July 1, 1875. 1 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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inducement hue been held out to White Cochins. Buffs ami 

 Partridges are well looked after, but Whites are sent to the 

 refuge. This must be wrong. Geese have two classes. The 

 entry fee is 3s. for subscribers, and Cs. for non-subscribers. The 

 Judges' names ard not announced, but we generally find the right 

 sort here. Again the basket subject is not mentioned. We 

 hope this is a general dawning of better days, and that com- 

 mittees, while cutting out the old rule of separate hampers 

 being necessary, leave it to the exhibitors' taste to use double or 

 single packages. 



Newbuky (Berks) has a " grand Exhibition of poultry and 

 Pigeons" on August 24th. The schedule is good, but not grand. 

 We hope, however, the anticipated display will be grand, and 

 so make this young Show worthy of its title. There are three 

 prizes in most of the classes, and four t'.5 silver cups. Dorkings, 

 Brahmas, Cochins, and Hamburghs have two classes each, but 

 Game only have one. Polands have a class. There is a class 

 for 1875 chickens with good prizes. Ducks have three classes. 

 The Pigeons are well classified, but the prizes are so poor that 

 this department can only be local. There are also local poultry 

 prizes, which are arranged in a new way, and in a manner we 

 would especially recommend to those committees who go in for 

 local classes. The entry fees are 3s. tid. and '2s. Cil., and the 

 entries close on August 9th. The names of the Judges are not 

 announced, but they are to be of " acknowledged experience ;" 

 and the old basket system is in use here, we are sorry to say. 



Brecknock holds its annual Show of poultry. Pigeons, &o., on 

 August 25th. It is a fair schedule, and most of the chief breeds 

 have three prizes in each class. Game have three classes, and 

 there is one, too, for Polands. There are for 187.5 chickens two 

 classes — one for the large breeds, and one for the smaller. We 

 are glad to see a cottagers' class, and hope it will be well sup- 

 ported. The Judge is announced — viz., Mr. Ilutton, but each 

 pen must be in a separate basket. Entries close on August 10th, 

 the fee being 3s. Gd. There is a severe rule against trimming, 

 which we give in full, as others may like to copy it in their 

 schedules: — "11. — The Judges will be specially instructed to 

 disqualify and mark any pens of birds they may discover trimmed 

 or altered in character for the purpose of exhibition {excppt the 

 dubbing of Game cocks). In case of any such disqualification 

 duly certified under the hand of the Judges to the Committee, 

 all the pens of the same exhibitor throughout the Show will be 

 also disqualified on account of such fraud ; and both the penalty 

 and the reasons for it will be stated in the prize list, and notice 

 thereof legibly affixed to the front of the said pens. These 

 notices will be maintained throughout the Show, and anyone 

 found removing or defacing them will be givpu into the custody 

 of the police.'' The Pigeons have only 15s. and 7s. prizes. 

 There are eleven classes, one of which is for Nuns. The entry 

 fee is 2s. Gd. per pen. — 'W. 



THOBNE POULTEY SHOW. 



Is it usually the custom to allow birds to be removed from the 

 show pens during the Show ? At the recent Thorne Show I 

 observed in Classes 77 and 78 (the awards were not then given 

 to those particular classes) several vacant pens. In Class 77, 

 which had eight entries, only three birds appeared ; heavy 

 showers were falling, and these three birds were more or less 

 wet and dis-spirited, so that it was not surprising when the 

 prize-list appeared that the honours were in more than one case 

 taken by birds which had not borne the brunt of the storm. 

 Among the birds thus exposed to the weather, and subsequently 

 passed over unnoticed, were some which had taken high honours 

 at the Palace and other shows, and might no doubt on this 

 occasion have presented a different appearance had they shared 

 the advantages of their rivals. In addition to the unfairness, it 

 is a great disappointment to fanciers who go to see the birds, 

 and find some of the best pens removed. I am told that after 

 the judging some fine birds were removed from other classes, 

 and visitors had only the pleasure of seeing the prize card and 

 the empty pen. 



The rule in the schedule is that birds were to be penned at 

 10 A.M., but after eleven o'clock I saw poultry hampers admitted 

 at the gates of the showground, giving great advantages overex- 

 hibitors who had been obliged to send their hampers the night 

 before. — E. 



[We have for many years past uniformly protested against 

 poultry shows being held in open grounds, as a certainty of fine 

 weather cannot in our variable climate be ever depended upon. 

 At Thorne the poultry and Pigeons were arranged under the 

 shade of high trees, and when the heavy thunder storms pre- 

 vailed most of the visitors betook themselves to the shelter of 

 refreshment tents, & j. Some few of the exhibitors who travelled 

 with their birds were prepared against such an exigency with 

 oil-sheets, and consequently their pens were protected from the 

 positive downpour, as were a few pens that happened to be under 

 those trees that had the most abundant foliage ; but we cannot 

 say whether or not any of the birds were temporarily or finally 

 taken away during the Show time by their respective owners. 



It is only a short time since we heard of a man in charge of 

 poultry stripping himself of both his coats and his waistcoat to 

 protect his birds, and the result was, to use hia own words, " I 

 got the cup by it, and the worst illness I ever had iu my life 1 " 

 We again say, Shows without covering are altogether a mistake.] 



DAEI. 



So>rE of your friends are asking about dari. I beg to say my 

 attention was first called to this corn seed three years ago. I 

 was at the time keeping Gold Pheasants, Black Bantams, 

 Houdans, and Black Cochins. Finding all the birds did so well 

 on it, particularly the Pheasants and Bantams, I was the means 

 last season of inducing two or three of our large breeders of 

 Pheasants and Partridges to give it a trial, although they had 

 an exceptionally good season. They were not at the time at all 

 willing to give any credit to the feeding on dari. Evidently a 

 change has taken place in their views, for within the last four- 

 teen days I have been solicited to obtain for them, if possible, a 

 few quarters of the stuff I was so kind as to send them last 

 year. 



I cannot speak so positively as Mr. G. Eiley does of its egg- 

 producing properties, but for keeping birds in good health and 

 feather I never used its equal. Pigeons and Doves are delighted 

 with it, but should only have it on high days and holidays, they 

 eat it too ravenously. My .experience is that it should only be 

 given very sparingly, and not oftenerthan twice a- week. — James 

 Eloab. 



THIRSK SHOW OF POULTRY, &c. 



The sixth annual Show was held at Thirsk on the 23rd of 

 June, and the day proving, unlike that of last year, very fine, it 

 was a success in all respects, and for the amount offered in prizes 

 the entry for poultry was something extraordinary, and it is our 

 opinion that if a real good prize-list were offered by this Society, 

 such is its popularity that a most excellent show would be the 

 result. On this occasion there were about 210 entries for 10s. 

 and OS. for poultry, a.nd 5s. only for Pigeons. 



Dorkings were a very good lot, and all Dark Greys; Game 

 poor, a.ni Spanish a fair lot. Pen 367 were agrand pen of Buffa, 

 and well placed, the other noticed birds standing well. Brahmas 

 all Dark, and a pretty good lot. Only the winners in Gold- 

 epangle Hamburglis were deserving of notice, and in Silver- 

 spangles the three noticed were only of quality, but these were 

 good. In Gold-pencils the first was a grand pen, the second a 

 better cock, but rather wild, and the hen not equal to him. 

 Silver-pencils only moderate, while Black Hamburghs and Po- 

 lands were good. Black Bantams were the best class in the 

 Show, many pens being really excellent. In Game Bantams 

 Mr. Steel's pens were empty ; there were some good pens, but the 

 majority were not good. ' In the next class the first were capital 

 Silver Sebrights, second being Gold. ' In Ducks, Rouens were a 

 fair class, an extra second being given; Aylesbury good, while 

 in the "Variety class Black East Indian of only poor quality won. 

 Turkeys and Geese were each fair lots, and Guinea Fotvls really 

 good. In the Selling class a fair pair of Black Red Game were 

 first, and Gold-pencils second ; and in the Variety class the first 

 were Sultans, and second Malays. A class for chickens of any 

 variety was provided, the winners being Gold-pencils and 

 Dorkings. 



In Pigeons there were forty entries, only one prize in each 

 class being offered ; the Jacobins, Fantails, Owls, and Dragoons 

 proving good, the latter especially, a pair of Reds, being a really 

 grand pair. 



Dorkings —1 and 2, J. White, Warlaby, Northallerton, he, A. Jackson, 

 BrouBhton, Nurtballerton: T. Newbald, Clittnn. Yorit , ,.. 



Game.— 1, ti. Carter, Bedale. 2, Holmes & YounR, Driffield, he. Lister and 

 Pounder, Spabam, Yarm ; .1. Casa, Hoviugham, York ; G. & T. Kidson. 



{.SPANISH —Black.— I, (J. W. .lefferaon, Northallerton. 2 and ftc, G. Pounder, 

 Kirby Moorside. c, Rev. H. Hawkins, Topclillo, Thirslt : I. Flintoff, Nowby, 

 Stockton-onTeea. ,„..,, „ , ^t .l t^ . 



Coohin-Chima— Biijf— 1. Urwin Si Ibeston. Vfhitby. 2, J. North, Fartnwn, 

 HudderBfleld. he, Lady Bolton ; J. North. Parlridge.—l and 2. .7. Bell, Thirak. 



BBAHSli PooTRi.— 1, T. P. Carver, LanRihorpB. Borouijlibridge 2. t. 

 VS'illiama & Son. vhc, G. B. Bell, Layton, Caulwell, DarlinRton. he, Lady 

 Bolton ; Miss Jacques. Kii-binond. ^ ^ ,• ^ n 



HiMBDROH3.-G"/'(."~)"i"'7/<(i-I,E Kcenleyside. Aycliffe, Darlmatop. 2, 

 Holmes & Youne, LiritHel.l, he, T. P. Carver; G. Garbuit. Sinnmston, Picker- 

 inK. Silver-spanu'ed.-l, Holmes & Young. 2, G. Garbutt. he, Wella & Sher- 



'■"HljiMMHS-Golrfen-iKiiciHrf-l. T. P. Carver. 2, J. Newhnld. Clifton, 

 York. hc,A.G. Mitchell, Bishop Auckland. UUver-penciUed.—l, W. Bearpark, 

 Northallerton. 2, .1. Case. ^, _ ^ ., t, „ 



HiMBUKOHS -W(xcfc.-1, T. P. Carver. 2. G. Sla'er, Fairlawn. R'pon. 



PoLANDs.-l and c, C Walker, BorouahbridKe. 2, w Bearpark. 



BANTAMs.-B;<icfc.-l, R. H. Abhton, Mottrara. Manchester. 2. T. P. Carver. 

 he, J. H. Cartwrigbt. WilUoston. Durham; Bev H. Hawkins Jopcliffe, 

 Thirsk. c. Wel;s& sherwio, Ripon; J. North, Fartowu, Htiddersfleld; A. G. 

 Mitchell. Bishop Auckland. ,, . qi.„,.^„ ,,- -or 



BANT»M3.-Gamf.-1, VV. C. Dawson. Whitby. 2, Wells & «horwin. he.VT. 

 Gray. Tow Law, Dirliigtm; Holmes i Young, Driffield Wh,te. or anv other 

 mirifft/.-l and 2, T. P° Carver, he, T. Barker, Thirsk. c, W. Richardson, 



^ Dc'cKS -Rouen -I and c. G. GarbuH. Sinnington. Pickering. 2, T P. Carver. 

 Extras W .1. Wetherill, Wbilbv. Aylesbury. -1, J. Arrowsmith, Kilvmgton, 

 Thirsk ■ 2 T P Carver. Ann other variety.— \,a. i^nHer. 2, J. Arrowsmith. 

 TOBKISYS.-I, iaiss Kirk, Givendale, Bipon. 2, C. Mc. C. Swarbreck, Sowerby 



Thirak. 



