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JODBNAL OF HOKTICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GAliDENEB. 



( XoTembcr 11, lEfiR. 



dale is now before ns, and we mnat say that a more extraor- 

 dinary sheet was never issned. Thirty eilver caps, amounting 

 in value to not far short of £200, and money prizes oicr £330, 

 are the grand total?, and grand they are. Even CirmiDgbam 

 will need to be on the alert if this western upstart is to bo 

 " kept behind." There will be an increased number of jadgcs 

 this year; and with a hall unsnrpaseed anywhere fur purposeB 

 of exhibition, no doubt the show will be even more than last 

 year a triumphant success. We note as a hint to other com- 

 mittees that there is an excellent trimming clause, stating that 

 the judges' attention will be specially requested to any fiaudit- 

 lent prooeofiings, but leaving the responsibility with them. 

 This is right. 



PRIZES FOR FRENCH VARIETIES OF FOWLS. 



I ALSO applied for three outof the four prize li»ts mentioned by 

 " BuLCKBinD," and not caring to enter my CiLve-Co'Qrs in the 

 " Any other variety classes," I have not entered them at either 

 Eho\(. I last spring gave a long price for the first-prize Ciuve- 

 CocDrs at Hull, and though they there beat a very good class, 

 and at Ipswich the cock was called by The Field a very first-rate 

 bird, at Beverley, in the " Variety cbss," they were only highly 

 commended, as were two other pens of Citive-Cffiurs, the prizes 

 going to Sultans and Black Eamburghs. I do not at all dis- 

 pute the decition of the judge, as the prize pens were as good 

 of their kind as they could be, I only wish to prove that the 

 Frenchmen should have a class to themselves, as they do not 

 stand a chance against Sultans in the show-yard, and not 

 much against Black Hamburghs, though at most shows French 

 fowls outnumber the other sorts by three or four to one. I 

 am this week sending birds three hundred miles to a show, as 

 I cannot hear of a French class near home ; and I am sure that 

 if breeders of French fowls only show where they have a class 

 for their favourites, they will soon find that they will not have 

 to waste 60 many stamps as they have to do now in finding a 

 piize list with a class for French fowls. — CniiTE-CtErK. 



[We have heard from more than one committee that if the 

 breeders of French fowls will agree to send a certain number 

 of pens, or to offer a cap as a prize to be competed for by them, 

 the committees would have a class or classes for the said fowls.] 



they live to the age of ten or twelve years, and breed well with 

 me up to that age. — W. Woodhouse. 



CHESTER POULTRY SHO'W. 

 At the recent poultry Show held at Chester I entered a pen 

 of fowls, and, as usual, on forwarding them paid the carriage. 

 Is. 10</. To my surprise, on receiving them back, I was charged 

 2s. (id. At first I thought I had received the wrong birds 

 again, that probably they had been so well provided for during 

 their absence from home as to have increased in weight : but 

 no, neither supposition was true. I then inquired from the 

 other exhibitors here, and I find they, too, have been dealt 

 with in the same wa\'. Now, as I am determined to find out 

 how this occurs, and if possible put a stop to so gross an im- 

 position, I should like to ask your readers, if any, who may have 

 experienced the same imposition, if they can give me any in- 

 formation, as it is my intention to obtain a repayment of the 

 overcharge if possible. — Henkt, VAronAx. 



LICE ON PIGEONS. 



I FIND nine out of ten Pigeon fanciers who give veiy high 

 prices for birds, know very little about their treatment. I am 

 constantly receiving letters from gentlemen about their Pigeens 

 dying from some cause unknown to them. To keep a flight of 

 fancy Pigeons in health and prosperity, they require as much 

 care and attention as that which a good shepherd bestows on 

 his flock. 



Pigeons are all mo,-e or less troubled with two different sorts 

 of vermin, called '• Pigeon lice." I can alwsys tell when one 

 of my birds is troubled with these pests. Birds so affected may 

 easily be found out ; they will while walking about suddenly 

 stop and peck very quickly under their wing, and other parts of 

 their body, and shake their feet as it wanting to get rid of 

 something disagreeable. My treatment is to dress my birds 

 twice every year with eheep ointment, or blue unction, in the 

 following manner : — I take a small pot of ointment, and place 

 it in a basin of warm water to melt it ; then I take a small 

 piece of stick, catting the end flat, dip it into the ointment, 

 and put a small quantity just above and below the vent, under 

 each wing, and under tho throat v r neck of the Pigeon. By the 

 above treatment I keep my birds free from ths vermin, and 



CHESTER POULTRY SHOW. 



TiTE Drill Tlall, Cbcstcr. thont;h not a hniMing of limited size, was 

 filK^d ulinui.1 to uxccsrt on tlio 4tU nxxd 5tU iDst. Trith birds from tho 

 principal poultry yards in t)ie kinRilom. consC'iuently the Show proTcd 

 luinsnally kooJ. Sc* preat was tho iutereat excited by a liberal prize 

 sclit'dule, that tho Coiiiniittce, thonc^h relartantly, were compellej to 

 derlino more than a Iiuudred of tho futries that were last proffered 

 to tho Stcrttnry, a. vcr}' firnni; proof that tho emulation of ponltry- 

 breodi-rs is not subi^idiD^. Wu regretted to find, a^ nsaalf that a con- 

 siderable number of excellent pens arrived about the time the Judges 

 had finif>hcd their dnties. 



liorkiiifjA were the ljrf>t class on tho li^t, and very rarely have 

 Buch f;oo<l classes met the eyes of brcederi of thia useful variety of 

 fowls. Of apaninh the cutrio.'; were numerous, and the birds were 

 shown in capital condition. Wo noticed, as everyone present mnst 

 have done, u cock of this variety disqailified for haviof; faif) comb 

 tied upright with a jaeco of thick strinf, :io awkwardly earned out a 

 piece of deception as wc have witnessed for many year.i past, for, as 

 a gentleman joco.<;cly remarked, ** be loohed as though ho had a halter 

 on." The Gum' classes were beyond fjncst.ion amon^ tho fjems of the 

 Chcfiier Show, the Brown Kcds beiur; tho b£&t of those exhibited this 

 seapon. Dark Brahmns were excelle' ', but we rcerettcd to find on 

 clos50 inapection several pens of bir*^ naturally falcon-hocked, very 

 cleverly polled some three or four wf .s back, fo that the half-prown 

 feathers mi^ht insure Eccnrity from detection. The Judges, however, 

 quickly discovered the deceit, and llie&o pens were therefore passed 

 unnoticed. Tho Coc/ii'^i* were good, ^httherBufi. Partridge, or^Vlutc. 

 In the Uahthnr.jh clagecs every variety was well ehown, being, as u 

 general mlo, remarkably true to feather. There was ft very nnnsual 

 case of dii;ease, t'lephautiasis in the logs of a Golden-peacilled 

 Hamburgh cock, that drew special attention, cs alihonph hitherto 

 almost nnkno\im among any variety of fowls save Cochins, of late 

 several cases have presented themselves amon;; Sebripht Bantams and 

 Crt^ve-Cosnrs. It is a disease that should be promptly dealt with in 

 its early stages, as it is very contagions, and when once confirmed is 

 most dilKcult to eradicate. The Pencilled cock just alluded to had 

 legs increased in size by this disease, nntil they were almost as large 

 as tbor^e of a Dorkiug. Compound sulphur ointment in the early 

 stages is an excellent application. J'oliafi were better by far than 

 customary, and the entry wai a largo one. Game Bantams were not 

 e:diibited in tho condition they should have been. Thirty-six pons in 

 tho " Sellitg class " formed a very gnod entry, and were so good that 

 many lota changed hand?, the maximum ]>rice being 305. the pen. 

 Tho Aylesbnry fhirLf exhibited by Mr.^. Seamons. of Aylesbnry. en- 

 sured eu unusual amount of intercut in this neighbourhood, and Mr. 

 Gamon's several pens of Rouen Ducks were well worthy of their posi- 

 tion. Gccsc and Turh^t/s were especially good. In the first-named 

 class, a pair < f those rare birds, the .\u&tralian Cercopsis Geese, sent 

 in ot the vcrj- low price of tivo guineas, gave any intending purchaser 

 such an opportunity of buying as mii;ht not again occur for many 

 years ; nothing in tho Show could have been exhibited in finer 

 plumage. 



Pifie^-)ns had a room allolted to themselves np-stairs, and it appears 

 not a few visitors, by oversiL'ht, were deprived of tho pleasure of in- 

 fipectiug an unusually fine collection. 



DoRKixos.— 1, H. Crossley. 2, J. White (Grey), he, Mrs. Arkwright 

 (Coloured); Rev, E. Kartrnm, Great Borkbnmpstead (Coloured) ; Yiseount 

 Turnonr, Sbillinglee Park (Coloured), r, Hcv. E. Battrum (Coloured); 

 T. E. Kelt; N. G. Russell (Coloured); E. Sbiuv (Greyi. 



Spanish (Blackl.— 1. H. Lane. *J, H. P.cldon, Goitstock, Bingley. 

 /(c, T. & E. Comber, Warrington; R. Davies ; F. James; P. H. Jone?, 

 Fulbum, c, W. R. Bull; .1. Gliddon ; J. Siddoro. 



Game Cock (Any colour).— Cup. J. Wood (Brown Red), he. J. Plait 

 (Broi^-n Red); G. F. Ward (Brown R^'dl. r, C. Chaloner, WtitweU, 

 Chesterfield fDnc)vwInff' ; J. Plutt (Brown Red). 



Gam£ (Blnclt-tircRsted l;oiii.— 1. C. Chf'Ioncr. 2, J. Forsyth. 



Game (Brown-breasted lied).— 1, J. Wood. 2 nnd ftc, J. Phitt. c, T. 

 BurRes?, Bnrleydam. 



Game (.Any other variety).—!, J. Ha1<:n}l, Icce (Duckwing). 2, W. 

 Gamon, Chc&ter (Du-:kwiug). r, W. Ganion (DnckwingJ ; J. Halsall 

 (UnckwinR). 



Game Pullet.— 1 and 2, J. Wood (Brown Red). 0, J. Forsyth ^Black 

 Red), he. Barker & Charuock iBhick Kcd) ; T. Burgess; T. Mason; £. 

 Noble (Black Red). 



Bn.-inMA rooTBA.— 1, F. O. C. Hawnrth. 3, H. LiuRWood, Martlesham 

 (Dnrk). 3, Hon. M. A. Baillio Hnniilton (Dark), he. Rev. E. Alder ; Rev. 

 J. Bnwen (Dark); W. R. Boyle (Dnrk); Ur. Uolmes (Dark) : G. A. Stephens 

 (Dark); Miss A. Williamson (Liflbt) ; Mrs. Woodcock (Dark), c, VMy.3. 

 Bowen (Dark); T. A. De.iu (Light); W. B. Etches (Dark); E. Leech, 

 Rocli'Jnle ; M. Louo. Morkya'e >tre- 1, near Dunstable ; W. Gamon. 



Cochin-china (Cinnamon or BufiTi.- 1. Bowcinn A Fenron. Whitehaven 

 (Bun). 2, W. A. Taylor (Buff), he, W. taudoy (Buff;; C. Sidgwick, 

 Rvddlesdtn Hill, Kei^'blcy (Buff). 



'CoCHiN-CniNA (Any otber variety).— 1, W. A. Taylor (Partridge). 2, E, 

 Tudm:in, Whitchurch. S.ilop (P.-rtritlgc). /c, Bowman and Foaron 

 (Wliile) ; C. sidgwick (Pnrtiidcc) ; Miss&tory (ParlridRe'. c, li. Crossley. 



Polish (Black).— 1 and he. W. G.ir.ion. 2. J. Dickenson. 



Polish (Any other variety).—!, 11. Beldon. 2 and he, W. Gamon 

 (Silver and Golden). 



IIauburoqr (Golden-spauRlcd).— 1, J. Ogdcn. 2, W. A. Hyde, he, £. 

 Bricrky ; Duke of Sutherland, c, S. & It. Ashton, MotUara. 



