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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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Second, H. Beldon, Bradford. Commended, J. Calvert, Thorne ; Messrs. 

 fi. & G. Newton, Garforth ; T. Downing, Thome. 



Game Bantam* (Any breed). — Silver Cup, T. H. D. Bailey, Ickwell 

 House, Biggleswade. Highly Commended, C. W. Brierley, Rochdale. Com- 

 mended, J. Cro6sland, Wakefield ; W. Silvester, Market Hall, Sheffield ; 

 E. Yeardley, Wisewood, Sheffield. 



Bantams (Silver or Goldeu-laced). — First, H. Beldon, Bradford. Second 

 E. Yeardley, Wisewood, Sheffield. Commended, H. M. Stark, Hull; J' 

 Staley, North Collingham, Newark. 



Bantams (Black, "White, or any colour). — First, J. Dixon, Bradford- 

 Second, R. M. Stark, Hull. 



Any Brked or Cross. — First, R. M. Stark, Hull (Grey Dorking). Second, 

 J. Dixon, Bradford (Golden Poland). Highly Commended, Hon. T. C. H. 

 Hawke, Womersley (Brahma) ; R, White, Sheffield (Cochin). Sens.— 

 First, H. Beldon, Bradford (Spanish). Second, J. J. Cranidge, Crowle (Red 

 Caps). Highly Commended, W. Boyes, Beverley (Brown Red) ; E. Brown. 

 Sheffield (Spanish) ; C. W. Brierley, Rochdale (Black Red Game) ; R, 

 Williamson, Wheatley (Spanish); Commended, Hon. T. C. H. Hawke, 

 Womersley (Cochin); J. Gibson, Hatfield (Golden-spangled Hamburgh). 



Chickens (Any pure breed).— First, A. Bell, Burnley (Black Red Game). 

 Second, M. Durham, Thorne (White Dorking). Highly Commended, J. 

 Dixon, Bradford (Silver-spangled Hamburghs) ; T. Pldd, Crowle (Brown 

 Red Game). 



Guinea Fowls. — First, J. Dixon, Bradford. Second, H. Merkin, 

 Driffield. 



Turkeis. — First, Miss Blacker, Moorends. Second and Commended, 

 J. Dixon, Bradford. 



Geese.— First, J. Dixon, Bradford. Second. Hon. F. C. H. Hawke, 

 Womersley. Qibs.— First, G. Outwin, Hatfield Park. Second, J. Lee, 

 Sykehouse. Highly Commended, R. Longhorn, Armyn. Commended, 

 Miss Aldam, Holmes, Epworth. 



Ducas (Any breed).— First, J. Dixon, Bradford. Second, H. Beldon, 

 Bradford. 



Ducks (Aylesbury).— First and Second, Mrs. M. Searoons, Aylesbury. 



Rabbits.— Buck and Doc. — First, G. Woodley, Thorne. Second, I. T. 

 Spencer, Doncaster. Highly Commended, G. White, Thorne ; J. Holmes, 

 Hatfield. Buck.— First, W. Trimingham, Thorne. Second, J. Sunderland, 

 Halifax. Doc. —First, J. Creaser, Thorne. Second, J. Sunderland, jun. 

 Highly Commended, R. Gravil, Thorne. For weight. — First, G. Woodley. 

 Second, J. Gregory, Hatfield. 



PIGEONS. 



Carriers.— First, W. Carlton, Howden. Second, J. B. Hepworth, Bears- 

 wood Green. Highly Commended, S. Robson, Brotherton. Commended, 

 H. Beldon, Bradford ; H. Yeardley, Birmingham. 



Croppers. — First, H. Beldon, Bradford. Second, S. Robson, Brotherton. 

 Highly Commended, H. Yeardley, Birmingham ; E. Brown, Sheffield ; 

 C. W. Brierley, Rochdale. 



Tumblers.— First, H. Beldon. Bradford. Second, J. Mann, Pigburn. 

 Highly Commended, R. Gravil, Thorne. 



Jacobins. — First, C. H. Brierley, Rochdale. Second, W. Riley, Belton. 

 Highly Commended, T. M. Stoker, Darrington ; H. Yeardley, Birmingham. 



Nuns.— First, F. Key, Beverley. Second, H. Beldon, Bradford. Com- 

 mended, H. Yeardley, Birmingham. 



Trumpeters.— First, S. Robson, Brotherton. Second, W. Carlton, How- 

 den. Highly Commended, A. Beldon, Bradford ; — Yeardley, Birming- 

 ham ; F. Key, Beverley. 



Tuhbits.— First, H. Beldon, Bradford. Second, Messrs. Holding & Robin- 

 son, Beverley. Commended, E. Jobling, Newcastle. 



Fantails. — First, F. Key, Beverley. Second, E. Brown, Sheffield. Highly 

 Commended, E. Jobling, Newcastle. 



Owls.— First, H. Beldon, Bradford. Second, E. Jobling, Newcastle. 

 Highly Commended, H. Ravenhill, Doncaster; W. Hattersley, Sheffield. 

 Commended, H. Yeardley, Birmingham. 



Extra Stock.— Commended, J. Crea6er, Thorne. 

 Mr. Edward Hewitt, of Eden Cottage, Sparkbrook, near 

 Birmingham, awarded the prizes to poultry, Babbits, and 

 Pigeons. 



THE BRADFORD SILVEK CUP BLACK 



BANTAMS. 



In your remarks last week relative to Bantams at the Bath 

 and West of England Poultry Exhibition you say, " Black ones 

 secured the silver cup for the best pen of any breed of Bantams 

 shown. They were excellent ; but it was rumoured among 

 amateurs the address of the owner was assumed — a report scarcely 

 credible, so long as even the number of the house is added to the 

 general address in the printed catalogue." 



Having given currency to an impression, which, taken in con- 

 junction with the late remarkable Black Bantam controversy, is 

 calculated to throw suspicion on either the exhibitor or the 

 birds, allow me to say the Bantams belong to my daughter, and 

 have been exhibited thrice, each time successfully. In addition 

 to your own report, a contemporary having characterised the 

 pen as " perfect Blacks," it is, perhaps, unnecessary to say 

 more than to inform certain "amateurs," that the name Kate 

 Charlton is very little indeed of a myth, and that the ad- 

 dress in the catalogue is the residence of — T„ J. Charlton, 

 Bradford. 



DISTINCT VARIETIES OF DORKINGS. 



Il appears to me that the different breeds of Coloured Dork- 

 ings are very imperfectly classified. Although I do not pretend 

 to know all the varieties, yet I know that besides Silver-Greys 

 there is a variety in which the hens are of a light grey colour 

 with a light hackle, and another of a dark grey colour with a 

 dark hackle, and it is to these two varieties that I allude, 



I think that it would be an improvement if each of these 

 varieties had distinguishing names of their own. For instance : 

 Parties advertising their stock for sale in The Journal of Hor- 

 ticulture should state which of these varieties it is they offer, 

 so that those wishing to improve their breed by a change would 

 have an opportunity of knowing from whom to purchase stock 

 of the eame colour as their own. — A North Briton. 



[The two birds you mention are not sufficiently distinct to 

 render necessary a separate classification of them ; as very often 

 the darker birds get much lighter after the first moult, and it 

 often happens that the two colours, as described by you, are seen 

 in the same brood, the produce of the same parents.] 



BEE SEASON IN EAST LOTHIAN. 



Ilf complying with the request of " A. W.," page 446 of The 

 Journal op Horticulture, on the bee season, and " our 

 success and failure" here, East Lothian, I have to state that this 

 season, though warmer than last, has been no better for the bees 

 obtaining food, owing to the frequent showers and dull days. 

 I had my first swarm on the 11th, the same day I had one 

 in 1862, one on the 14th, and one on the 17th from the 

 artificial Ligurian hive which I made laBt year, July 26th, I 

 expect other four as soon as the weather will allow them to 

 come, and these I intend to make artificial Ligurian hives, by 

 taking a bar-frame from my old Ligurian, depriving them of their 

 own queen. The first swarm I put into a Stewarton-hive, 

 being anxious to try that kind, believing it to be good for making 

 honey. 



On the 12th I took out two bars, one full of young brood in 

 all stages, the other containing a good number of drones in all 

 stages likewise, and put them into an empty box along with two 

 empty combs, being determined to use every means to keep the 

 Ligurians pure. In giving the queen the black bees of the hive 

 I took the day previous, I did not want her to get any black 

 drones, and I thought we had fallen on a simple method of 

 doing this, as well as a secure one. I had the perforated zinc 

 which some of your correspondents use for keeping out the 

 drones from the supers. With it I covered the box containing 

 the young brood, and by turning up the one containing the 

 bees, plaoiDg the other on the top, I expected a good many bees 

 would go into the upper one through the perforated zinc. Being 

 aware, however, that all would not leave the queen, it would 

 still make it easier to keep back the drones and queen, not- 

 withstanding a considerable amount of beating on the under 

 hive containing the bees and queen, we could only induce a few 

 to go through the zinc. We then had to resort to the old 

 method of shaking them out on a sheet, a few at a time, and 

 making them run into the hive, which they did at once, one 

 keeping a piece of the perforated zinc ready at the mouth of the 

 hive to prevent any drones entering. This was not much re- 

 quired, as there were only thirteen drones, which were easily 

 secured before entering, and the queen also. They were all into 

 the hive and on the Btance in a quarter of an hour. I gave her 

 a good feed at once, and in the afternoon they had be^un carry- 

 ing bee-bread, and although giving unmistakeable symptoms of 

 being m want of a queen till the following day, they are now 

 working as well as any. 



I intend to do other five or six in the same manner, and then 

 send the whole of the Ligurians, old and young, away to a neigh- 

 bour's garden, who has only two hives, which I will bring here. 

 They will then be two miles from the nearest black bees, and 

 where it is a considerable deal colder, being much higher and 

 at the foot of the hills. The Ligurian drones in their hymeneal 

 excursions may come this way, but I do not anticipate that the 

 black ones will go into such a cold place. At all events, it is 

 the only chance I have of keeping them pure, and had it not 

 been that so many around here had lost all their stocks, I could 

 not have managed it. 



Some wishing to purchase from me the pure stock I have been 

 at this trouble, otherwise I am disposed to think that a mixed 

 breed or hybrid would "be an improvement. I have obtained 



