 

 Bingley. c, W. Johnson, Idle ; J. W. Thompson, Southowram. 



Game (Any other variety).— 1, L. Wimwood, Worcester. 2, J. W. 

 Thompson. 3, J. Fell, Adwalton. 



Game Bantams.- 1 and Cup, W. F. Entwisle, Leeds. 2, J. Crosland, 

 Wakefield. 3, G. Noble, Staincliffe. 



Bantams (Any other variety).—!, W. A. Taylor. 2, H. Beldon. S, S. 

 Shackleton, Keighley. 



Selu in Class.- 1, J. Smith, Allerton. 2, J. Eowker, Keighley. 3, n. 

 Beldon. 



DOOES.— Boufn.- !, E. Leech, Pu)chd«le. 2. W. Bontley. Allerton. 8, 8. 



H. Stott, Rochdale. Anii other rarieli/.—l, E. Leech. 2. A. 4 J. Trickold, 



Waterfoot. 3. W. Greaves, Bradford. DuckUnos (Any variety).— !, E. 



Leech. 2, C. Sedgwick. 3, J. Wilson, Famhill. 



PIGEONS. 



A Pilver Cup, value three Guineas, as an extra prize, privnn by Mr. 

 Beldon. to the exhibitor who received the most value in prizes. — E. 

 Homer. Horewood. 



PocTEBs OB CaorPERS.- ! and 2, E. Homer. Harewood. 



Carriers.— 1,. I. Hawley, Bingley. 2, E. Homer. 3, A. Smith, SUpton. 

 he, J. Thompson. Bingley. 



Tumblers (Short-laced). — I, J. Fielding, Rochdale. 2, 3, and he, J. 

 Hawley. 



Tumblers (Any other varietv).—!, W. Lund, Shipley. 2 and e, J. 

 Hawley. 8, E. Homer, he, W. Lnnd ; W. Shelton : J. Hawley. 



Owls.— 1, J. Fielding. 2, T. Eggleston, Halifax. 3, J. Hawley. 



Turbits.-!, R. Wilson, Thirsk. 2, W. Green, B.eighley. P, J. Hawley. 



4, E. Horner. &, J. T. Lisbman, Girlington. he, 3. Holden. Wibsey; W. 

 Lund. Shipley ; H. Yardley, Birmingham ; J. Booth, Allerton ; R. Wilson. 

 e, J. T. Li^hman ; E. Homer. 



Jacobins.— 1, J. Thompson. 2,J.nnwIey. 8, E. Homer, (le, J. Hawley; 

 E. Homer, c, 3. Thompson ; J. T. Lishman ; T. Eggleston. 



Fantails.- 1, J. T. Ijshman. 2 and /i<-, J. Hawley. 3, E. Homer. e,S. 

 A. Willie, Surrey. 



Baeps.— 1 and 2, J. H. Ivimy, Grinstead, Sussex. 3, J. Fielding, jon. 

 he, J. Fielding, jun. ; J. Hawley ; E: Homer, c, H. Vardley ; E. Homer. 



Dbagoons.— I, J. Thompson. 2. H. Yardley. 3, J. H^wliy. he, J. 

 Greenwood, Queenebury ; H. Yardley; A. Smith, Skipton; E. Homer; T. 

 Forrest, Bradford, e, 3. Cnndale, Ripon; J. Thompson; K. Wilson, 

 Thirsk ; H. Hanson, Manningham. 



Tbumpeiebs.— I, E. Homer. 2 and 3, J. Hawley. *c, J. Cnndale; J. 

 Thompson ; J. Hawley ; E. Horner. 



Nuns.—! and 2, W. Crolt, Killing Hall, Bipon. 3, J. T. Liahmon. kc, £. 

 Homer. 



