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jOUBNAL OFHOKTICULTimK^^^^O^^ 



t April 29, 1875. 



leave orainarily but a POor talance^ T^ere -e ^owev^^^^^^^^^^ 

 yardB wbich do yield a good proat and many oil , ^.^^ ^ 



Ire owned by gentlemen ^-f ^'^"\bTe a8 weU. We are con- 

 favourite hobby, and "f,\\'' P™^*^^'^t T^lTibition birds to be 

 vinced from •'xperience that for a yara o. e .3 personal 



really profitable it must be entirely under me f^.^^^^^ 



=glr"su^^^^iSS^to^---^ 



r%%ranatTm2u\^sthVrril';ran'toma\ee.bibiting 



pav must work themselves. ;„*„rPRtin2 accounts of the 



^ We have from time tV""^*V,«h?rds have been kept entirely 

 profits of small yards where the ^'j;';^*''bave always been of 

 for eggs and table birds. These accounts have ai ^ j^ j 

 very BmaU establishments, where tl^^. P'°^' °J,,'^'Ve account 

 be limited, and we l^av« consequently procured tn 

 book cf a Buccessfulexbibitorfor twelve months, who^^^^^ ^^^^ 

 given us permission to make any use ot it , an u fanciers, 



fbinking that the '■^^^^^r.^l'^^f ',\V tS o? 1871. They iu- 

 The accounts we have before "« fj« ''^"- t^at year. The 

 elude every penny "pent or received dnnng th J^ ^^^^^ 



gentleman whose accounts t*^^?, "^ J? t' "lasses, and one of 

 Sne of the larger varieties, one for vanetyclasse ^^^^ ^^ 



Bantams. To preven recognition we wl change g ^^^^.^^^ 

 the breeds he actually keeps, '^°^<'^^'^J^^'^„ keeps a young 

 Leghorns and Black Bantam Tbege-'^^^^^^ ^^ 



man of about eighteen to teea, '="',a" " ,. ,j^ mating, change 



First, then, for e^P<^f ''^f ^®- . ^tji " Vas £48 15s. 6<Z. ; for 



nails, baskets &c., came to i;i "'.vf'g^j^'Ve must notice that 

 make the total expenditure 1236 1™;, ^''- "^ es to and at 

 nothing is charged for ^^.^'^^^''^''^^^^^X d?d^ not attend, and 

 Bhows, but in the f »)»"' -^ °Vs ?.arcels The servant did not 

 the birds were ?f.°' ^f '™J° ".^e^ 'we find, too, no charges for 

 accompany the birds in ^"7 ^*'^_ "^ood and meadow land, 

 rent, as the runs for the birds ^^J«,^°T„g"ing the poultry, 

 which would have to be m use apart f^^/e^P'J'^S P .^ 

 We will now turn to the receipts. ^P®^,„°", 0,21 9s. The 



animoney P"-.^ ^-"-fa'omeMrcTurpos^scameto'Aa 9s. Si- 

 sale of eggs for Bitting and domestic pu^p ^^ ^^^ 

 and the sale of birds to iiau -tos. ■^'°Y„ ,,, -,7, orf These 

 Sape of birds killed for tab e, &c came to il 7s^ ^^^^ ^^.^^ 



^.r^ielsrefwe ind Z'uL^otofdn. ui na.u. the 



%'xamining the exhibition departaien^even^^^^^^^^ 



we find the carriage and '"^try fees come t g^^^^ the sum 



winniDgsto£121 OS.: hence we can deduce 4U ^^^ 



actually made m f^^bibitiug. Of course 1 ^^^ ^^^■ 



profits come much more from the sale 01 o j ^^^^ 



.^'innings than in tbe ac.ual «-^^^ff "IP.TI'G^m on birds, 

 case, however, the exhibitor himself spent -» ^^^^ -^^^ 



for although be is one of many n"P X-U^'Tmocnre or else his 

 the market which he thought it advisable to ?rocu e o^^ ^^ ^^^ 



profits would have been I!>'«'1' '^^f^^^'i ure on bi?ds being made 

 ^ay for anything like such an expand ure^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ f 



^fua^r^bi^rds. "^e"have°tirpl"made out the gross receipts 

 Ind fxpenditure for twelve consecutive months ^^^ 



Thus much, then, for the £ s^ d. ^^^'^^^^^^ tend that all 

 cessful exhibition J^^.fP^Jeh larger prohts may not be 

 can do the same, or that even ™^"=,^ '"^"^i^fesenting an ordi- 

 made. We picked out tms P/ntleman as repr^^^'" § ^^.elves 

 nary successful exhibitor, and give l"^^'^^*^"!f' eonvinced many 

 consider them highly satisfactory, and we are convi ^^^^ 



who do not 7" fi"d tl-^l^^^P^^^'XnrwUhout a knowledge of 

 pay handsomely, but >' cannot be aonew^ watchfulness, 

 poultry management, hard work, and ^eawus w* throughout 

 ^ We know of one gent eman who is np at 6^" ^'^^^j ^J^ the 

 n^s" ^^r^V^i^^^r;^ t^i^y^times^Jt^s 



raU^&VwT^sTo^&^t^^tt^ 



B..S ™ S0MBBSBXSHIB.-I tl-^jf .^^rCieVern'managed 

 a very promising °"« J^^^fV^t^^trong ; three of them have 

 properly. I have ^'^ hives, very su g ^ ^^^ twelve hives 



Zst o^ ^h^^old^^o? l:.1r;:r ?b."lloLa out Lery simple 



.nd effectual mode of "-'^.^ItCfgrUtrsUntt 

 ^° ^T T:t Tei ?ers"and'thrreBuUs" LfweU known in this 



I 



EGG BUYERS AND SELLEBS. 



A coi.K.sPO.n.NT iu y"-l-^.i;-;,u'^e::Xgg"f« hatching, 

 fortunate experience in ^eal ngwith seUe^^oi gg ^^^^ 



would you kindly allow me to 'eU ™m« ^^^^^ ^1^^^ a sitting of 

 are some sellers who are as much ^isappomtea wu j^^ 



eggs turns out badly as the buyers can be ? Last year i ^^^^.^^^ 

 two sittings of Brahma -88^ *rom a famou hreede ^^.^ ^^ ^^^^ 

 them at difierent t''n!,'''''^J Y."' *C Bating I had only two 

 them all at once. Out f_*^« j'f^'jour cockerels. Two of 

 eockerels,andout of the second I had four ^^.^^ ^ ^^^ 



these last died young, ^*^'?8 />f^" ^ed for another sitting, and 

 to assist out of theshell. I thenasked^o ^.^^ „j payment 



I received them with a request tnai in« ^ ^ ^ ^^j this 



should be delayed till t'^?„'^^^f j^^rpuUets! wUch I considered 



sitting I had twn <=°'=l'f ?,' ,rtfaveUed over five hundred miles, 

 very good, as, oe eggs had traveiiea ov j_^g^g 



Ind' therefore, without n^f f, f °J/'"tiius I had ten chickens 

 order for the full price of t^e eggs. Thus J. ^^^^ 



out of my three sittings of eggs for ^^i^^t^hed had I n^^ 

 hardly be counted as they would never h^^_^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ 



assisted them A'' '°^°Vexhibited some of them on two dif- 

 more than tairly good. I exhibited so ^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^^^^ 



ferent occasions, of course aU in tues^^^.^^ _^^ 

 one second prize, two f '=" ''""^ occasion going to birds of 



£^tr^;u|tTf th^eg^gran^^^^^^^^^^ ^ -^' ^^^ 



Itght onf cf the cocks for the money^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ ^ 

 This year agam I wrote to a gentle ^^ ^^^^ f„^ 



advertisement m your c°lamns, and asa ^^ beginning 



sitting of eggs to be ^^nt to me m the end o ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ 



of April. He answered that he conld^^^ they would prove 

 time or sooner if 1 ""ea.anu , ^ ^fjm of having theru. 

 fertile. I had doubts about 'he advisa y^ experienced the 

 sooner than the t'f « J ^^^ %^\^' to hatch early this season, 

 general difficulty of ^'^'""''^^ eggs ^ ^ ^^,ailed, and I 



llowever, the desire of securing early en ^^^^^^^ ^jth eggs 



thought that I ^""I'^jP^^ate than" ^^^ been with my own 

 coming from a warmer chmate tnan >■ ^ j ^^^ time one 

 Tol had my sitting of e£gse^;ly™^''i wrote for another 

 and only one eh>cken made its appearan ^^^ ^^^ _ 



sitting, and asked it I w""''' "^^j The vendor answered thao 

 sidering my Ill-luck wuh the hrs^. x ^^^^^^ f^n my first 

 he was truly sorry to ^^ear ot sucu a P p„mi8ed that if 



sitting, and sent me another ?;' *>»" ^ ^^^e me another sitting 



he result proved "° ,?i^^" j^" Jw^nd^r the hen, and I do not 

 c-ratis The second sitting is now u ^f ^t jg 



fet know what the result may he, l>"^/;„7^te" as 1 .ball be. 

 Lt good the vendor wiU be as much disapp ^^^^^^.^^ ^ 



I have no doubt there are p v ^ ^^^^ all who do 



eggs at considerable Prjees. but I do not ^^ ^^ ^^ 



sS do it knowingly. \'^,*f "g^t prize at some small local 

 prize at a show, or, perhaps a first prize a ^^^^ 



Bhow, and with some people a first prize IB a > ^^^^, ^^^ j^ 

 whether gained at the Crystal palace "'^^^ to give others the 

 Bhow, and elated by his success ne my ^ therefore he ad- 

 oppo^tunity of ebta.n.ng his prize strain ^ ^ 



vertises eggs. Purchasers »f such e^g J „ay hatch, 



with disappo ntment, and however we " what is worth 



They will probably not have °°eg°f the differenc^ between the 

 doing is worth doing well, and for all the daer^^^^^^ ^^ g„ t 



price of the best eggs and ordinary egg , ^.^^ ^^^^ y°° 7,^°^ 



lrcetfu^^ hC'd:rr^t?^r:p'J.tatic,u^ aitiio^wVer^ 



B^'z^^ -'- -S "" ^"^ ^" "" "^"^" 



Xral events that is my e=^per.enee aishonesty because 



would fall very much.— trto. wii.b 



we write were very ge"^' ^^^^^f i% Mi, and 10s. for poultry, 



^'-"^^--SrHrtn hecupforOamewith 



In single Game cocks Mr- Matthew w ^ urown Bed, and 



, ^^h^^rgoorMrrM-r^H^ah'e'^/showed an exceUent Black Bed, 



