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JOUENAL OF HOETICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GASDENEE. 



[ August 20, 187-1. 



Fig. 52. 

 Spanish Hen's Head. 



Geese (White)— land Cup, J. Walker. 2. Mrs. H. T. Bailey, he, Mrs. W. 

 Bpitow, AUens'iiore; Mrs. A. Duckham, Ross. 



ToBKErs.— Cocft.— 1, Rev. N. J. hidley. 2. Mrs. H. T. Bailey, he, A. Armitage, 

 KadDor. H*!k.—1 ami Cup, Rev. N. J. Ridley. 2 E. Kendrick, jun. 



Sf.lling Gi^iBs.—Ducki —I, J. Walker. 2, T. Sear. 



Local Class.-I, Mrs. H. T. Bailey, 2, C. J. P. Nash. 

 PIGEONS. 



CiEElERS.— 1 and Cup, P. E. Spencer, Hereford. 2, S. D.Baddeley, Hereford. 

 he, R. Fulton, Brockley Road, New Crose ; .(. James, Bath (2); P. R. Spencer. 



PoDTEua.— I and 2,"H. Pratt, Hamptoniu-Arden. he. Key. W. C. Bullen, 

 Bath ; Mrs. Ladd, Calne ; P. K. Spencer. 



ANTWEaps — 1, P. R. Spencer. 2 and he, H. Gough, Wolverhampton. 



Barbs.— 1, R. Fulton. 2 and c. P. R. Spencer, he, G. H. Gregory. 



Fantaius —1, P. R. Spencer. 2, G. Holloway, Jan., Stroud, he, K. Fulton ; J, 

 F. LoversidKe, Newark. 



Jacobins.- 1, R. Fulton. 2. P. R. Spencer. 



DaioooNS.- 1, W. U. Mitchell. 2, R- Fulton. 



Trumpeters.— 1, R. Fulton. 2, P. R. Spencer. 



TOMBLERS.- 1, R. Fulton. 2. P. R. Spencer, he, R. Fulton ; P. R. Spencer. 



Any other Variety.- 1, R. Fulton. 2 and he, P. R. Spencer. 



Jddges. — Mr. Hewitt, Birmingham ; Mr. Teebay, Fulwoodi 

 Preston. 



THE POULTBY-KEEPEB.— No. 1.5. 



THE SPANISH HEN. 



The hen has nearly the same characteristics as the cock. She 



i^ sprightly, and holds up her head and tail proudly. Her 



plumage ia like that of the cock, but the iridescence is less varied 



and brilliant. 



Weight. — 5.J lbs., a little more or 



less. 



Mead {fig. 52). — Delicate, spright- 

 ly, and of rather small size. 



Comb. — Long, finely denticu- 

 lated, bent near the base, and fall- 

 ing on one side of the head without 

 touching the cheeks. 



Wattles. — Long and round. 



Ears. — Large and white. 



Tuft. — Larger than the cock's. 



Cheeks. — White like those of the 

 ■cock, but without the wrinkles, and 

 scattered over with small black fea- 

 ihers, imperceptible at a distance. 



Nostrils. — Ordinary. 



Beak. — Like that of the cock. 



Eye. — Iris, red; pupil, dark chocolate. 



Feet and Toes. — Ordinary, somewhat long. 



Laying. — Excellent ; eggs white, very large and delicate ; 

 laon-sitter. 



GENEKAL OBSERVATIONS. 



This variety is of remarkable beauty as a fancy bird, and of 

 great fecundity ; it may be added, also, that it is excellent for 

 the table. 



The cock is an admirable bird, contrasting with all the other 

 varieties, and the hen lays very many large milky-white-shelled 

 ejp-gs, and of an exquisite flavour. 'The flesh is very abundant, 

 of a remarkable flavour ; the skin white and fine. The comb, 

 by its shape and the contrast of colour, is a very peculiar orna- 

 ment. The comb is very tender in cold seasons, and may be de- 

 stroyed by even a slight frost if the birds are not shut-up in 

 -time ; therefore this fowl is only to be recommended for warm 

 localities. The chickens are covered with a bluish black down, 

 marked with white, which comes off, and often leaves them 

 maked. They are extremely susceptible of cold, and take a long 

 time to feather. It is not till they are five weeks old that they 

 begin to have feathers, which first appear on the back, and the 

 birds are not entirely feathered till about two months and a 

 half old. They decline much when the large tail feathers begin 

 to grow, which takes place at the fourth month. The colour 

 of the skin is fine, and they can be set free at the end of five or 

 six months ; a projecting breast and long limbs give the bird a 

 disadvantageous aspect, and but an erroneous idea of the quality 

 and abundance of its flesh. 



The old, like the young ones, feel much the moulting, and 

 their productiveness makes them always irritable. The rearing 

 of the chickens must be watched very carefully, and especially 

 during the first six weeks, and they require delicate food, given 

 often and in small quantities. The hen will lay six eggs a-week 

 from February to August, and from November to February three 

 eggs a-week, smaller than those of the summer. If the poultry- 

 yard is well sheltered they commence laying at five months old, 

 and continue to do so during the winter. The eggs can only be 

 sat on in April. The white on the face appears more with the 

 cock than the hen, and modifies according as the bird is more 

 or less amatory. 



The pure black colour is the only one very much esteemed. 

 When one has been imprudently exposed to too low a tempe- 

 rature, and the comb is frozen, which may easily be seen by its 

 black colour, care must be taken before putting it again into a 

 warm place, to directly rub the affected part with snow or ice 

 till it becomes red again. 



There are some varieties. The Minorca, of which the cheek of 

 neither the cock nor hen is white, though the ear ia the same aa 



in the Spanish, It ia higher on the feet, and preferable for the 

 table on account of its more rounded form. 



The Ancona like the Minorca, if it were not that the plumage 

 is sometimes white, sometimes black, and sometimes partridge. 



The White Spanish, which is none other than albinos repro- 

 ducing black. 



The Andalusian. — Cock from Gi to 72 lbs. Hen from 5} to 

 6J lbs. Colour of feathers slate or greyish blue. Feathers of 

 the hackle, back, tail, the upper coverts of the wings and 

 shoulders, vary between slate grey, black, and ringdove. 

 Feathers of the thighs, the throat, the under coverts of the 

 wings, slate or greyish blue. The plumage of the hen ia all 

 over bluish grey. "The comb of the cock is very high and very 

 large, also that of the hen, which is large and hanging. In both 

 sexes the ears are white, the cheeks red, the eye and beak black. 



PADDOCK (NEAB HUDDEBSFIELD) POULTET 

 SHOW. 



This took place on the 8th inat. The awards were as follow : — 



Brahmas.— Cap, H. Beldon, Goitstock, Bingley, 2 and he, J, H, Pickles' 

 Southport. 



BAjAHV&ona.—Oolden^spangled.—l and 2, H. Beldon. Tic, N. Marlor, Denton, 

 Manchester. Silver-gpangted.—l and 2, H, Beldon. 



Hamborghs.— Go/dcn-jjffK-Jifed.-l and 2, H. Beldon. Bilver^encilled.—1 

 and he. H. Beldon. 2, H. Smith, Keighley. 



Hamborqhs — B(act.-1, H. Beldon. 2, N. Marlor. he, H. Beldon; C. Sidg- 

 wick, Ketghley : W. Bentley, Holmfirth, 



Game.— 1, J. Fortune, Keighiey 2, R. Walker, Gomersal. he, H. Beldon. 



Bantams.— 1, G. Noble, Stainciiffe. 2, R. H. Ashton, Mottram. he, F. Steel, 

 fPalifax. 



Spanish.—], J. Thresh, Bradford. 2 and he, H. BeldoD. 



PoLANDS. — 1 and 2, H Beldon, 



Cochin-China.— 1, W. Harvey, ShefBeld 2, J. Walker, Rochdale, he, H. 

 Beldon; C. Sidgwick; G. Palfryman, Sheffield, 



Dorkings.— 1. J. Walker. 



HouDANS.— 1, J. Heeley, Hepworlh. 2, G. W. Hibbert, Hyde. 



Selling Class.-I, W. Harvey. 2, H. Beldon. 



Geese,— 1, J Walker. 



DVCK6.— White Aylesbury.—l and he, 3. Walker. 2, J. Newton, Silsden, 

 Leeds. Rouen.—l, J. Walker. 2, J. Newton, Silsden. he, T. Halmahaw, 

 Earlsheaton. 



PIGEONS, 



Carriers.— Cup and 2. G. J. Taylor, Fartuwn. he. W. H. A. Millar, Walsall. 



Croppers and Pouters.- 1, W. Harvey. 2, G. J. Taylor. 



Trumpeters.— 1. W. Harvey. 2, F. Steel. 



Tumblers —Almond.— \, W. Harvey. 2. J. H. Sykes, Huddersfield. M, J. 

 Ainsworth. Hjd.a. Any variety.— •!, G. J. Taylor. 



Fantails.— '2, G. J, Taylor. 



Barbs.— 1 and he, G. J. Taylor. 2, W. Harvey. 



ToRBlTs.- 1, E. Burton, Honley, 2 and /ic, G. J. Taylor. 



Jacobins.— 1, W. Harvey. 2, G. J. Taylor. 



ANY OTHER Vaeietv OR CoMMoN — 1, F. Stcel. 2, G. J. TayloT. he, O. J. 

 Taylor ; G. de Lisle, Loughborough ; A. Saul. Paddock. 



Selling Class.— 1, J. H. Sykes, Hudderstield. 2, W. Harvey, he, G. J 

 Taylor. 



CATS. 



Persian.— 1, H. Appleton, Hudderstield, 3 and lie, M. Peel, Edgerton. 



Angora. — 1, E. Morrison. Hudderstield. 



Manx.— 2, W. Shaw, Primrose Hill. - ■ j 



Tortoiseshell or ToRTuisESHELL-AND-WaiTE.- 1, H. Binus, Height, Lind- 

 ley. 2, W. Greenwood, Chapel HiU- 



Black.— 1, J. Hellewell. Hudderstield. 



Grey Tabby —1. J. Hampshire, Little Liversedge. 2, J. Broadbent, Paddock. 

 c, G. Ainley, Castlegate, Huddersfield. 



JVDGES.— Poultry and Pigeons : Mr, James Dixon, Clayton, 

 Bradford ; Alderman J, .Jordan, Dalton, Huddersfleld, Babbits 

 and Cats : Mr. Fisher, Carrhead, Crosshills ; Mr. G. Johnson, 

 Kettering. 



MALMESBURY POULTRY SHOW. 



This was held on the 13 th inat. The following are the 

 awards : — 



Dorkings.- 1, T. C. Burnell, Micheldever. 2, H. Feast, Swansea, (ic, J. S. 

 Cbisman. Swindon. . „ .. 



Spanish.— 1. E. Winwood, Worcester. 2, W, Kent, Tetbury. 



Game — Black-breasted Red. — I and e, E. Bowly. Cirencester. 2, E. S. 

 Godsell Stroud, ^hi/ o//(tTCD/o»?-.—l, E. Winwood. 2. G. Hanks, Malmesbury. 



Cochins.- I, Hon. Mrs. sugden. Wells. 2, R. S. S. Woodgate, Fembury, Ton- 

 bridsire Wells, he, Hon. Mrs, Sugden; H, Tomlinson, Birmingham; E, Win- 

 wood; H. Feast. .„.,„- , , .. 



Bbahmas —Vark.—l, H. Haddrell, Calne. 2, J. Trmder, Cirencester, he, R. 

 Smith, Calne ; H. Feast, c, E- S. Godsell ; J. S. Maggs. Tetbury. Light.— \, T. 

 A, Dean, Marden, Hereford. 2, E. Scammell, Hilperton. lie. Rev. N. J. Ridley, 

 Newbury, /ic, H. Feast : T. A. Dean. 



Hamburghs.-I, H. H. Thompson, Farringdon. 2, H. Feast, he, P. Hanson. 

 Stouesouse. , ,^ , „,., 



Any Variety.— 1,H. Feast. 2, J. Hinton, Warminster, /tc. Rev. N. J. Ridley; 

 J. S. Maggs. Cock.—l, Col. Miles, Malmesbury, 2, G. Hanks. 



Bantams.- 1, J. Mayo 2, G. 8. Sainabury, Devizes. /«. H. Bishop; G. 

 Banks; Miss M. Johnson. Malmesbury; G. Stratford, Didmarton ; E.Bowley. 

 Any other viir>,'ti/.—l, H. Yarnlev, Birmingham. 2. J. aiayo. he, C. Lewis, 

 Charlton: G. Holioway, Stroud ; T. C. Burnell. Micheldever; J. S. Magis. 



Selling Class.-I, J. S. Maggs. 2, E. S. GodseU. Ilc, G. Hanks ; P. Hanson. 



'' Daa's.s^Bmien.-l. E. Clark, Malmesbury. 5, G Hanks, tie. Miss E. E, 

 Millar, Cliristian Malford, Chippenham, e, J. Collinghorn ; J, S. Maggs; G. 

 Hanks. Aylcabiiry.—i, E. Bowley. 2, J. 8. Magge. lie, J. S. Maggs; G. 

 Hanks. Anyotlurrnricty.-l.J.W. KeUeway, Islo of Wight. 2 and (ic, G. S. 

 Sainsbury. 



Geese.— 1 and 2, G, Hanks. 



PIGEONS. 



Carriers,—! and 2. T. Jones. Malmesbury. tic, T. Jones ; R. Barrett, Stroud. 

 Coek.—l, P. B. Spencer. Hereford. 2, H. Yardley. he, R. Barrett. 



Pouters— 1, G, Holloway, Stroud. 2, R. Barrett, lie, H. \ardley; P. R. 

 Spencer. Cocl'.-l, H. Yaroley. 2, P. R. Spencer, e, R Barrett. 



TuMBLEUB.- 1, H. Yardle.v. 2, R. Barrett, ftc, J. S. Maggd. 



Trumpeters.- 1. P. R Spencer. 

 , Jacobins.— 1, U, Yardley, 



