December IS, 1877. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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Sandford. 3, T Docwra. Any other variety —Cock.—l, F. Filz Herbert 2, W. 

 Foster. 8, F. Warde. Ben- 1, F. FitzBerbert. 2, T. Docwra. S, HarmBan'l 

 Elliott. Hahbubghs — Spangled.— I, A. G. Aveuell. 2 and 3, J.Lon«. Pencilled 

 — 1. W. K. Tickner. 2, G. P. Pointer. 3, J. Long. Sultans.— land 2, A. Christy. 

 Ant other Vawety.— ], E Ayre. 2, C. H. HuiBh. Selling Classes.— Pair.— 

 1, F. Cheeeman. 2, A. Todd. S, Mrs. Brassey. Cock.—l, R. Cbeesmau. 2. F. 

 Cheesman. 3, A. Burcb. Extra 3, R. P Sol'y. Hen— I/Major W. Plummer. 

 •2, A. E. V7. Darby. 3, t'apt. Rice. Any number —Equal 1, J. Buckmaster, C. 

 Hopper. 2. R. A. BoiBsier. 3, W. Hamilton. Extra S, F. Court. Bantahs — 

 Bed Game.—Cnp, R. Oabom. 2, E. Morgan. Any other variety Game.—l. J. 

 HarriBon. 2. W. S. Marsh. S.W.Adams Black or White— \, H. Stephens 

 % W. White. S, L G. Morrell. Any other variety.— Cup. M. Leno. 3. .T. Busb. 

 3. T. W. Anne. Ducks.— Aylesbury —1, F. E. Arter. 2, F. Lake. 8, J. Hart. 

 Bouen — Cnp, C. Ratcliffe. 2. J. Austen. S, F. Cbeenman. Any other variety. 

 — 1, A. Kitchin. 2 and S, M. Leno Geese.— 1 and 3, F. FitzHerbert. 2, J. and 

 W. Birch. Tdbkeys.— 1, Col. R. P. Laurie. 2, F. Warde. 3, Rev. F. T. Soott. 

 Toults.— 1, F. Warde. 2, Col. R. P. Laurie. 3, W. V. LiBter. 



PIGEONS.— Carbiebs.- Cock— 1, J. K. Cueksey. 2, .1. Harris. 3 C. F. Shoe- 

 smith. Ben.— 1, J. C. Ord. 2, H. C. Sutton 3, H. 1 Goodman. Young.— Cup 

 and 8, J. C. Ord. 2. H. C. Sutton. Pouters.— G'oefc.—l and S, M. H. Gill. 2. Dr. 

 Bowes. Hen.— 1 and 2, M. H. Gill. 3, Dr. Bowes. Barbs— 1, W. Belsey. 

 Tumblers.— Almond— 1 and 2, H. Curry. 3. C. P. Shoosmith- Any other 

 variety.— 1. E. Ayre. 2, F. Winser. 8. W. White. Jacobin".— 1 and 2. A. G. 

 Avenell. 8. .7. A. Westbrook. Dragoons.— Cock.—\. W. B. Tegetineler. t, C. 

 F. Shoosmith. 3. W. White. Hen— I, W. B. Tesetmeier. 2. W. C. Conohman. 

 S, R Osborn. Owls— English— I, J. Barnes 2 and 3. T. G. Sprunt vhc, H. 

 C. Sntton, W. White. Foreign— 1 and 2, Dr. Bowes. Turbitb.— 1. W. K. 

 Stevenson- 2 and 3. J. Homes. FaNtails — 1, H. T. Goodman. 2, C. P. Shoo- 

 smith. 8, W. J. Bnrdett. Antwkhpb.— Short faced.— Cock.— I. B. Payne. 2 

 and 3. J. K. CnckBev. Hen— 1, F. Winser. 2, T. K. Cueksey. 3, J T.Theobald. 

 Homing— Cock.— 1. T. Gomm. 2, G. L. Lenny. Extra 2. W. s. Marsh. 3 and 

 Extra. S. R. Pearce. Hen -1, .7. W. Barker. 2, J. Winser. Equal 2, W. J. 

 Palmer. 3. W. G. Tegetmeier. Equal 8, S. B. Pearce. ANY other Variety — 

 3. Dr. Bowes. 2, H. Williams. 8, H. C. Sutton, selling Class (£l).— 1, T. 

 H. Cuokeey. 2, J. Harris. 3, H. T. Goodman. £1 108— 1 and 2, J.T. Smith. 8, 

 H. Golden. 



Mr. Nichols judged Dorkings, Cochins, Brahmts, Spanish, and 

 French ; Mr. Cannon the remaining olasses of poultry ; and 

 Mr. Esquilant the Pigeons. 



HULVDEBSFIELD BIBD SHOW. 



An open Show, the first of the kind held at Huddersfield, took 

 place on the 7th, Sth, and 10th iuat. The entrieB, although not 

 numerous, were made up with specimens of good quality 

 throughout the classes. Mr. George Atkinson the Seoretary, 

 who is heart and sonl in the bird cause, and upon whom rested 

 £be general arrangements of the Exhibition, deserved all praise 

 for the manner the birds were staged and attended to. We may 

 here drop a hint of the oft- repeated complaint by managers of 

 bird shows, that exhibitors of cage birds Bhould see that the 

 birds' water tins bo made to hold water. Some of the vessels 

 Bent to Huddersfield Show leaked like Bieves. This matter 

 not only endangers the lives of choice birds but gives extra 

 trouble and incurs expense. The Lancashire and Yorkshire 

 breeds of Canaries exhibited were especially fine. The follow- 

 ing are the awards : — 



CAGE BIRDS.— Coppies— Ctear or Ticked Yellow— \, 2. and vlic, Wright 

 and Smethurst. 8, Fleming & Akam. Cienr or Ticked Buff —I. 2, and 3. 

 Wright & smethurst. Yellow, Clear, or Ticked Plainhead.—l and 2. Wright 

 and SmethurBt. 8, L. Belk. Buff, ditto.— 1 and vhc, Wrighi & Smethurst. 

 2 L. Belk. 8, Fleming & Akam. Yorkshire.— Clear Yellow.— I, Mackley Bros. 

 2.' Wright & Smethurst. 3, M. Holroyd. vhc, M. Holroyd, Fleming & Akam. 

 Clear Buff— I. M. Holroyd. 2 and S, Mackley Bros, vhc, J. Wilkinson (3). 

 Unevenly-marked Yellow— \, Mackley Bros. 2. J. Wilkinson 3, G. Turner. 

 vhc, J. Howroyd, J. Wilkinson, L. Belk. Unevenly-marked Buff —I. Mackley 

 Bros 2 and 3. L. Belk. vhc, J. Wilkinson, Mackley Bros. Evenly-marked 

 Yellow or Buff— I, T. M. Reid. 2, J. WilkinBon. S, Mackley Bros, vhc, 

 Wright & Smethurst (2). J. Wilkinson, Mackley Bros. (2), G. Turner. Norwich. 

 —Clear Yellow.— \ and 2, Mackley Broa. 3. W. Hallam. Clear Buff—1 and 

 .vhc, Mackley Bros. 2. J. Cleminson. 3, W. Hallam. Ticked or Unevenly- 

 marked Yellow— 2 and S, Mackley Bros Ticked or Unevnly-marked Buff— 2, 

 W. Hallam. 3, Mackley Bros. Any other variety of Yellow or Buff.— I, J. 

 Cleminson. 2. 3. and vhc, Mackley Bros. Lizards. -Golden spangled.— 1, 2, 

 and 3, Wright & SmethurBt. vlic, A. Hamer. Silver-spangled.— 1, Wright and 

 Smethurst. 2, J. Cleminson. *, A. Hamer. Belgian.— Yellow or Buff, Clear 

 .or Ticked.— I and 3, Wright & Smethurst. 2, L. Townsley. vlic, L. Townsley, 

 A Hamer. Cinnamon.— Yellow or Huff—\, W. Barwell. 2, J CleminBon. 8, 

 Mackley Bros. Mules— Clear or Variegated— 2 and 3. Wright & Smelhurst. 

 Any Vabiety of British Bird.— 1, Mackley Bros. 2, Mrs J. Fogst. vhc, R. 

 Pearson, J. K. Powell, .7. Wilkinson. Parrots.— Grey, Green, and Eing.—i, R. 

 Pearson. Any Variety of small Foreign Birds.— Single or in Pairs.— I, 

 Mackley Bros. 2, W. Burniston. 3, T, Ramaden. 

 The Judge was Mr. G. J. Barnesby, Derby. 



THE RABBIT HOUSE. 

 Old lofts, lumber-rooms, outbuildings, or stables are often 

 pitched upon as fit and proper places to keep Rabbits. It is of 

 course obvious that such places when snug and warm will 

 answer very well, but they have one great objection. If the 

 Rabbit hutches are placed" in a room used for any domestic 

 purpose the great objection is that people going in and out will 

 leave the door open, admit cats and c, ^qs, make disturbances, 

 ■and sometimes interfere with the Rabbits themselves. It there- 

 fore pays much better to have a building or lock-up room devoted 

 entirely to Rabbits. It is by no means necessary to erect a 

 special building fcr the purpose, as often au unused room or 

 building will do just as well. A fancier at St. John's Wood 

 keeps a large stock of Rabbits in a bedroom, while several people 

 utilise collars. A cellar conveys an idea of dampness, aud if 

 used there should certainly be some means of artificial heat, or 

 the air will be muoh too damp and cold. A gas jet will often 

 effect what is necessary, or a large paraffin lamp. A fire in the 

 old-fashioned fireplace where about 75 per cent, of the heat 

 ■e-capes vid the chimney is not good, because it is impossible to 



keep a fire in always the same, and the inmates will be some- 

 times too hot and sometimes cold. A centre stove with a pipe 

 to take off the smoke is also open to a similar oharge, though 

 often when used with coke it will fulfil its work pretty fairly. 

 For Lops the temperature should be kept considerably higher 

 than for the other and more hardy varieties, though too muoh 

 heat is not healthy. For Rabbits of the hardier varieties it is 

 only necessary to keep the air warm and genial, but damp must 

 be fought againBt in all casea. 



If a cellar be selected as the future home of Rabbits the floor 

 should be first paved with oement. If there ib a brick floor a 

 very thin coating will be sufficient, which will of course be 

 naturally thicker at the joints where the damp is apt to riBP. 

 If there is no floor the earth should be carefully levelled and 

 trampled hard down. If the ground is soft it should be hardened 

 in some way by the treading-in of small stones, or the cement 

 will crack owing to its having no foundation. Then a layer ( f 

 cement about half an inch thick should be laid and smoothed 

 with a board. The cement need not be pure, as the admixture 

 of a little sand will do no harm, and sand may be hammered 

 on the cement in drying. To secure absolute smoothness 

 two men should take a loog board and draw it along the oement 

 while it is in the course of drying. Great care must be taken 

 that no one treads on it for the first few hours after it is lain", 

 and by the next day there will be a floor of strength. If, 

 however, it is laid on new soil it will not last more than a 

 few weeks, and will soon break up. It will be as well, if it 

 can be arranged, for the floor to slope gradually towards tbe 

 drain. If this is at the side a sloping gutter oan be made, which 

 should be cemented a little thicker than the rest of the floor. 

 The walls must be made Becure from any draught, but a brick 

 might be knocked out cIobo to the top and as nearly over the 

 gas jet or lamp as possible for the purpose of ventilation. 



It is best to find some building ready for use with a little 

 adapting, as otherwise the labour is much increased; but if one 

 cannot be found it may be built much cheaper than is gene- 

 rally thought. The first three or four oourses of bricks Bhould 

 be 9 inches, and it would be better to make them that thickness 

 all the way up, although it is usual to be content with 4i-iLCh 

 courses for the upper portion. This, however, is not very 

 strong or durable. A bricklayer who will aot under your direc- 

 tion in the evening will be of great assistance and not mui h 

 extra cost. A corner of a garden or house with two sides reaoy 

 built will be found to be the best for the purpose, as you will 

 tnen save the expense of building two of the Bidei. Sometimes 

 the third side ooneists merely of stout boards hammered across, 

 but this is not so warm or lasting as brick. Size must depetd 

 entirely upon inclination and the number of Rabbits intended 

 to be kept. Six feet is often the limit of height. This is high 

 enough for the lower end of a lean-to roof, although a few inches 

 more would not be objectionable. The roof will be best made 

 as a lean-to against the highest wall, and should be of slateB or 

 tiles. The latter are b«Bt, not being good conductors of heat. Tbe 

 door is the most difficult and perhaps the moat expensive part 

 of the whole, and it can hardly be managed without professional 

 assistance. It is often made very low for the purposes of 

 economy. Those who do not mind stooping may avail them- 

 selves of the economy, as no harm results from it being low, 

 except perhaps that of not looking so well. Several little im- 

 provements will suggest themselves to the builder. A trench 

 should be made down one side to a drain, and the floor should 

 be cemented. 



These rabbitries will be very handy and useful, nor will they 

 be dear. The great advantage of cement floors is the ease with 

 which they can be cleaned. Water should be freely used when 

 the process is going on, and the drain will take the water well 

 off. After this is finished sand should be scattered on the floor, 

 and then all will be sweet and healthy. — Geta. 



Birmingham Poultry Show. — The Secretary informs us that 

 a Brown Rjd hen of Mr. H. E. Martin's having beeu accidentally 

 left unpenned in her class at the time of j tinging, Mr. Lane was 

 requested to look over the class again afterwards, when the bird 

 was placed equal second. 



LARGE versus SMALL HIVES. 

 "B. & W." finds fault with my answers to the questions of 

 "A Kilkenny Bee-keeper." He says that "Mr. Pettigrow 

 dismisses the subject with an answer which is by no meaDS 

 complete, and which in fact deals Blightingly with the whole 

 subject." I am quite certain that the Editors of this Journal, 

 who are the most competent judges in this matter, will not 

 blame me for treating Blightingly any question they ever Bent 

 me for answer, and the "Kilkenny Bee-keeper" himself has 

 sent a letter to the Editors in which he very warmly expresaes 

 his thanks for the answers. " B. & W." does his best in answer- 

 ing the questions tent to him, and I do my best with those sent 

 to me ; but when all is done tbat we can do there is much left 

 undone, for in every question of bee-management there are 



