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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ November 3, 1870. 



wrong in your feediDg, or in the locality in which your fowls are kept. 

 No fowl can monlt with a heated body, as the feathers lack moisture; 

 they itch, and the birds pick them out. We do not think linseed good, as 

 it has a tendeD cy to make soft feathers. We advise you to feed on ground 

 oats mixed with milk, a little chopped cooked meat, and now and then a 

 little Indi-n corn, all preceded by purging with castor oil— dose, one 

 table-spoonful. 



Hamburgh's Come and Legs Swollen (M. M.). — Purge your birds 

 freely, and use Baily's pills. 



Beahmas' Comes (A. B. C). — The single comb of a Brahma cock does 

 not disqualify. The loss of an eye to a Spanish cock is a great disad- 

 vantage, but it does not disqualify. 



Fowls for Autumn and Winter Laying (Hampshire Highlander). — ■ 

 Brab ma Pootras, Cochins, or Creve-Cceurs will suit you; the latter do 

 not Bit. Winter laying depends more on the age than the breed of the 

 bird. Only pullets can be relied upon to lay during the winter. 



Exhibiting Hens [G. M. A.). — The feather is neither red nor inclining 

 to red, and is quite unimportant. You may safely put your two hens 

 together Exhibiting hens of different ages in the same pen is commonly 

 done, and is often necessary. It is not fair to show a h*n and a pullet 

 for two hens. There are but two classes, and they consist of hens and 

 pullets. No one inquires, and very few can telt the age of the former. 



Aetifictal Foods (C. E. M.). — We have so strong a conviction about 

 these that we cannot insert any communications about them. 



Manure Heap in Fowl and Pigeon Abode (Alpha).— We are not in 

 the least surprised that your birds have died when they roost over a 

 manure heap ; nothing could be worse than an atmosphere charged with 

 exhalations from decomposing matter. Carriers are, says Mr. Brent, 

 *' excellent breeders and nurses if not allowed to be too fat." They are, 

 for high-class birds, strong and robust. 



Food for Doves (Vincent King). — Collared Turtle Doves, commonly 

 called Ring Doves, are beat fed on wheat, canary seed, and rarely hemp 

 seed. In cooing, the cock's note is deep and mellow, and he swellB his 

 throat, then, rising and taking a step forward or after his mate, he repeats 

 the same gesture and voice. The ''Pigeon Book," by Brent, to be had 

 from our office for twenty stamps, contains a good article oh these birds, 

 and the full particulars you require. 



Sick Pouter {David Laurie). — We do not see thit you can do anything 

 more for your bird than what you are doing and intend to do. 



Wing Disease in Cabeier [C. H. C.).— Dress the part with tincture 

 of iodine ; a druggist will tell you the strength of what you buy of him, 

 and how often to use it. as the strength varies. The cause is scrofula. 

 If the wing becomes stiff he will be useless to breed from, but in a hen it 

 does not matter. Scrofulous birds are very apt to produce young like 

 themselves, but it is not a contagious disease. 



Carriers' Eyes {Henry Cockton\ — Try first a weak solution of alum 

 and water applied twice a-day ; then, if that fails, a lotion of luuar caustic 

 used carefully. If the trouble comes from the formation of spouts — that 

 is, by the turning out of the lower lid, cut them off from below with a 

 pair of very sharp 6oissors. 



Pigeons leaving their Cot (W. L. D.).— In or near their cot put 

 some " salt-cat ;" it is composed of about equal quantities of clay, such 

 as brickmakers use; a coarse, grittv sand, or fine gravel, in which the 

 grains are about the size of pins' heads ; and old mortar : to this is added 

 a small quantity of baysalt. Some persons, to make it more attractive, 

 add aromatic seeds — such aB cummin, anise, coriander, and caraway. 

 The whole should be mixed up, with chamber-ley, into the consistency of 

 mortar, and placed in a crock, the sides of which are perforated with 

 many holes, large enough to admit the Pigeons' heads, and covered with 

 a lid to keep off the weather. 



Pigeons (T. C. FX— U The Pigeon Book," by Brent. It can be had free 

 by post from our offico if you enclose twenty postage stamps with your 

 address* 



Parrot, Feather-eating (A. B. C.).— Feed on fruits and bread and 

 milk, no meat, and give a shower bath of tepid water daily through the 

 rose of a watering-pot. 



Feeding Bees (A Novice).— The best mode of feeding is by means of 

 an inverted bottle, the mouth of which must be tied over with a bit of 



coarse leno or cop-net. With common hives the bottle-neck may be in- 

 serted in the central aperture, which usually exists (if not, one should be 

 n.nre with a plrnrp pen-knife) in the top, and refilled as often as may be 

 neceBS try. With flat-topped hives the bottle should be supported by its 

 neck Utiitg fitted into a perforated block of wood about 5 inches in dia- 

 meter, and it v-ill be found convenient to interpose a piece of perforated 

 zinc, to prevei t the tee? escaping when the bottle is refilled. 



Bullfinch's Foot Swollen (Lady C.).— Many cage birds are subject 

 to diseases of the feet, arising, for the most part, from their perches, &c. t 

 not being kept scrupulously clean. In this case, however, cleanliness 

 seemB to have formed a prominent part of the regime, and the cnuse of 

 the disease must be luoked for elsewhere — possib y in the disordered statfl 

 of the system consequent upon, or incident to, the struggle the bird has 

 had in moulting. 1 can advise no better treatment than bathing the foot 

 in warm water; and if the second swelling or gathering should assume 

 the character of the first, prick it also, though I am ad verfe to performing 

 surgical operations. Give a little hempseed.— W. A. Blaeiston. 



Mulberries, what to do with them (Alice C.) — You can do as 

 follows:— To Preserve. — Put the fruit into a preserving-pan, and draw 

 from it, over the fire, a pint of juice. Take 3 lbs. of pounded sugar, wet it 

 with the juice, then boil it up, skim it, and putio. 2 lbs. of ripe mulberries ; 

 let them stand in the syrup till warm through, and tben set them on the 

 fire to boil gently. When half done put them by in the syrup till next 

 day, then boil them as before, and when the syrup is thick, and will stand 

 in round drips on becoming cold, they may be put into pots for u*e. Mul- 

 berry Pudding — Make a paste of 1 lb. of flour, 4 ozs. of beef 6uet chopped 

 very fine, and hot water, with a little salt. Roll it out upon a board, then 

 line with it a basin, which fill with very ripe mulberries; cover with 

 paste, tie the whole tightly in a puddiDg cloth, plunge it in boiling water, 

 and let it boil an hour or two according to its eize. Mulberry Wine. — 

 Take mulberries when they are just changed from their redness to shiny 

 black; gather them on a dry diy when the sun has taken off the dew, 

 spread them thinly on a fine cloth on a floor or table for twenty-four hours, 

 and boil up a gallon of water to each gallon of juice. Skim the water well, 

 and add a little cinnamon slightly bruised. Put to every gallon 6 ozs. of 

 white sugar candy finely beaten. Skim and strain the water when it is 

 taken off and settled, put to it the juice of the mulberries, and to every 

 gallon of the mixture put a pint of white or Rhenish wine. Let the whole 

 stand five or six days in a cask to settle, then draw off the wiue, and keep 

 it cool. This is a very rich cordial. 



Damp Walls (A Cottage Gardener).— Paper them with waterproof paper 

 before putting on the usual paper. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 

 In the Suburbs of London for the week ending November 1st. 





BABOMETEB. 





THEBMOHETEB 





Wind. 





Date. 



Air. 



Earth. 



Rain 





Max. 



Min. 



Max. 



Mill. 



1 ft. 



2 ft. 





Wed... 2<> 



29 513 



29 380 



59 



36 



50 



49 



S.W. 



.CO 



Thura. . 27 



29 510 



29.463 



61 



47 



51 



49 



w. 



.12 



Fri 28 



29 892 



29.149 



56 



40 



63 



50 



N.W. 



.0.) 



Sat. ... 29 



29.883 



29.652 



55 



87 



52 



49 



S. 



.34 



San. . . 30 



29 824 



29.804 



60 



47 



51 



49 



w. 



28 



Hon. . . 31 



29.959 



29.466 



58 



36 



52 



50 



N. 



06 



Tues.... 1. 



3J.369 



30.235 



56 



24 



52 

 6143 



50 



N. 



.00 



Mean . . 



29.850 



29.664 



57.86 



3814 



49.43 





80 



26. — Overcast ; densely overcast ; fine. 

 27 — Very fine ; fine ; clear and fine. 

 28. — Rain ; cloudy but fine ; densely overcast. 

 29. — Densely overcast ; heavy rain ; densely overcast. 

 80.— Clear and fine; very fine; densely overcast. 

 31. — Rain ; heavy showers ; clear and fine. 

 1. — Fine and clear; very ffoe ; clear and frosty. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— No vestber 2. 



The variation here is so trifling that our last report is but a reflex of 

 the state of the markets this week. 



s, 3. s. d 



Apples jsieve 1 to 2 



Apricots doz. 



Cherries -...lb. 



Chestnuts bushel 6 14 



Currants frsieve 



Black do. 



Figs doz. 2 3 



Filberts lb. 10 2 



Cobs lb. 16 2 



Gooseberries quart 



Grapes, Hothouse lb. 2 5 



Lemons ^100 10 16 



Melons each 10 4 



Mulberries lb. 



Nectarines doz. 



Oranges ^ 100 20 



Peaches doz. 4 



Pears, kitchen doz . 1 



deBsert doz. 1 



Pine Apples lb. 3 



d. a. 

 ton 

 



Plums. 



. 4 sieve 1 6 



Quinces doz. 1 



RasDberries lb. 



Strawberries lb. 



Walnuts buBhel 10 



do ., ^100 1 



16 n 

 2 



VEGETABLES. 



Artiohokes doz. 



Asparagus **■ 100 



Beans, Kidney ..J sieve. 



Broad bushel 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli ........ bundle 



Brussels Sprouts. .4 sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums V- 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery buntf le 



Coleworts..doz bunches 

 Cucumbers each 



pickung doz. 



Endive doz. 



Kennel bunch 



Garlio lb. 



Herbs bnnch 



Horseradish .... bundle 



s. d. 





 

 

 

 



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j Leelrs bunch 



| Lettuce doz. 



Mushrooms pottle 



Mustard &Cre8B.. punnet 

 Onions bushel 



pickling quart 



Parsley sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas quart 



Potatoes buBh«] 



KiHney do. 



Radishes .. doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys rin z. 



Sea-kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spiuach bushel 



Tomatoes rtoz. 



Turnips bunch 



s. d. s. 

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