July 16, 1874. ] 



JOUBNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



65 



Yrk^ch — inn varieti/— I, 'R.B Wood. 2. E. Walton. 8, W. H. Crabtreo. 

 kc. G. vV. Hibb-Pt; W. a Crab rno : ti. f-'eaat 



Anv oxn-it Varietv —I aaJ 2. H Bold'm (Silver ami Gollen Polands). 3, 

 Rev A. G IJo.ak^ (vfa'avs). kc. J F Waltna (Wair,^ M^ii-iva): T ^au'lefi 

 («lic't Oitcbiins); -r. WtfUter; J. Kovie (PoUo'la); H. Feist; A. W. Crichtoa 

 (P.jliBhJ. c, \ ftW. H Stlveatftr(GoM Polauad) 



B\STm-i.~Gamf Redf.—\, vV. K. Rntwi^le 2 anfl c. G. Hall. 8. G. Barnes. 

 hc.'i And^rtori. ini/ oarirt;/ but Rndi ~\,-J. K Flot.iher. a a. Hall. 3. R .1. 

 H irtley kc. K. Wii ti>a, A'ly ritrU-ty not Oariie.~l auJ 2, ftl. Iieuo. 8, R. H. 

 Asht'Q hr.W Mooi-e; H B Smith. 



UucttS — .-liy/fsftiir^.— 1. .T. Walkjr. 2 ani 1i. J. K. Fiwler. Rouen ~\, W. 

 Fvam. 2, <j. Fox. S, J K. Fowler. Ann other raricfj/.— I and ■! vT, Lqqo 

 <Whi^ ler-t). 3, VV. BinnMCniliaa Piiitai 9) /if\ H. rt. Snitih (Wbistlerd, 

 <71iiliaa Piutait-i, anl Uaba-n<is) ; J. Walker; W. Binns (Ka<4ark<is). 



Ghiksb.— 1, Mra. K. J. Bailwv. 2. f. Walker. 3, J. ti. Kowlur. 



Turkeys.— 1, J. Walker. 2. M K-fw 3 Mr**. H. J. BaiU-y 



SELLivn O'.A-a. — '^'oct — 1, J Pitt (BU'^k "Ipaoijib). H. A Bamtnrd fBnff Cnchin- 

 Cbiia). 3. T. C. Biiraeii (oorkia^t. Htui —1 ao 2. Fu-n«et( & Sudall (B'aok 

 Spa lith). S, A. Bauif'>rd (Urahmal. kc. H.. P. Peroi^'il (Dark and Li^bt 

 Brab ^a^): T. A^pd^n (Ba£f Cochin); E. Kendrick, jon (Dark iirahma); T. F. 

 Ansdell (Dark Brahma). 



PIGEONS. 



PovTER^.— White.— I, D, W. Garside. 2 and 3. No onmpetiHin. Black or 

 Blue.— I, a. S. SaUabury. 2 and 3, No competiiion. Any other colour— I, W.J. 

 Wtirhurst 



Cariibks.— I, H. Yardley. 2 and 8, No competition. Young— 1, R. White. 



Bahbs. — 1. H. Yardtey 



T'iMuuBRM.— S'/ior(/act'(i.— 1 and 2. J. Gardner. 3, H. Yurdley. Any otker 

 variety. -I J Wattrf. 2, ^. ^ W B. Silveeter. 3. No competition. 



0\vu>i.— For eig a.— v.. f. K. Fletch-^r. 2 A. tfandford. 3, a. Ifardley. English. 

 —1 W Biuna. 2 J. Wattd. 3, 0. E. Brooke. 



TnHBtTs— 1. H Yardlev. 2, T. W. Fcker^ley. S, J. Gardner. ftc.T. Foster. 



DftiGioNS —Blue or Silrer.—\. H Yardlt^y. 2, t;. K. Vroaton 3, No competi- 

 tiou. ^'iy oCter rofuur.— 1, H. Yardley. 2, E. H, Preston. 8. W Binae. 



Jacobins.— 1. H Yardley. 2, H. S. Salisbury. 3. No competition. 



Fantails— 1 and 8, J. F. Lovercsidse. 2, Q. Bluhm. c, H. C. Bowman ; Rev. 

 A. G. Br.ioke. 



Antwekpj.— 1, W. Jnstice. 2. R. Brierley. 3. A. Bingham, he, H. Yardley ; 

 J. Wrigiit : J. Gardner ; A. Bingham. 



Asv <iTHEi Varikty.— 1, A. i JV. H. Silvester. 2. H. Yardley. 3 Rev. A, G. 

 Brooke (Burmti-e). he. F Applot)n (Archangels and Black Magpies); T. Foster 

 (Swallowat; Kev. A. G. Brooke ( Vudb). 



•*ELHNG CLAas.— 1 and i. K. Wmta (Black Barb-^ and Carriers). 8, R. E. 

 norsfall (i^lack-motil-d Truoipotera). kc. I'. FosLer (Tmhita). 



Mr. Thomas Chalouer, of Worksop, judged all classes of Game 

 ■fowls ; and Mr. Edward Hewitt, of Birmingham, the remaining 

 varieties. 



ENGLISH OWLS AT THE CLIFTON SHOW. 



"F. B." M.UvEs some remarks upon these birds, and adds that 

 ■"'Wiltshire Rectou ' no double recollects his remarks on the 

 English O^ls at the Bristol SUow, vide our Jourual." I turn 

 to the number of The Journal of Horticulture for January 

 29oh, 1374, and read ia my accouat of the Bristol Show, *' The 

 Eugiish O^ls were very f jrei^n-like," meaning that is juRt what 

 they should not be. Ir. is fast coming to this, that the English 

 Owls shown are half-bred foreign ones, as the professed unpep- 

 pered Canarips are more than half peppered. If this go ou, 

 the English Oivl Pigeon, a fine, strong, somewhat large, and 

 good flying Pifeou, that has been a fancy bird in England for 

 the last hundred years, will cease to exist. Koep the little, 

 newly arrived, j-jefi^tj, pretty gentry to themselves; and I sin- 

 cerelv hope that no judije will give a single prize to a half-and- 

 half Owl, while every judge will look favourably upon an honest 

 powder-blue Enijlish Owl, one of nicest of all Toy Pigeons. 



I ■would further observe that I was not at the Royal Cornwall 

 Show, and am not responsible for the opinions of others. " F. B." 

 also alludes to the Trumpeters at Clifton last Jane. A contem- 

 porary, I see, says of them they were *'vdry poor." I was not 

 at Plymouth or at Eseter, so I could not have written about 

 4hem. — Wiltshire Rector. 



WINTERTON POULTRY SHOW. 



This Show was held on the 7th inst., but in the face of large 

 exhibitions the entries were nob good, albhouL;h we hope the 

 Committee will not be diaconraged, as a little revision and 

 aui^mentation of the list will bring the desired numbers. The 

 arrangements and manaijement seem to have given general 

 satisfaction, except that the pens for poultry were far too small. 

 Of Dorkings there were but three entries, the highly commended 

 pen being tine chickens. The first in Cochins were a really good 

 pair of Buffs. jBraJnnas were good, the Sheffield pen running 

 bard for the cup; the Frcjich also comin? up well. Creve- 

 Cceurs took both the prizes. In Black Red Game the first was 

 a fair pen ; the best conk was that in the second-prize pen. In 

 the next class Brown Reds won both prizes. Hamburghs were 

 mixed classes; in the Spangled Gold were first and Silvers 

 second ; and in Pencilled Golds won both prizes, the first being 

 of fair qualitv- Of Bantams there were only nine pens in three 

 ■classes; the first- prize pen in Class 12 containing one of the best 

 hens we have ever seen. A well-known pen of Spajiish were 

 rightly awarded the cup for the best pen in the Show. Polands 

 were Gohl first and Silvers second, the first a very good pen. 



Pigeons "Were a poor show if we except the first in Fantails. 

 A pair of Nuns received a first prize, only one bird having a 

 3iood, which we consider stretching a point too far. 



Babbits. — Of these there were but three entries in two classes 



DoHKiNoq —I. G. Bray, Winterton. 2. T. Sawyer, Winterton. he, W. G. 

 'WatfTrt. Elsbam. 

 CocHiN-CuiNia.— 1, W. Harvey, Sheffield, 2, W. Heseltine. Beaamoncote. 



Bbahuas.-I, W. Whiteley, Sheffield. 2, W. G. Waters, c, J. F. Smitb, Shef- 

 fiel.i. 



FKENcn — ^;ii/ imr V'/y — 1, Mrs. Wicks. Appleby. 2. W. Harvey, vh'^. Mrs. 

 Criiwa. Appleby Vicardge. kc, Hev. J. II. Lane, Koxby. c, ii. W. Hibbort* 

 Gndly. Hyd: 



Gi.:iaE—Black-bri:asti:d R''d—l,J. B. Hcpwnr^h, Hfltfleld, Doncaater. 2, O. 

 BarnwHale, Newark. h<:,W. Heseltine. ^Iny o(/tfr variety. -1, a. Cauty, Bar- 

 tan-"n Hamper. 2. ■!. B Hepwonh. 



H-iiiBuaGH^ —Gnld or Silver-spaniled.—}, Tock & Farne«8. Crosby. 2 W. G. 

 Wat'-rs. Gj d or Silver-ptinoilled.—l, Mra. E. ftewbiit, Epworth. 2, W. Darley, 

 j u n . B ri g^. 



Rant^lUS —Oame.~\, Mra. E. Newbitt. 2, W. Hea'^Uine. Hen.— I. Wt»ll8 and 

 Taylor. ^ and utc, A. Canty, /if, Mra. Wicks. Any other variety.— i,W.D&tiejt 

 jiiQ. 2, A. Canty. 



Spani^-h.— Cup and 1, Mrs. E Newbitt. 2. J. Gillyard, Winterton. 



PMLANDa —1, W. Karwy. 2. W. li. Waters. 



Barndoors.— 1, W Sawyer. Winterton. 2. W. Blanshard. 



VucKa.— Any variety.— i, W. Heaeitioe, 2, W. Croaa. 



PIGEONS. 



ANTnEBP*.— 1, WpIIs & Tay'or. 



Fantails— 1. J F. Lnversid^e, Newark. 2,A. Canty. v/iC, Mra. M. W.Clarke, 

 Winterton. he. J. Sadtcr, Winterton. 

 NuNa.— 1, Mrs. M. W. Clarke. 

 Barb^ — 1, S. Stnhbina, Winterton. 2, A. Catity. 

 Jaoobiss.— 1. A Canty. 2, Vlra. M. W. Cijirke. 

 T"MBL.ER9.— 1. W. H. Atldtison, Wiutert n. 

 Best Pen of PiOEONa is the rinow.- 1 and 2, A, Canty, 



RkBBirs.—Any variety.— Buck.— 1, A. Canty. Doe.—l, A. Canty. 2, C. Bray, 

 Wiuterton. 



The Judges were Mr. F. Sales, Crowle; and Mr. Wheeler, 

 Carlton, Nuttingham. 



CHEAP BABBITRY. 



Dr. Pond, of Cassadaga, N Y., gives the following directions 

 in the Chautauqua Far7ner for constructing Rabbit hutches so 

 cheaply as to be within the meaus of any boy : — 



Rabbits have been and are kept in common dry-goods boxes, 

 with the cover fastened on by leather hinges, and a few holes 

 bored around the side for ventilation. In this primitive manner 

 most excellent success has been attained. Of course in such 

 quarters cleanliness is indispensable. The box must be cleaned 

 out and fresh Utter given every day, or at least every other day. 



Another pimple arrangement is a shoe box. This is usually 

 about 3 to 3h feet long, 16 to 18 inches deep, and about 12 inches 

 broad. This is placed on the side on supports, or fastened 

 against the wall, wit,h the door or lid hung from the upper side, 

 thus lifting up. The door may be of wire cloth, lath, or simply 

 the lid of the box with a few holes bored in it, and hung by iron 

 hinges or strips of leather. One end of this box may be set off 

 by a partition for a nesting-room ; this need not be over 9 inches 

 Wide. On this point I differ with most other writers on this 

 subject ; they advocate a nesting-box of 12 tn 15 inches in width, 

 and the depth of the hutch, whether 1 or 2 feet from front to 

 rear. My experience is, with these large nesting-boxes the 

 young Rabbits, as soon as they are able to crawl, will often get 

 out of the nest and get chilled, and are unable to get back again. 

 Having lost a number of litters in this way, I have reduced the 

 size of these boxes to 10 inches diameter for Lops and Belgians, 

 and to 9 inches for the smaller varieties, and also when the 

 hutch is deep, I place a semi-partition, about 2^ or 3 inches high, 

 acroHS the nesting department, about 1 foot from the front of 

 the hutch — entrance to tbe apartment by the door being by an 

 opening in the back part of a hutch through a hole 6 iuches wide 

 and 8 inches high. Hatches of this kind may be placed in tiers 

 two or three or four high. 



Another and still simpler mode of keeping Rabbits is in an 

 unoccupied room in any outbuilding. This can be divided into 

 apartments by boards, the partition to be carried up to a height 

 of 3^ or 4 feet. The apartments may be of such size and shape 

 as suit the fancy of the amateur. In one corner of the pen put 

 a box, say about 10 by 15 inches, with a round hole 6 or 7 inches 

 in diameter cut in oue end ; hinge the cover and fasten it down 

 by a simple hook or button, so as to afford better opporiunities 

 to examine the young. Care must be taken to exclude cats and 

 rats from the room. For young stock I especially recomcneud 

 keeping them in this last manner. My pens are four in number, 

 about 5 feet wide by 10 feet long, and in one of these I have had 

 as many as thirty-five Rabbits at one time, varying from six 

 weeks to four months old. They have ample room to exercise, 

 and seem to thrive much better than when in more confined 

 quarters, even in small numbers. 



SUGGESTIONS FOR SETTLING^ THE POUTER 



DISPUTE. 



The present seems to me particularly the important time for 

 fanciers to agree upon the subject of the Pouter, inasmuch as 

 the most elaborate work on fancy Pigeons is being published, 

 but the portion relating to the Pouter is not yet issued. Many 

 letters have appeared on the subject, particularly from the great 

 Scotch breeders and exhibitors, and I think thst very great 

 weight ought to be attached to their utterances, as the Pouter ia 

 par excelle7ice tbe bird of Scotch fanciers. But then, alas ! the 

 Scotch doctors don't agree. I wish they were all *'U. P.'s." I 

 mean *' United Pouter " men, Jsat then theij are not. Full im- 



