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JOURNAL OF HOKTICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ July 13, 1871. 



as Mr. Barrett says, Mr. King took two firsts, two seconds, and one third 

 prize, yet one of the firsts was in the selling class, where it is well known 

 to the fancy that, as a rule, only second andthird-class orinferior Rabbits 

 are entered to sell at a low price, in consequence of their defects in the 

 best points. I have no wish to depreciate Mr. King's stock, still less to 

 find fault with the committee. I was induced to mn.ke the remarks I did 

 more for the interest of the Society in the future than to find fault with 

 the committee for the past. — J. HuiiE."— [We cannot insert more on this 

 subject.] 



Large Fowls with Bantams. — " E. E, F." quite corroborates what Mr. 

 Long says about keeping large fowls and Bantams together. *' E. E. F." 

 has Crtve-Cceurs and White Bantams, which have been allowed to run 

 together, thinking from the great difference in the size there would be 

 no fear of crossin?. Alas ! nearly all the Bantam chicks have hatched 

 jet black, only four or five have been pure. The black chicks are consi- 

 derably larger than the Bantams, but have neither comb nor tufts like 

 the Creve-Cceurs. 



Crossin'g Toulouse and Co:i^IO^■ Geese (Another Disheartened). — 

 There is no doubt, in the first instance, the Toulouse gander was put to 

 his companions too late in the season. The eggs of the second year had 

 been impregnated, or they would not be rotten; they would have re- 

 mained clear without any change taking place in them. They may have 

 been chilled by exposure to the weather, or by being left too long by the 

 Goose. There is no doubt a change had taken place in the eggs. A germ 

 had been developed, and it had then been suffered to perish, hence the 

 decay. Did the Geese sit on their own eggs? We advise you not to be 

 disheartened, but to try them again, but let them run entirely together. 

 Have no other gander. Scatter yonr eggs about. Let the cottagers who 

 keep Geese have some of the eggs to sit, and pay them at ten weeks old 

 for all they hatch and rear. It will answer the purpose of both. When 

 you are dealing with the produce you must recollect they will not be as 

 good sitters as the unmixed com.mon birds. The Toulouse do not sit. 

 Do not put more than three Geese to a gander. 



Le Pigeon Yotageue (X. Y. Z.).— Look on page 20 of our last week's 

 number relative to "Belgian Pigeons." 



Pigeons with Flight-feather Shafts Bare (YorJcshire). —The sand 

 and the sawdust so industriously supplied by you all over the floor and 

 nests are most likely the cause of your trouble. We never have a grain 

 of sand or sawdust in our loft. Such things at best only cause dust to 

 fly in the eyes of the birds. We have the floor swept clean and clear 

 every morning, and nothing but food trays, water supply, and a low pan 

 containing broken mortar and a little salt mixed with it. We like the 

 floor to be as free from dust as those of our own bedrooms. 



Smerle Pigeons (J. Good). — We do not know. Some one who has 

 them lor sale will advertise perhaps. 



Fantail Pigeons not Bearing theie Young ( ). — It has been the 



same with our birds; we have only raised one young one this season. 

 First there was the very cold winter injuring the old ones, then their 

 young seemed weak ; then first there was the cold spring, and now cold 

 and damp summer ; consequently on the least absence from the nest of 

 the parents their young die at once. It is a very bad year both for 

 Pigeons and Canaries. We have lost dozens of young birds, Pigeons and 

 Canaries. 



HrnAiATAN Rareit Points (F. Sahhage). — The points of excellence in 

 the Himalayan Babbit are undoubtedly the darkness of extremities, 

 especially nose and ears, which should be of as deep a shade as possible, 

 and all the same ; yet at times one ear will be a little darker than the 

 other, and, perhaps, the hind feet will incline to a grey, which is ob- 

 jectionable, l^o white foot is allowable. The ears should be erect, 

 rather short, eye clear pink, and the general appisarance of the Babbit 

 well-prop or tionedj not " st^lmpy," as is often the case; weight from 

 6 to b lbs. 



Warts on Eyelid op Babbit (Idem). — Apply a thin paste of sulphur, 

 sweet oil, and two or three drops of creosote to the parts afi'ected, avoid- 

 as much as possible touching the eye in the application, as the pain will 

 he acute. If it be merely an attack of scurf, tobacco water should be 

 made by putting half an ounce of Limerick roll tobacco in a small teacnp- 

 ful of warm water, and allowing it to stand three hours ; then apply 

 with caution to the parts afi'ected. If used in the early stage of the attack 

 once or twice will probably be sufficient to effect a cure. 



Swarm Returning (Alpha). — We should remove the super forthwith, 

 as the bees cannot be expected to complete it after throwing-off a maiden 

 swarm. Returning swarms is often so Sisyphean a task, in the absence 

 of the facilities for excising royal cells presented by moveable-comb 

 hives, that we would advise your accepting the swarm, or even swarms, 

 if more issue, and placing it or them in proxim:ty to the parent hive, 

 with the view of uniting them by driving in the autumn. 



AuTUiTNAL Cabe OF Bees (Prospero). — You ask, " Is there anything I 

 can especially attend to now about my bees ? they are very strong and 

 active." We cannot do better than extract the following from our " Bee- 

 keeping for the Many:" — "Now, as early swarms appear to be so very 

 desirable, it may be asked, What are the most likely means of insuring 

 them ? And, in reply to this question, we would say. Leave the stocks 

 rich in store in the autumn, the contents of each hive weighing, at least, 

 from 20 to 25 lbs., and let the population also of each hive be very nume- 

 rous ; if it be not so, add the bees from wenk hives into it. Where 

 second and third swarms have been hived by themselves they will gene- 

 rally be found too poor to live through the winter, even with feeding ; and 

 where this has been done, they may be put two or three together. Those 

 persons who have been so fortunate as to get their glasses filled with 

 honey will now be preparing to take them off; but we would recommend 

 everyone to do it with great caution, and not only first to weigh the 

 matter well in their own minds, but also to weigh their hives, and if it 

 can be satisfactorily proved that they will contain 20 lbs. of honey each 

 when the glaesea are removed, all well ; but if not, let the glass or box 

 remain upon the stock hive until the bees have emptied it of its honey ; 

 as soon as this is ascertained let it be removed." 



Queens Piping — Uniting Stocks (A. JS.).— Piping does occasionally, 

 aUhouflh rarely, occur p'rior to the issue of a first or prime swarm, but in 

 sach a case we should suspect that a young queen had already escaped, 

 and probably committed matricide. Stocks that are intended to be 

 united in antuma ehould, if possible, be located in close prosimlty to 



each other, and the doubled hive may, as soon as the union is effected, 

 be shifted to a position midway between the two ; or, if these conditions 

 cannot conveniently be fulfilled, an a,rrangemeut might possibly be made 

 to exchange driven bees with some friendly bee-keeper, whose apiary is 

 situated some distance off. 



Earwigs.- 

 so, how ? 



-O. G. P. inquires if they can be kept out of a house, and if 



METEOEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, 



Ca:iiEden Square, London. 



Lat. 51° 32' 40" N. ; Long. 0^ 8' 0" W. ; Altitude 111 feet. 



Date. 







9 A.ai 









[N THE Day. 







1871. 





Hygrome- 

 ter. 



Direc- 

 tion of 

 Wind. 



Temp, 

 of SoU 

 at 1 ft. 



Shade Tem- 

 peratnre. 



Radiation 

 Tempera- 

 ture. 



1 



July. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Max. 



Mm. 



In 

 Bun. 



On 



grass 



We. 5 

 Th. 6 

 Fri. 7 

 Sat. 8 

 Sun. 9 

 Mo. 10 

 Ta. 11 



Inches. 

 29.943 

 30.219 

 30.107 

 29.9C5 

 29.998 

 29.995 

 29.679 



deg. 

 62.3 

 62.0 

 64.8 

 65.0 

 67.4 

 62.9 

 62.8 



dea. 

 56.0 

 57.0 

 38 4 

 56.5 

 59.0 

 66.8 

 62.3 



S.W. 

 S.W. 

 S.W. 



W. 

 S.W. 



N. 

 iN.B. 



deg. 

 57.6 

 57.9 

 58.6 

 60.2 

 60.6 

 60.2 

 59.8 



?fo- 



71.3 

 77.1 

 72.3 

 73.2 

 77.0 

 59.2 



deg. 

 60.2 

 49.7 

 56.8 

 67.4 

 60.6 

 48.6 

 61.8 



deg. 

 117.8 

 118.8 

 122.2 

 125.0 

 12S.8 

 120.1 



87.1 



deg. 

 49.2 

 47.8 

 65.3 

 64.4 

 55.0 

 47.3 

 63.0 



In. 

 0.800 



0.180 

 1.230 

 0.810 



Means 



29.9S4 



62.6 



56.6 





69.8 



71.4 



53.6 



116.4 



51.3 



2.020 



Dth." 



REMAEKS. 

 ■Very heavy shower at 0.45 p.m., and lesser ones until 4.30 p.sz 



Morning and evening fine. 

 6th. — Showery in morning, fine in afternoon and evening. 

 7th. — Bather dull in morning, but very fine all the rest of the day ; sun 



very hot, but a cool breeze. 

 8th. — Rather cooler, but a beautiful day. 

 9th. — Fine morning, rain at noon and at intervals all day ; heavy rain at 



7 P.M., 0.16 inch falling in ten minutes. 

 10th.— Fine morning, but showery all day, and heavy rain all night. 

 11th. — Heavy rain in morning and till 5 p.si., then fine evening. 



The rainof ilonday and Tuesday was unusually heavy, the total amount- 

 being more than 1^ inch. The only fair comparison with previous re- 

 cords is, however, by taking the twenty-four hours ending with 9 a-m., 

 and then the amount is 1.23, which has* only been exceeded since 1858 on 

 the following occasions — 1859, September 26th, 1.66 ; 1861, November 13th,. 

 1.42; 1S63, June 19th, L55; 1867, July 25th, 1.82; 1871, July-lOth, 1.23.— 

 G. J. Symons. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— July 12. 

 The supply during the past week has been much lighter and prices 

 fully maintained. Bush fruit has been comparatively scarce, especially 

 Currants, blight having struck them over a large area round London. 

 Importations are large, and comprise Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, 

 Cherries, Currants, and the usual kinds of vegetables. 



Apples J sieve 



Apricots doz. 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts bushel 



Currants i sieve 



Black do. 



Figs doz. 



Filbertg lb. 



Cobs lb. 



Gooseberries quart 



Grapes, Hothouse.... lb. 



Lemons ^100 



Melons.. each 



Artichokes doz. 



AsparagTis »100 



Beans, Kidney .,.-¥*' 100 



Eroad bushel 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Brussels Sprouts,. ^ieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicmna ^100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Coleworts. .doz. bunches 

 Cucumbers each 



pickling doz. 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish .... bundle 



s. d. s. 

 1 G to4 



Mulberries lb. 



Nectarines doz. 6 



Oranges %*■ 100 6 



Peaches doz. S 



Pears, kitchen doz. 



dessert doz. 



Pine Apples lb. 4 



Plums J sieve 



Quinces doz. 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries lb. 



d. 

 too 

 20 



Walnuts bushel 10 16 



ditto,, 



,.^100 X 2 



■VEGETABLES. 



d. B. 



Oto 6 



8 



6 



























6 







G 







6 











3 



Leeks bunch 



Lettnce doz. 



Mushrooms pottle 



Mustard & Cress . . punnet 

 Onions per doz. bunches 



pickling quart 



Parsley sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes .. doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sea-kale basket 



ShaUots lb. 



Spinach bnsbel 



Tomatoes doe. 



Tomips bunch 



Vegetable Marro ws , . doz. 



d. s. 

 4 too 

 3 1 

 2 



a 



POULTRY MARKET.— July 12. 

 Peices with us have downward tendency, the snpply increases, and the 

 demand falls oS. 



Large Fowls *.. 2 



Smaller ditto 3 



Chicfeens 1 



Ducklinga 2 



Goslinga 5 



Pheaft&nte 



d. s. 

 6 to 3 



2 



6 1 



3 



6 







a. 





3. 

 ... 



a. 8. a 



9 to 10 



K 





.... 1 



S 1 6 



q 



Wild ditto 



... 



9 10 



f\ 





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