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JOURNAL OF HOKTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ December 2, 1B75. 



ANTWBBP9 (Red Cheqnered).— J, C. Gamon. 2, J. W. Ludlow. 3, H. D 

 Gongh. Wolverhampton. 



Antwerps (Bine Cheqnered).—! and 2, J W. Ludlow, Birmingham. 3, H. 

 Cartwright. EdKbastr>n. he. C. fiamnn. c, R. Brierley. 



ANTWEBPa (Homing) —1, W. EHia, Idle, Leeds. 2, G.Garraway, Lower Swains- 

 wick. Bath. 3, C. Gamon, Chester. 



Any other New oa Distinct Vaeiett.— 1. J. W. Lndlow, H. Yardlev. 2, J. W. 

 Ludlow. B. Fulton. 8, H W. Webb, R. Fulton, rhtf, H. Maprlebeck, R. Fulton. 

 he, W. C. DawBon, J. Thompson, J. W. Ludlow (4j. c, VisoounteBS Qalway, W. 

 Tedd, W. B. Mapplebeck, jun., J. W. Lndlow. 



GALSTON POULTRY AND PIGEON SHOW. 



DBn'iNG soathward on the Gth nit. along the old London road 

 from Kilmarnock, we came in course to the village of Galston, and 

 while passing through the main street were attracted by one of 

 those irreeiBtible placards, " Poultry and Pigeon Show." We at 

 once made oar way to the " Victoria Hall," and there found one 

 of the most tastefully-arranged shows we ever witnessed. On 

 inquiry we found that the members of this Society consist mostly 

 of miners and weavers, who receive some pecuniary assistance 

 from the gentry in the neighbourhood, and most notably that of 

 the Right Hon. the Earl of Loudoun. Uis lordship also occasion- 

 ally exhibits specimens of game should he happen to be at home 

 during the time of the Show. Two sides of the Hall were fitted 

 up with commodious pens for poultry, and five long tables con- 

 taining two rows each of the Scotch bee-hive pens containing 

 the Pigeons. The imposing Pouter range opposite the door at 

 once stamped this Show as one of a superior class, and a minute 

 inspection of the other specimens of both poultry and Pigeons 

 only tended to confirm our first impression, from the fact that 

 the Show was made up by almost entirely local fanciers. No 

 one who did not visit it would have believed that such birds 

 were to be found in the neighbourhood, and it is pleasing to 

 think that our mining and weaving friends have taken up such a 

 refined pastime which cannot but be improving in many respects. 

 We learned that there was another society in Galston, that their 

 show had lately passed off, and that now there was a prospect 

 of the two societies joining. We would strongly recommend this 

 junction, as it would not only strengthen the hands of both 

 Committees, bat at once make their united show much more 

 prominent, and, of course, more successful. Time permitted us 

 to have only a short survey of the Show. 

 The comments on the pens are unavoidably postponed. 

 Spanish.— 1 and Special, W. Wallace. 2, J. Eiiear. Kilmarnock. 8, W. Cook. 

 DoBKiNGS— 1 and 2. A. & F. Mutter. S. A. Kuberteon. he, W. Wallace. 

 Scotch Greys.— 1,T. M'Murtrle. 2, J. Fulton. 3. .1. Torrance. ft(r, A. Holbura. 

 Game.— 1. J. Gilmour. 2. A Strachan. 3. J.& O. Sneddon, he, J. Baton. 

 Hamburghs.- GoI<i«Ti p«nci7(f<i.— 1 and Special. — Gilmour, Kilmarnock. 2, 

 A. Glen, Paisley. 8. J. A A. Lyon. Hurlford. he, M. Pollock, J. Smith. Silver- 

 pencilled.— \ and 2, H. Kinninburch. 3, J. Wilson, he, A. Anffus. 



Hamburgiis.— GoWcn-spanpii-d — 1, J. Crawford, Beitb. 2 and 8, J. Jardine, 

 Kilmarnock, he. A. Robertson. Silver-npangled.—l, J. Ledgerwood, Stewarton. 

 2, D. Lauchland. 3, A. Glen. 

 Any other Vabikty.-I and Special, C. Willison. 2, J. Gilmour 8, A. Yeudall. 

 Ducks.— 1, W. Wallace. 2 and 8. T. Aitken. Sorn. 



Bantams.- Gamp.— 1, il. Adair, KilmarnoLk. '2. J. Torrance. 8. H. Kinnin- 

 bnrgh. Any variety.—! and 2, A. Kol.crtBon. 3. W. M'Crae. Kilmarnock . 

 Selling Class.— 1, — Gilmour. 2. W. Lnchhead, MilUkenpark. 8, J. Gilmour_ 



PIGEONS. 

 Pouter.— BZue or Blaelc,—\ anu 3, J. Mitchell. Glasgow. 2, Andrews & Cun- 

 ningham. Beith. fee, W. Moshat. Jny of/ifTco/our.— 1 and 2, J. MitchelL 8, W. 

 Musbat, Kilmarnock, he, D. Laurie. 



Carrier.— Cocfc or Hen.—\, D. Laurie, Kilmarnock. 2, H. Bankhead, Kil- 

 marnock. 3, G. Brown. Kilmarnock, he, B. Bankhead. 



Fantail.— Cocfc or Hen.-y. special, and 3,W. & A. Crawford, Beith. 2, A. 

 Robertson, he, Cumming & Flemine, 



Jacobins.— I and special, W. MKinlay, Kilmarnock. 2, Gilmour & Rowat, 

 Galston. 3, J. WUbod, Galstoo. he, K. Miller. 



TuRBiTS.— 1, W. Nibbet, Galston. 2, R. Houston, Kilmarnock. 3, H. Young, 

 Galeton. he, J. Clark. 

 Ndns.- 1 and S, J. Conkie, Darrel. 2, Gilmour & Rowat. he, G. GirTan. 

 Tumblers.— Common, any variety.— I, J. Wilson. 2. A. Gray. Beith. 8, A. 

 Yeudall. he, W. Stevenson, Beith. Common. Sd/'Colour.—l, A. Kay, Galston. 

 2, W. M'Kinlay. 8. A. Gray, he, W. Stevenson. 

 Common.— 1. J.'Morton, Holmes. 2, Erekin &. Brown. 3, J. Wilson. 

 Any Distinct Vabixtv — 1 and epecia', R. Hussell. 2, A. Gray 8, J. Clark. 

 SELLisa Class.- 1, H. Shields, Newmilns. 2 and 3, J. Ct^nkie. 

 Judges. — Poultry : Mr. James Paton, Stewarton, and Mr. 

 Hugh Paton, Kilmarnock. Pigeons : Mr. J. Huie, Glasgow. 



next day I met in the Show the most distinguished breeder and 

 most successful exhibitor of this pretty class, and congratulated 

 him upon his success, remarking in conversation that **the 

 second-prize were nice birds." Ha said, "Yes, but they are 

 two cocks." I replied, "Oh! I see they are, of course." Now 

 what I ask of Mr. Holloway and of all exhibitors of pairs, is to 

 see that their birds are not only of opposite sexes, but are 

 properly paired. The great blot upon exhibitions is the de- 

 ception carried on. This crime, for it is nothing short of crime, 

 keeps many respectable people from exhibiting, and, moreover, 

 lays the honest exhibitor open to doubt if his birds, as in this 

 case, look wrong. For myself I am determined to expose wrong 

 doings whenever and in whoever I detect them, and that poultry 

 and Pigeon exhibitions should be free from cheating is my 

 sincere wish, and exposure I believe to be the only remedy. — 

 WiLTSHiBE Hector.] 



OUR LETTER BOX. 



Fattening Geese and ToRKEYs—CRAMMiNG(Buti6i!/ Jocfc}.— Shut your 

 Geese up in a pigBlye ; let them have plenty of s^ raw for a laed, and keep 

 them clean. Feed them in the trough with oats, bran, and gravel in water. 

 At limes give them a little oatmeal. The gravel must be only in small qaao- 

 tity. This is all that is necessary in the way of food, but there is something 

 more to be said on the way of giving it. "We always disBuade amateura fiom 

 cramming, because it is never successful. It is a delicate operation, and 

 much practice is necessary before a pereon becomes an adept, 1 here is, how- 

 ever, one point which ia much in favour of it. When food is given in that 

 way no more than is neceesary is given, and it does not stand before the birds 

 till they take a dislike to it. In fattening every description of poultry three 

 feeds per day are necc^^Bary. The food most be miied each time, and no 

 more given than the birds will eat up clean. If the day's food is given in a 

 lump in the morning the birds will do better mnning about. The same is 

 true of Turkeys. They should be put in an outhouse where they can perch, 

 and if there be any other than an earthen floor it should be covered with 

 straw. They, too, should be fed from a trough. The food fihould be oat and 

 barley meal miied if convenient with milk. Every second or third day the 

 addition of about one-fifth of pea or bean meal is beneficial. If any of this 

 food is allowed to remain and become bout the birds will take a dislike to 

 their food. Give no other food than this. 



Ducks Dying (F. T.l.— Are your Ducka at libeity ? If they are not, turn 

 them loose and feed them very sparingly, disccntinae the scraps, and let 

 them hava only some oats and gravel. We believe you have overfed them. 

 It may be too late to save these two. If it is not, let them live on a little 

 and earn it. You have fattened jour DuckB, and all birds when they have 

 reached the acme of fatness begin to lose flesh and weight. Their livers 

 are diEeased, they have no appetite, but becoming parched with thirst they 

 drink till they are distended with water. 



Cage Birds at Defp.y Show. — In answer to "Quiz," the Secretariee write 

 that there could not be a day set apart for judging, as the Com Eschaoge on 

 Fridays ia devoted to corn-factors, Ac. It is not denied that the cards were 

 affiled to the cages late, nor that the tabulated key to the prizes is puzzling. 

 Woodbury Hives, &c. [A Young Bee-keeperj. — Swarms of 40,000 bees are 

 rare indeed. In good seasons a large swarm, say of 15,000 bees, will gradually 

 increase in population if put into a large hive, and will doubtless come up to 

 40,000 in number. A hive big enough to contain a bushel of wheat would be 

 Buflicient in size for most parts of the three kingdoms. The tacks in the 

 Woodbury hive are better than to " have the frames meet at the ends " (if 

 we understand your meaning), hecaute there is less danger of crushing the 

 bees in working the hive. 



Stove for Dairy (Oeva). — We know of no smoke -conBUBUDg stove suit- 

 able. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSEBVATIONS. 

 Caxden SquAKB, London. 

 Lat.61°82'4(>"N.; Long, 0^8' 0" W.; Altitnde. Ill feet. 



PIGMY POUTERS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. 



" Wiltshire Rector " in hia criticism upon the Pigmy 

 Pouter at the Crystal Palace, remarks '* that the second-prize 

 pen contained two cocks, which should not have been," As the 

 exhibitor of this pen of birds allow me to distinctly deny that 

 they were two cocks, as I have bred from the bird shown there 

 this year, and, therefore, am as sure it is a hen bird, and that 

 they were a pair of birds, cook and hen, as I am of to-morrow's 

 sun rising. I must, however, acknowledge that they were not 

 properly mated, bat yet I know this hen bird when in a pen 

 singly will show herself off to perfection, and I believe her to 

 be the most showy Pigmy hen yet exhibited, and from her good 

 pouting qualities I doubt not that "Wiltshire Rector " mis- 

 took her for a cock bird. — Geo. Holloway, jon,, Stroud. 



[In answer to Mr. Holloway, I will observe that I carefoUy 

 watched his two Pigmy Pouters, and from their attitudes and 

 manner of fighting I concluded they were two cocks, and had I 

 been judge should have disqualified them accordingly. I then 

 wrote my account of them as quoted by Mr. Holloway. The 



24th.- 

 25th.- 



REMARK8. 

 -Fine morning, rather dull in the after part of the day, a little sleet 

 about noon. 

 -Snowing nearly all the forenoon, but not to make the ground white ; 

 afternoon and evening fair. a v * 



26th.— White frost in the morning; the whole day cloudy, dull, and cola, bat 



dry. 

 27th.— White frost early, but the day dark, damp, and cold. 

 28th.— Very dark early ; sleet at times all the day, which was damp and cola. 

 29th. — Fair all day, but dull and cold. 



30lh.— Cloudy till near noon, then sleet began to fall, and fell at intervals ftll 

 day, rendering the roade quite white and eUppery.— G, J. Svmons. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET,— November 80. 

 The market has been heavily supplied during the past week with all 

 clasBes of goods, and Tith trade doll clearanoeB have only been effeot«d at 

 lower prices. 



