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eleven of which were named in the prize list, the first being 

 the best Dutch specimen that we have yet seen for colour, 

 marking, and size. The second was a very large long-woolled 

 Angora, scarcely so fine in wool as some of the pygmies alongside 

 of it. Some capital Belgian Harea were among those noticed. 

 The Selling class was very large, and many more prizes might 

 have been distributed. The first was a very good Sooty Fawn 

 bnck of great length of ear and capital in style ; the second a 

 Himalayan, quite equal to most of those in the class for the 

 variety ; the third a very good Belgian Hare. ^ Many of the 

 specimens were readily sold by auction, some being purchased 

 at very good prices. 



CAGE BIRDS. 



BKLOil!(.—re!loi».Bi(#. or rjckfrf-— I, .I-Moorhoase, Little Horton, Bradford. 

 8, T. M. Reid. Halifax, vhc, W. Shaokleton, Ilklejr. he, T. M. Reid. c, R. 

 Ushers, Ilkley. „ , , , , 



Norwich —Tellou; Buff, or Ticked.-l snd 2, E. Orme, Derby, he and r, J. 

 Bexaon, Derbv. 



LiziBD. —GoW or Silverspanyted.—l and a, M. Watson, jan.. Darlington. 

 vhc, s. Buntinfi, Derbv. he. T. M. Reid. c. J. Stevens. Middlesbrough. 



YoRKsniRE.— Cicar Yethtw —1 andc, W. Hulton, Baildon, Leed.^. 2, J. Myers, 

 Biiildon, Leeds, he. L. Belk, Dewsbury. Tielced nr Uneren-mnrked.-l, P. 

 Rawnsley, Bradford. 2, .T. Stevens, i'/ic- and c, L. Belk. /n-, T. M. Reid. 



Miii.E.-Goirfrtnc/i.— 1, W. Hatton. 2 and vhe, R. Hawman, Middlesbrough. 

 he, W. & C. Burniaton, Middlesbrough. Any other variety.— \, J. Stevens. 

 2, W. Hutton. Extra, V?. Yeoman, Leeds, he, R. Hawman. 



Linnet.— 1, J. Stevens. 2, K. Hawman. he, S. Bunting, c, W. Carriok, 

 Middleabroagh. 



Any other VARiETt.— 1 and e, L. Belk. 2, Harwell & Sons, Northampton. 

 S, J. Hall. WindhiU Wood, Shipley, vhc. Petty & Cuss. Ottstlegate, York, he, 

 W. & C. Burniaton. 



Seli.ino CLA3S.— 1, E. Orme. 2, J. Bexson. 3, W. Brownbridge, Leeds. 

 4 and e. Cleveland & Paley, Wigston, vhe, W. &. C. Bumiston. 



PARROTS. 



Grey.— 1, W. Clag, Leeds. 2, G. Langthom, Leeds, he, Mrs. E. Thompson, 

 Leeds, e. Miss F. Seanor, Leeds. 



Any OTHER Varietv.—I, S. Bunting. 2, W. Brewnbridge. Tfte, J. S. Harrison. 

 Spalding, he, W. B. Boden, Hartlepool, c, W. & C. Burniston. 



PIGEONS. 

 Pouters.— Cod- or Hen.— Cup. W. Harvev. Sheffield. 2, W. Noltage, North- 

 ampton, he, A. Spencer, DrifBeld (2) ; J. P. Fawcett. Whitby ; T. Rule, Durham ; 



E. Horner. Harewood, Leeds, c. Miss K. Dowa, Boston. 



Carriers.— Cocfe or Hen.— I. E. Homer. 2, H. Yardley, Birmingham, vhe, J. 

 Pollard. Leeds, he, Miaa F. Seanor, Leeds ; J. Pollard ; G. E. North, Leeds ; 

 A. F. Umpleby, Boroughbridge. e, P. R. Spencer, Hereford. 



Tbumpetebs. —Cocfc or Ben.— I, T. Rule. 2, W. Harvey, he, R. J. Smith, 

 Yarm : 11. A. Ayrtou, Saltburn ; J. Lederer, Bootle, Liverpool, c, R. J. Smith ; 

 H. Yardlev : C. Auton. York, 



OivLS.— £n(7(iWi — 1 anil 2. W. Einna, Pndaev. vhe, W. G. Henry, Sandvmount, 

 Co. Dublin, he. Miaa F. Seanor ; Ward & Rhodes, Otley (2) ; A. F. Umpleby ; 

 J.Gardner, Preaton. e.G. W. Dutton, Cheater; A. A. Dodd8,Notth Shields ;L. 

 Croaslev. Halifax: H. G. Pool, Bradford. 



Fastails.— Coci: or Hen.—l. E. Homer. 2, J. F. Loveraidge. Newark. I'ftc, 

 J. F. Loversilge ; T. Rule, he, J. Thompaon, Eingley. f . W. J. Warhurst. 



TusiBLERS. —Cocfc or Hen.—l. J. Gardner. 2, T. Rule. vhe. W. Brydone, 

 Langton Manse. Dunae: E. Horner, he. H. Cookton, Middleahrongh ; H. 

 Yardley : W. Brydone ; C. Auton ; W. Harvey, c, 1. Pollard ; Miss K. Duws ; 0. 



F. Fryer, Leeds. 



Jacobins.— Cocte or Hen.— 13. Thompson. 2. T. Rale, vhe, J. Thompson; 

 A. A. Vander Meerach, Tooting, he, J. Young, Bishop Auckland ; E. Homer. 



ToRBiia. -Cocfc or Hen.—l, W. Croft, Killingball, Ripley. 2, H. G. Poole, 

 Bradford, he, J. Young ; J. Gardner ; J. Thompaon ; H. G. Poole, c, W. Croft ; 

 E. Horner. 



Barbs.— Cocfc or Ben.— I, W. Harvey. 2, Miss F. Seanor. vhe, J. C. Boothby, 

 Stockport; W. Brydone. he. Miss F. Seanor; G. W. Dutton, Chester; H. 

 Yardley ; P. R. Spencer ; J. Thompson, c, J. P Fawcett ; E. Homer. 



NONS.- Cocit or Beii—1, Miss F. Seanor. 2, Rev. A. G. Brooke, Shrawardine 

 Rectory, Shrewaburv. vhe, Miss F. Seanor. he, J. Yonng, Bishop Auckland : 

 Rev. A. G. Brooke ; W. Croft, c. Miss F. Seanor ; A. A. Vander Meerach ; W. 

 Croft. 



Magpies.- Cocfc or Ben.— Cup. Miss F. Seanor. 2, M. Ord, Sedgefield. Dur- 

 ham, vhc. J. Pollard; E. Horner, he. Miss F. Seanor; F. W- Webb, Lower 

 Sydenham : E. Horner, c. Miss F. Seanor. 



ARCHANiiELs.— Coct or Hf II.— 1. H. Yardley. 2. Mias F. Seanor. he, H. W. 

 Webb ; E. Horner, e. H. W. Webb ; J. Thompson. 



Dragoons.— Cocfc or Hct.— Cup andu/ir, W. Sefton. Blackburn. 2, J. Gardner. 

 J«, Ward& Rbodei; H. Yardley; A. A. Vander Meersch ; W. Sefton (2); W. 

 Harvey, e, H. 5'ardlev. 



Antwerps.— Z/On'7-facfrf — Cocfc or Ben.—l and vhe, H. Jennings, AUerton, 

 Bradford. 2, W. Liind. he. Ward & Rhodes; W. J. Wilson, St. Clements. 

 Ipawieh : H. Webber, Leeds ; H. Jennings ; C. Prior, Hereford, e, G. Lister, 

 Harewood, Leeds 



AfiTv.'EHPS.—Short-faeed.—Coek or Ben. — 1 and e, J. Crossland, Wakefield. 

 2,J. Gardner, u/;,-, .1. Gardner; W.Binna. ftc, Mias F. Seanor ; M. Hackforth, 

 Preston: G. Crann, Leeds, c, J. Croesland. 



Any other Variety.— 1 and 3, Miaa F. Seanor. 2, H. Yardley. i, W. Binns. 

 he W. H. Silvester, ShelBeld ; W. C. Dawaon, Otley. c, Miaa F. Seanor ; W. H. 



SELLiNoCtASS.— l.MisaM. Tune, Cliffe. 2,W. Binna. S. H. Cookton. 4,W. 

 Brydone, vhe, J. Thompson : A. T. Wella. Ripon. he, W. G. Henry ; C. H. 

 Sharp. York: R Minnitt, Rochdale: E. Horner; W. C. Dawson, e, F. S. 

 Dnignan, Walsall ; P. R. Spencer ; A. Thewlis, Meltham ; J. T. Hineks, Humber* 

 atone (2); W. C. Dawson. 



RABBITS. 



Lop-eared.— Bucfc or Dot'.— 1, J. Irving, Blackburn. 2, S. A. Garaide, Ormakirk. 

 •vhc. G. S Burton, Leeds, ftc, G. S.Barton; T. Myton, York (2); Miller and 

 Adams, Bradford. 



Himalayan.— JSiiclt or Doe —1, H. White. Rochdale. 2, E. Robinson, Ketter- 

 ing, vhe, Cawood & Leggott. Thorne : J. Butterworlh, Rochdale ; C. G. Mason, 

 Rochdale, he, J. S. Burton; B. Newaorae. Holbeck : J. Haliaa, Huddersfield; 

 W. Owen, Kettering; J. S. Boyle, Blackburn, e, J. Butterworth. 



Silver-Grey —Biicfc or Doe.—l, J. H. Brand, Barton-on-Humber. 2, Miss 

 Mortimer. Rudhall. Roas. vhc, B. W. Maaon. Hull ; A. Hudson. Hull. he. F. J. 

 Allpreaa. Canonbury Square. London ; J. Hallas ; G. P. & R. Hackett, Haver- 

 stock Hill. London; A. Hudson: J Eovle. 



Any other Variety.— 1. B. W. Mason. 2, H. Swcetnam, Fulford, York, he, 

 T. Garner. Kingsthorpe, Northampton : S. Ball, Bradford ; J. Irving ; G. E. 

 Hutton; Mias K. Dowa; J. Boyle, c, T. W. Clemitson, Helham ; J. Hallas; 



G. S. Burton. 



Selling Cuss.— 1, F. Sabbage, Northampton 2. W. Donkin, Driffield. 9, 

 Miaa K Dowa. 4, H Hancock. Northampton, r'lc. W. S. Crosaland. he,G.S. 

 Burton : G. P. & R. Hackett; F. Banka. Doughty Street, London ; F. Sabbage. 

 c, J. Armatrong. Leeds; J. Hallas; W. Hey, Rochdale; A. W, Whitehouse, 

 Northampton ; G. E. Hutton. 



CATS. 



Any Variety.— 1, E. Horner. 2, E. E. M. Royds. Rochdale, vhe, F. J. 

 Goodall, Hanley ; Misg L. Wood, Harewood, Leeds, he, J. Gauki'oger, Leeds ; 



J. Dyson, Tadcaster; J. Hunter, Leylanda, Leeds; E. Baxter, Dalston, London. 

 e, W. PuUan, Holbeck ; J. B. Batler, Leeds ; E. L,, Loeda ; S. Smith, Leeds (2) ; 

 J. H. Vevers, Leeds; J. Hardcaatle, Leeds; F. Turner, Kettering; Miss L. 

 Wood; G. F. Dawson. 



Heaviest —1, Miaa M. Tune. 2, J. Dyson. 



Kitten.— 1, M. Shaw. Leeds. 



Judges. — Pigeons, Babbits, and Cats : Mr. E. Hutton, Pudfley ; 

 Cage Birds : Mr. Calvert, York. 



COMING BABBIT SHOWS. 



May will soon be here, bringing with it some more Rabbit 

 shows. The first of these, Haslingdeu, to take place on the 6th, 

 promises to be a good one, if seven classes and liberal prizes have 

 anything to do with it. The classes are well divided amongst 

 the principal varieties. Entries close on April 23rd. The ninth 

 Epworth Show follows on the 8th. It gives only two classes, 

 one for Lops the other for Any other breed, and two prizes in 

 each class. The entries close on April 25th. The Wharfedale 

 Agricultural Society will hold its seventy-sixth meeting at Otley 

 on May 9th. The Rabbits have four classes— viz., one each for 

 Lops, Angoras (miscalled Angolas), Himalayans, and Any other 

 variety. Entries to be made before the 2.')th. Accrington, on 

 May 21st, has five classes, including a Selling class. The entry 

 is low, and finally closes on May 7th. 



These, I think, are all the shows for May, which it is to be 

 hoped will be well supported, to allow more classes and prizes 

 in future. — A Rabbit Fancier. 



ARE NOISES NECESSARY TO MAKE SWARMS 

 SETTLE ? 



In olden times it was a custom of the village bee-keepers of 

 England to let their neighbours know that a swarm was on the 

 wing by making great noises with pokers, shovels, kettles, and 

 frying-pans, believing that these noises gave the party making 

 them a legal right to claim and hive the swarm wherever it 

 alighted. In course of time the people imagined that such 

 noises frightened the bees and prevented them from flying away. 

 Now many use their pokers and frying-pans to make the bees 

 swarming think that it thunders, and some throw sand up 

 among them to make them think it rains. These makers of 

 artificial thunder and rain would, methinks, spend their time 

 more advantageously both to themselves and their bees in trying 

 to gain a little common sense. Before a swarm leaves its hive 

 the bees select or fix on a place to alight upon, and when on the 

 wing they are uninfluenced by stupid people making such stupid 

 noises. 



The question arises in the minds of many sensible thinking 

 bee-keepers, why a swarm alights on a bush or branch of a tree 

 on which it never can find a home or do any good, and on which 

 it never remains long. If it remain there many hours scouts 

 are sent out to seek a more comfortable and convenient dwelling 

 place. If not hived it wiU not remain long on the branch of a 

 tree. Why it alights there at all, is a question which probably 

 no one can answer. Someone has dropped the idea that the 

 bees congregate there with ulterior intentions — settle there for a 

 time before they go to a more abiding habitation in a house or 

 waU, or hollow of a tree, which has been previously chosen for 

 their abode. I do not believe that the bees have " ulterior in- 

 tentions " when they swarm on a tree, and could give some 

 valid reasons for my unbelief ; but preferring the profitable and 

 practical part of bee-keeping to the theoretic and fanciful, I wiU 

 not go ftirther into this subject here. Philosophers tell us that 

 the dogs (pointers and setters) of sportsmen are, in their natural 

 state, beasts of prey ; that when they scent game they halt for 

 a moment or two on purpose to spring upon it ; that men, know- 

 ing that these dogs are docile and teachable, train them to 

 ■' stand steady " instead of halting. Thus the comma is eon- 

 verted into a full stop. When swarms halt and congregate on 

 a tree, wise bee-keepers speedily put them into hives, and thus 

 secure " full stops." — A. Pettiqbew. 



Impobtation of E G9S. — The consumption of egga still increases. 

 In the last three months the value imported was ±'569,270, 

 against i'530,787 in the corresponding period last year. In the 

 month ended the 31st nit. the value imported was ^£310,455. 



OUR LETTER BOX. 



Cataiogces (^Oame Cocfc).— Write to the Secretaries of the two shows you 

 name. . ,. ,. 



DojilNiQDES (Jocfc).— We are most anxious to give every information to onr 

 readers, but we never recommend anyone to supply things that are daily 

 advertised in our columns. We can only refer purchasers to them. 



Keeping Eggs for Sitting (.S'/tirfc) — You may keep eugs three weeks 

 and then hatch them, or even a month, but we have always found the fresher 

 the egge that are put under a hen the stronger the chickens are. A hen that 

 steals her nest is probably laying for from fifteen to twenty days, and yet 

 hatches all her eggs. We think it cheaper to buy a broody hen when we want 

 one, at an apparently large price, than to lose our time by waiting for one of 

 our own to become so. 



