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Pigeons.— Carriers.— 1. H. Thurlow. 2, E. Mayston. Poufers.— I, Withheld. 

 2, T. C. Baldwin. Balds or Beards— 1 and 2, W. Woodhouse. c, W. T. Tye. 

 Tumblers— I and 3, W. Woodhouse. c, H. Thurlow. Barhs.—l, G. Morlms;. 

 2 T Miller jnn FanfaiZs.—l, W. Woodhouse. 2. T. C.Baldwin. Antwerps.— 

 1 and 2, E. Mayston. Any other Variety— 1, H. Thnrlow. 2, E. J. Turner, 

 c, W. Woodhouse ; W. Martin ; R. Crane ; Miss M. A. Kiven (2). SeUl?ia Class. 

 —1, H. Thurlow. 2, E. Crane. 



CANARIES. 



NoEwicH.— Clear Ycilow.— 1 and 2, Cockle & Watson, he, E. Patrick. Clear 

 Buff,— I and 2, Cockle & Watson, he, J. Goodman. „ „ . . , 



Norwich.— Fariejatei Telloxo.-l and 2, Cockle & Watson, he, E. Patrick; 

 E. Eichardson, sen. Variegated Buff.—l and he, Cookie & Watson. 2, — New- 

 land. 



Lizards.— land 2, Cockle & Watson. , , , ^ ,, j 



Ant other Variety.- 1, Cockle & Watson. 2, J. Newland. he, Cookie and 

 Watson ; — Richardson, sen. 



Mule.— 1. 2, and he (3).— J. Goodman. ,„ ,„ . ^^ „ t^ t^ ^ - , 



Any other Vaeieti of British Song Bikd.— 1, W. Wright. 2, E. Patrick. 

 Ac, T. J. MUler, jun. 



Selling Class.- 1, W. Wright. 2 and e, E. Patrick. 



Eabbits.- iop-eared.— 1 and he, G. MorMng. 2, Master G. A. A. Eouse. Any 

 ■other Variety.— 1, Mrs. 0. North. 2, A. Langley. Extra Class.— he, J. Sharman. 



Judge. — Mr. "W. B. Tegetmeier. 



WHITBY CANARY SHOW. 



Tms was held on the 12th inst., in connection with the Flower 

 Show. The following awards were made by the Judge, Mr. W. A. 

 Blakston, of Snnderland : — 



CANARIES. 



Norwich.— reiioio.-l, S. Bunting, Derby. 2,fJ. Close, Derby. Equal 2, 

 Adams & Athersuch. vhe, G. Gayton, Northampton, he, Mrs. Wilkinson ; 

 Porritt & Eaw, Euswarp ; R. Hawraan, Middlesbrough ; J. Cleminson, Darling- 

 ton, e, E. Mills, Sunderland. Buff.—l and 2, Adams & Athersuch. Equal 2, 

 Barwell & Golby, Northampton, vhe, G. Medd, Scarborough ; Moore & Wynn, 

 Northampton; J. Close ; S. Bunting, he, Bexson & Bennett, Derby ; Barwell 

 and Golby. c, J. Cleminson. 



iJoRyviam— Evenly-marked Yellow.— 1, Barwell & Golby. 2, Adams & Ather- 

 such. 3, Holmes & Doyle, Nottingham, he, S. Bunting, e, Moore & Wynu. 

 Evenly-marked Buff,—i, Adams & Athersuch. 2, S. Bunting, vhe, Adams and 

 Athersuch. c, Moore & Wynn ; Holmes & Doyle ; E. Mills. Unevenly-marked 

 Yellow.— 1, J. Close. 2, S. Bunting, vhe, Bexson & Bennett ; G. Medd. he, 

 M. C. Readman, Whitby. Unevenbi-marked Buff.—l, Harwell & Golby. 2, Bex- 

 son & Bennett. 8, J. Cleminson. Equal S, S. Bunting, vhe, J. Close ; Barwell 

 and Golby ; Adams & Athersuch. he, Moore & Wynn ; Bexson & Bennett. 



Norwich.— Fcliow or Buff, G-reen, &rey. Buff, or Yellow Crest.— 1, Barwell 

 and Golby. 2, Holmes & Doyle, c, J. A. Barber, Leicester; Moore & Wynn; 

 S. Bunting ; Bexson & Bennett ; G. Clipson. Northampton. 



Belgian.— re!iO!0.—l, M. E. Kobinson, Middlesbrough. 2 andS, W. Bulmer, 

 Stockton, c, J. N. Harrison, Belper. Buff.—l and 2. W. Bulmer. vhe, J. N. 

 Harrison, he, M. E. Robinson, c, L. Belk : J. Close (2). 



Yokkshire.- YeZioic.—l, J. Rowland, Saltburn. 2. J. Cooper, Middlesbrough. 

 c, E. Hawman. Buff.—l, H. Ward, Skelton. 2, W. W. Johnson, Carlton. North- 

 allerton, c, W. & C. Bm-niston, Newport, Middlesbrough ; T. Waudby, Norton, 

 Mai ton. 



Cinnamon.— rei(oic.—l, BarweU & Golby. 2, Holmes & Doyle, he, W. W. 

 Johnson. Bii#.— I, Barwell & Golby. 2, E. MUls. ftc, Moore & Wynn ; J. N. 

 Harrison. ,,,,„. 



1,1ZA.BD.— Golden-spangled.— 1 and 2, Smith & Preen, Coventry, c, J. N. Harri- 

 son ; Greenwood & Jackson. Silver-spangled.— 1 and 2, R. Ritchie, Darlington. 

 vhe. Smith & Preen, c, J. Taylor. 



Canahy.— ffreen.— 1, W. Lawson. 2. J. Stevens, Middlesbrough, he, T. Allenby, 

 Durham, c, Fairelough & Howe, Middlesbrough. 



Any other Variety.- 1, W. Bulmer. 2. W. & C. Bumiston. 8, Moore and 

 Wynn. Equals, E. Hawman. vhe. M. E. Robinson; L. Belk, Dewsbury(2); 

 Pairelough & Howe, he, J. N. Harrison. 



Canaries.— Sia; Young.— I, Hardy & Atkinson, Whitby. 2, E. Hawman. c, H. 

 Dale, Whitby ; T. Allenby ; Mrs. Wilkinson ; W. W. Johnson. 



Goldfinch Mule.— reuotw ll/arfced.—l, J. Stevens. 2, G. Bell, Whitby. Buff 

 Marked.— 1, P. Eaynor, Whitby. 2, J. Taylor, c, J. Cooper. Dark.— I, E. 

 Hawman. 2, J. N. Harrison, c, W. Cattle, Norton, Malton. 

 FOEEIGN BIRDS. 



Parrot.- 1, Mrs. WeighUl, Whitby. 



LOCAL PRIZES. 



Norwich.- yelZoic or Buff.—l, H. Dale 2, M. C. Readman. Jie, R. Robinson ; 

 IVIcLacklin & Brown, Whitby (2) ; Mrs. Wilkinson, Whitby, c, Mrs. Wilkineon ; 

 J. Gray, Whitby. Marked, Yellow or Buff.—l, M. C. Readman, Whitby. 

 ■2, McLacklin & Brown. 



C^N&RY.—Any other Variety.— 1, M. Taylor, Whitby. 2, Porritt & Eaw, Rus- 

 warp. 



Mule. — 1, J. Gray. 2, J. Pearson. Equal 2, J. Gray. 



Bullfinch. — 1, McLacklin & Brown. 2, T. Harland, Grosmont. 



Goldfinch. — 2, T. H. Woodwark, Whitby. 



Linnet. — 1, W. Henderson, Whitby. 2, Porritt & Eaw. 



PIGEON-TRIMMING AT ALLERTON SHOW. 



I REPUDIATE the charge of inequality of judgment brought 

 ■Jorward by Mr. Tardley, also deny that I ever awarded a 

 prize, or even a commendation, to a pair of Nuns in the dis- 

 graceful state in which I found Mr. Yardley's birds at the 

 Allerton Show. The transparency of Mr. Yardley offering to 

 bring the birds forward for inspection is sufficiently manifest. 

 If they be now, as he says, " in pen feather," that is proof 

 sufficient that they were in full feather one month ago. Yet 

 this I consider of little importance, as the feathers were not 

 " abstracted," but cut off. 



Bat what will Mr. Yardley say to the fact that they have 

 been again examined and disqualified at Pocklington Show last 

 Thursday, and with the assistance of three of the Stewards, 

 Messrs. E. Candall, G. Smith, and John Silbum, two of the 

 cut feathers " abstracted," and that they have now a place in 

 my cabinet alongside of those I took out at Allerton Show ? 



Now, with respect to the sexes of the pair of Djragoons, Mr. 

 Yardley, in quoting from my report, does not note that I 

 awarded the prize at AUertoa Show tmder a doubt, and made 



the remark with reservation ; but the " conflicting feature " 

 will be explained when I tell him that at Stanningley I had an 

 excellent colleague in Mr. Dixon, of Bradford, who pronounced 

 the birds two cocks at first sight, and this being also my 

 opinion, they were left out altogether. According to Mr. 

 Yardley this will be "novice" No. 2, and if he had been on 

 the show ground he might have counted " novices " by the 

 score, for it was the universally and freely-expressed opinion 

 there that the birds were two cocks. I have no doubt but that 

 my judgment is of too uniform a character for Mr. Yardley and 

 the clique of trimmers he has taken upon himself to represent ; 

 but no threat that he can throw out will deter me from the 

 course I have hitherto pursued. — E. Hotion. 

 [Here the controversy must close. — Ens.] 



JUDGING THE QUALITY OF HONEY. 



Honey is judged mainly by its colour; but owing to there 

 being often a very great difference in the colour of the comb, 

 and the additional fact that bees often put white honey in dark 

 combs, and vice versa, it is manifest that very great care must 

 be exercised in taking into account both the comb and the 

 honey. The proper way to judge honey is to strain it into 

 glass jars. You can then readily judge of its colour. Bat then 

 there are at least two other qualities to be considered — thickness 

 and flavour. In jadging of its thickness, it is necessary for the 

 jadge to know whether that quality was imparted in the first 

 instance, or whether it is due to the action of light; for the 

 chemical rays of light act upon honey very much as they do 

 upon the iodide of silver on the photographer's excited collo- 

 dion plate. 



Take two bottles of honey from the same comb, seal them 

 up perfectly tight, and keep them both at the same tempera- 

 ture, only one in the sunlight and the other in a dark room, 

 and the former will gradually grow thick and finally assume a 

 semi-crystalline shape, while the other will retain its original 

 fluidity. This is one reason why bees always work in the dark, 

 and why honey should always be kept in the dark or in opaque 

 vessels. 



It would be wrong to award a first prize to a jar of honey 

 that had become thickened by the action of light, because it 

 thereby becomes deteriorated. Still, honey, to be superior, 

 should not be very thin. 



Flavour is also a very important consideration, and must 

 always be required. A good-flavoured dark honey may some- 

 times be superior to a white honey which looks much better. 

 The thickness and thinness of honey depend upon the source 

 from which it is gathered, rather than upon the secretive action 

 of the bee, whether we admit that the insect makes or simply 

 gathers it. — {Scientific Press.) 



Value oi' Produce. — It is provided by the tenure of the 

 manor of Brisingham, in Norfolk, "that all commoners pay 

 hens' eggs and day's work with their plough to the Lord of 

 the Manor." The quit-rents were paid by a small rental in 

 money, and by three roots of ginger, valued at Id., 95 hens at 

 7s. 2d., 17 capons at IJd. each, 5 ducks at lOd., and 639 eggs 

 at 3d. a-hundred. The date of this document is in 1341, the 

 15th year of Edward III. 



OUR LETTER BOX. 



KrcHMONDSHiRE AND STOCKTON POULTRY Shows {Several Suhscrihers) 

 — The Committees did not advertise them ; therefore, we conclude they 

 do not care about the Shows being reported. 



White Cochin Slightly Yellow (May). — It is unquestionably desir- 

 able that a White Cochin cock should be dead white ; but straw-coloured 

 hackles and saddles are very common. They are not a disqualification, 

 but they are a disadvantage, and in close competition would decide 

 against their possessor. We are answering your question in the belief 

 the colour is really straw, as compared with milk white, and not one of 

 those darker shades, which in tender mouths are called "golden," or 

 " auburn," and are in reality deep reds. 



Chickens Dying (A. S. L. If.).— We have no doubt we could give you 

 some advice if you afford the means, but your query is too vague. You 

 do not mention the breed, food, locality, nor symptoms. We cannot even 

 gaess at an answer, if we are only told that " when about the size of 

 Pigeons they turn black and die." 



Chickens Dwindling {SulscriheT). — Do your chickens have plenty of 

 sun ? Have they a good grass run ? Is the cucumber-yard paved ? Is 

 there a dungheap or anything of the sort ? The (space you mention is 

 small for fifty chickens, and unless they are supplied with artificial helps 

 there is little hope of your rearing them. Where chickens .have the ad- 

 vantage of the run of a kitchen garden, or of an acre or two of grass, 

 they pick up a great deal of natural food, and can- make-up with the dry 

 , com you mention. For young and old, ground food is better and cheaper 



