April 27, 1871. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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tlie best pen ol Pigeons. The second were White. The Barbs were 

 good, the first prize being awarded to Dnns, and the second to Blachs. 

 Of Jacobins, the first were Eeds, and the second Yellow, both pairs 

 being nice specimens. Of Tnrbits, the first-prize bii-ds were Bed, and 

 the second Blue, both pens highly deserving their position ; but a pen 

 in this class belonging to Mr. Lund was disqualified, as a roode of 

 trimming had been adopted that displayed considerable still and 

 practice on the , part of the manipulator. The spike of the cock bird 

 not being the proper shape, had been placed in the right position, and 

 there secured with starch, gum, or some other glutinous substance, and 

 beautifully powdered over with Spanish white or some other article 

 likely to give a frosted appearance, and we must admit that at 

 first sight the effect was very good. In Short-faced Tumblers the con- 

 test lay between two pairs of Almonds, the first being very good in 

 skull and ground colour, but not so good in eye and marking as the 

 second. Of common Tumblers the first-prize pair were the best Bed 

 Mottles we remember to have seen, and the second were very good 

 Bed Baldpates. The Antwerps were as good as could be wished, the 

 first sound-coloured Duns, the second very handsome Bed Chequers, 

 and the whole class was well deserving of notice. The Fantails were 

 good, but some of the pens too small for a proper display of their style. 

 Of Owls, the foreign variety eclipsed the rest entirely, not a single 

 correct English Owl being worthy of notice. Blues won the prizes, 

 although one pair of Blue-tailed AVhites were very fine. Many more 

 prizes might have been worthily dispensed in the Variety class as 

 most of the birds were very good ; the first position was awarded to a 

 handsome pair of Black-Mottled Trumpeters, and the second to an 

 , exquisite pair of German Ice Pigeons. 



SP.IXISH (Blac'K).— 1, E. NewWtt. Epworlh, Lincolnshire. 2, J. J. Booth, 

 Silsden. he, H. Bsldon. Goilstock, Biniley (2). c, J. Powell. BratUord. 



DOEKINGS.— 1, J. White, Warlabv, Northallerton. 2. Miss B. Peirse, Bedale. 

 COCHIN-CHINA. — 1, E. Leach, Rochdale. 2, J. EoUinson, Lindlev, Otley. 

 he, H. Beldon ; J. Dtson, Brad Jord ; H. C. Mason, Drighlington, Leeds, e, J. 

 Watts, Birmingham. 



Beahsu Pootka.— 1 and 2, H. Beldon. he, J. "Watts ; J. B. Eritton, Pottery, 

 Leeds. 



Poland.— 1, W. Harvey. Sheffield. 2. H. Beldon. he, H. Beldon (2) ; H. B. 

 .Smith, Erooklands, Preston; T. S. Turner, Boronghbridge. 



Game.— Bed.— 1, .1. Hodgson. Bradford, 2, ,T. KoUinson. he, Lund & Lam- 

 hert, Silsden ; W. Johnson, Idle, Leeds, c, W. Spencer, Haworth. Cocfc.— 1, T. 

 Oldfield, Sliihden, Halifax. 2, J. P.ollinson. Any other Varietij.—l, H. C. 

 I\Iason. 2 and Cap, J. Eollinson. 



SiLMBXlsaHS.— aoldcn-S2Mniiled. — l, H. Beldon. 2, J. P.ollinson. he, J. 

 J^e^vton, Silsden. Silver-spangled. ~ 1 and 2, H. Beldon. he, J. Newton; 

 .ishton & Booth, Kottram, Chesliire. Golden-pencilled..— X and he, H. Ecldon. 

 2, J. Eollinson. Silver-pencilled.— 1, 2, and Cup, H. Beldon. Blach.—l, c. Sid"- 

 wick, Keishley. 2, W. Collyer, Duhh. Bingley. he, H. Beldon. 



Game Eak-taks.—1. F. Steel, Marsden Hall, Burnlev. 2,E. Newhitt he, Bel- 

 lingham,(i: Gill, Woodtield, Burnley; E. Newbitt. Coelc.—S, S. Smith, North- 

 owram, Halifax, he, B. Newhitt. e, J. Eollinson. 



BasTAMs.— Blach.—l, ^y. Moore. Keighley. 2. J. Watts, he, J. Eollinson ; 

 H. Beldon. c, J. Walker, Halifax. Ant/ other Varietii.—l, H. Beldon. 2, Mrs. 

 E. Frew, Kirkcaldy, Scotland, he. Miss R. C. Frew, Kirkcaldy. 



Ant othek Vauieti-.— 1, H. Beldon. 2, J. Watts (Sultans), he, J. Eollinson ; 

 H. Beldon ; Mrs. J. Cross, Brigs:, c. Miss B. Peirse. 



Ducks. — Bouen. — 1, E. Leach. 2, J. Neivton. he, A. West, Worsthom, 

 Burnley: J. Dixon, Bradford, c, C. Graham. Aldborough, Eoron"hbridge. 

 Aylesburtj.—l. E. Leech. 2, T. Carvers, Borouahhridge. Any other Variety.— 

 1, W. Bmns, Padsey (Whistling Ducks). 2, H. B. Smith, Brdoklands, Preston. 

 ■he, S.& E. Ashton, Mottram ; H. B. Smith; J. Dixon, Bradford (CaroUnas and 

 Pmtails). 



Tdbeeys.— 1, E. Leach. 2, F. Steel, c, S. Beacroft, Fewston ; T. Smith, 

 fataveley, Boronghbridge : M. Kew, Oaltiiam', Rutland. 

 Sellino Class.— 1, W. Fii-th, Birkenshaw. 2. Baxter & Dawson, Idle, Leeds 



PIC-EO>!S. 

 Carriers.- 1, E. Horner, Harewood. 2, H. Yardley, Birmingham, he, W. 

 Barvey. Sheffield. 



PotjTERS.— 1 and Cnp. J. Hawley, Bradford. 2, E. Homer, lie, H. Beldon; 

 W. Harvey. 

 Barbs.— 1, E. Horner. 2, H. Yardley. he, W. H,arvey. 

 Jacobins.— 1 and 2, E. Homer, c, W. C. Dawson, Otley. 

 ToEBiTS.— 1. H. Yardley. 2, H. Beldon. he, W. Lund, Shipley ; H. G. Poole, 

 Bi-..idford. DaquaMfied W. Lund. 



TrniB-LBSs. Short-faced.— 1, E. Homer. 2, W. Hai-vey. he. W. Lund; E. 

 Homer, c, H. Y.ardley. Common.— 1, W, Harvey. 2, H. "Beldon. he, A. Bent- 

 ley, Baildon. c, W. Lund. 



Antwerps.— 1. E. Horner. 2, W. Lund. he. J. W. Collinson, Halifax; W 

 Lund ; J. Cundall, Copt Hewick, Eipon. c, W. Firth. 



Fantjlls.— 1, W. H. Tomlinson, Newark-on-Trent. 2, W. C. Dawson, he, H. 

 Beldon; E. Homer. 



0-Jxs.— I. W. Harvey. 2, B. Horner, he. W. C. Dawson ; H. Beldon. 

 ,,, „' °^^^^ Variety.— i, J. Cnndall. 2, W. C. Dawson, vhc, H. Yardley; 

 , ..^'S'T'"'''''' Ncythallerton. he, H. Beldon ; J. Kirkbright, Bradford; J. Cun- 

 dall; T. Speight, Bradford (Dragoons). 



The Judges were— for Poultry, Mr. E. Teebay, Fulwood, Preston ; 

 for Pigeons, Mr. E. Hutton, Pudsey, Leeds. 



put the matter into the hands of my Folioitor. — Eichakd Hawhan, 

 94, ilarton Road, Middlcsbrougli-on-Tees. 



PRIZE MONEY AT THE LATE THIRSK BIRD 

 SHOW. 

 At the abore Show, held December 28th and 29th, 1S70, I was an 

 exhibitor ; the Judge awarded me two first and three third prizes, and 

 not receiving my prize money within four or five weeks after the Show 

 closed, I wrote to Mr. Bailey, the Secretary, respecting it, and at last 

 had a reply, of which this is a copy. "March 7lh, 1S71. Sir, I 

 intend paying all prize money as soon as I get prize money call in, 

 which I expect will be in about a week. — Yours, &c., T.'B.viley." 

 Although six weeks have elapsed since Mr. Bailey wrote the above 

 note, and nearly four months have elapsed since the' Thirsk Bird Show 

 was held, I have received neither money nor any other note from him 

 and I believe no other prizewinners from Middlesbrough have seen 

 the colour of his coin, and those who have written him have either 

 had their letters ignored or been similarly treated to myself. If I do 

 not receive my prize money by the end of this month, April, I shall 



THE STROUD POULTRY SHOW. 

 Permit me to echo the wish of your correspondent, "An Old Ex- 

 hibitor," that the Stroud Poultry Show and that of the Bath and 

 West of England Society at Guildford may be prevented from falling 

 on the same days. As a member of the Society I am bound to sup- 

 port the latter, although I should have liked to help a poultry show in 

 my own county by sending six or seven pens, "and I hoped to have seen 

 the show also. But, as '" An Old Exhieitop. " incontrovertibly 

 argues, neither exhibition poulti*y nor their owners possess the power 

 of ubiquity. The Stroud Show will suffer to a greater or less extent 

 if the time fixed for it cannot be altered ; in fact, the two exhibitions 

 will mutually injure each other, which is to be regretted. — Glouces- 



TEItSHir.E. 



GREAT HARWOOD SHOW. 



T\'e, the Secretary and Treasurer of the Great Harwood Agricultural 

 Society, have had brought under our notice a letter in your issue of 

 the 6th of April, from Mr. Y''ardley, of Birmingham, complaining that 

 his best Carrier hen and best pair of Barbs were not in the pen at the 

 time of judging. On referring to our olhcer, who has been connected 

 with our Society for many years, we are assured that all kinds of 

 poultry, inclusive of Pigeons, were penned long before the Judge com- 

 menced his duties. Secondly, all poultry, inclusive of Pigeons, were 

 penned according to catalogue. Thirdly, Mr. Yardley's birds were 

 penned as soon as they arrived, and prior to the Judge commencing 

 his labours. They were also fed as early as convenient, and further, 

 they were also housed, fed, and properly cared for during the night of 

 Thursday, and dispatched on Eriday morning, arriving, according to 

 Mr. Yardley's letter, at their destination at 7.40 p.:.i. on Friday even- 

 ing all right. Mr. Yardley's letter contains a gi'ave charge against the 

 oflicers of this Society, and from evidence in their possession they 

 require a retraction. — ^J.uiES Dbaeden, Treasurer ; Aspixall Clay- 

 ton, Secretary. 



[As legal proceedings are threatened by Mr. Hewitt and others, we 

 must decline inserting anything more on the subject. Mr. Hewitt 

 declined acting as Judge any more at the Great Harwood Show. — Eds.] 



NOTES FROM MY CANARY ROOM.— No. 5. 



Any eggs "chipped" j'et? Little "raw gobbles" should be 

 plentiful by this time. If my direotions have been carried 

 out, the thirteenth morning following the sitting of the hen will 

 have ushered into existence the helpless little strangers, for 

 with the confidence of that model matron, Mrs. Gill, you may 

 back the bird " agen Moore's Almanack, to name the very day 

 arnd hour." The .young mother will have done her duty in 

 fitting-up the cradle, but I am afraid I have been somewhat 

 remiss in not furnishing an inventory of articles for the basket. 

 It reminds me of my old friend again. " Don't say its you Mr. 

 Whilks, and that poor ereetur Mrs. Whilks with not even a pin- 

 cushion ready. Don't say its you, BIr. 'Whilks." Well, it is 

 rather an anxious time, especially for beginners, and I can 

 enter into the feelings of a friend, who with grave countenance 

 retired to the quiet of his domestic circle at an early hour the 

 other evening, because he expected a hen to chip in the morning ! 



The great event over, the main question for the next week is 

 to see that the young birds are well fed. But a comparatively 

 small per-centage of those hatched are reared. It all depends 

 upon whether the hen will feed well. The cock always will, but 

 if the hen will neither feed nor leave the nest to give the cock a 

 chance of popping a morsel into their gaping mouths, a conse- 

 quence too familiar to Canary breeders quickly follows. 



Have ready some hard-boiled egg, which pass through the 

 egg box, a simple frame about 8 or 9 inches square covered with 

 perforated zinc. It is a more expeditious and thorough method 

 than chopping it. Mix with some crumb of stale bread, either 

 dry or soaked, and well squeezed. Let there be more egg than 

 bread at first, but add more bread as the birds grow older. 

 Instead of bread crumbs, sweet biscuit, arrowroot biscuit, or 

 water biscuit may be used, and a little crushed hempseed 

 added ; but if the birds get too fond of the latter, it is difficult 

 to discontinue it. Supply this food fresh not less than three 

 times a-day, with a sprig or two of nice, fresh, young groundsel 

 or chickweed, or a leaf of lettuce when it is to be had. 



If the hen be in good health she will almost immediately 

 begin to feed, and though the young birds can live for the first 

 twenty-four hours of their existence on nothing, or next to no- 

 thing, I like to see the ben ask them if they are hungry as soon 

 as they are chipped. Should she refuse to feed, mis a little of 

 the hard-boiled yolk with a little saliva, and give it to the young 

 ones little and ofttn, and it will frequently happen that after 



