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JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 



[ July 25, 1872. 



with egg will certainly tumble, as since " Wiltshire Rector's " 

 letter appeared I have tried three different hens, and have never 

 seen any of theni do much better than an hour or two before 

 laying. I have not tried any of my flying hens so close on the 

 time of laying, but can say certainly that even birds whose per- 

 formances in the air are nothing wonderful, do tumble while 

 the egg is upon them. — Scotch Thistle. 



"Wibeal Agricultural Society's Poultry Show. — In the 

 schedule of this Society's Show, to be held at Birkenhead on the 

 21st of nest month, there is a considerable improvement in the 

 prizes offered for Pigeons. For example, last year the Carriers 

 and Pouters were shown in pairs, this year they are shown 

 singly, and there is a class for Antwerps. There are three cups 

 in the place of the one hitherto offered, also two cups in the 

 poultry classes. 



OUB LETTEE BOX. 



Light Brahmas. — " Allow me to correct an advertisement in your issue of 

 July 11th. Mrs. Seccombe, Totnes, Devon, advertises three Brahma cocks, 

 &c, and says, ' They have twice and only times shown beaten the celebrated 

 Young Sampson.' This is grossly incorrect, as Mrs. Seccombe has never had 

 the honour or pleasure of beating this bird. Most of Mrs. Seecombe's, as ad- 

 vertised, are birds of 1871, whereas my bird has not been exhibited for nearly 

 twelve months. We rarely see advertisements, even when facts, in which, 

 notoriety is sought at the expense of another fancier, and I think the system 

 is, to say the least, reprehensible. — James Long." 



Cock Seemingly Inattentive (S. B.). — We do not believe in the disease 

 of which you accuse your Brahma. He is up earlier in the morning than you 

 are. Put him to roost separated from the hens. Let him out yourself be- 

 tween four and five, and immediately afterwards let out the hens. You will, 

 we believe, soon be satisfied. Later in the day you cannot depend on the 

 same proof. 



Hatching Eggs by Steam (W. S. 0.). — We know no place where in- 

 formation can be obtained about hatching by steam, but particulars of in- 

 cubators can be had at Baily's, 113, Mount Street, London. 



Fowls for Confined Space — Preventing Rats' Depredations 

 {C. A. J.). — Hamburghs are not so hardy in confinement as Brahmas, nor are 

 their eggs so large. Eats do not take many eggs. They are difficult to get 

 away unless they can roll them into holes. Prevent this by filling-up all the 

 holes with loose, large, gravel stones, and where there are runs put Brails- 

 ford's traps. Bats do not take many chickens while these are with hens and 

 the latter are under rips. A hen will make a good fight in defence of her 

 chickens. You can put the laying-boxes 2 feet from the ground if you will. 

 The reason why we thought Brahmas the most suitable is, that they are 

 among the hardiest of fowls, and are good layers. It requires hardy fowls 

 to live in confinement, and to preserve the healthy appearance and habits 

 that make it a pleasure to have them. 



Brahma Pullet Crop-bound {M.S.). — Opening the crop of the fowl is 

 a capital operation, and should only be resorted to when all remedies and ex- 

 pedients have failed. We have little doubt the poor patient died of the 

 operation. You should have withheld food and drink, save some warm water 

 at times. You would have found the food in the crop diminish, and if it had 

 not, you should have held her up by the legs until it had wholly or partly 

 emptied itself. It is only justifiable to open a crop when some hard sub- 

 stance has been swallowed, or when a ball has been formed that cannot be got 

 rid of. It is then a matter for serious consideration. We do not like your 

 feeding, you take much trouble for nothing. We wonder they are not all 

 crop- bound. Give them ground oats slaked with water morning and evening ; 

 whole corn, barley, or maize at midday. Discontinue all dough, stir-about, 

 boiled rice, and Indian meal. You make them ill by too much painstaking. 



Cuckoo Fowls.— Can you through your Journal obtain the names of one or 

 two persons who keep Cuckoo fowls, Scotch Greys some call them ? — E. P. 



Hyde Poultry Show. — Mr. G. W. Hibbert informs us that the exhibition 

 to be held at Hyde on September 9th and 10th, in connection with the East 

 Cheshire Agricultural Society, has nothing to do with the annual show at the 

 same place, which will be carried out about November with an increased num- 

 ber and amount of prizes. We are also glad to find that the two shows are 

 not in opposition. 



Washing Rouen Ducks for Exhibition (W. C. A.). — You may wash their 

 feet and bills artificially if you will, but if the opportunity of washing in clean 

 water be afforded them, they will wash their plumage better than you can. 



Eggs not Hatched (TF. E.). — You will be the best judge of the conditions 

 on which you bought the eggs. Some sellers decline all responsibility, others 

 offer to replace all bad eggs. It has always appeared to us difficult for a man 

 to guarantee that which has passed from under his control. We repeat, how- 

 ever, you can only complain if the person who sold you the eggs has broken 

 his contract. 



Bantams Scurfy and Losing Feathers (J. W. S. X.). — You do not state 

 what food you give, and it is probably too heating. The artificial style of 

 feeding induces many diseases. Give your Bantams lettuces that have gone 

 to seed, supply them with dust if they have it not, and mix some black sulphur 

 with it. Rub the naked places with compound sulphur ointment, and feed as 

 naturally as you can on ground oats, barley, and barleymeal. 



D.uck apparently Paralysed (E.). — Ducks are subject to cramp, and pro- 

 bably yours is suffering from it. We know no cure for it. Even in adults it 

 is a fatal disorder. Some waters, always produce it; and we should think the 

 icy cold fluid in a basin, acting 6n the system while the bird was- trying to get 

 out during some hours, would be too much for a duckling, and leave disease 

 from which it will never recover. 



Pouters at the Birmingham Summer Show. — In your correspondent's 

 report of the Pigeons at the late Birmingham show, he states that my Blue 

 Pouter hen which won the cup has a stiff wing, is a bad blue, and blind of an 

 eye. This I beg to contradict, the hen being a good flyer, a good sound blue, 

 and perfect in eyesight. — J. Hawley, Girlington, Bradford. 



Carrier Going Light (C. S. C). — Give cod liver oil night a#id morning, 

 one teaepoonful each time, or in capsules. 



Young Rabbits Dying (Sampton Wick). — The Rabbits are probably suf- 

 fering from an attack by a fluke, which attaches itself to the liver and causes 



it to decay. This parasite is probably received into the stomach upon the 

 green food eaten. Keep them warm and from the ground, administer a grain 

 of calomel in two doses at intervals of twelve hours, and we think they will 

 be benefited. Rabbits of the age named are at a very precarious stage, for 

 they are then passing through a moult, and they require extra care for a few 

 weeks. 



Rabbits (An Old Subscriber).— IS you write to Mi-. Rayson, Ivy Cottage, 

 Didsbury, perhaps he will be able to supply your wants. 



Dog's Ear Diseased (P. GraJiam). — The disease, from your description, is. 

 in such a state that we should not like to prescribe without seeing it; but 

 you should lose no time in consulting a veterinary surgeon. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, 



Camden Square, London. 



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



Date. 







A.M. 







Shade 



In the Day. 









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9« 



». 



Tem- 



Radiation 



'3 



1872. 



Earomc 

 ter at 3 

 and S 

 Level. 



ter. 



.2 = 

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i-r 



perature. 



Temperature 



■July 









In 



On 







Dry. 



Wet. 



3° 





Max. 



Min. 



sun. 



grass 







Inches. 



deer. 



deg. 





deg. 







deg. 



deg. 





We. 17 



29.887 



63.7 



59.5 



N.W. 



62 



68.1 



51.8 



91.6 



48 1 



0.03S- 



Th. is 



29.949 



60.0 



56.2 



W. 



60.9 



74.6 



49.2 



120.0 



45.2 





Fn. 19 



30.072 



67.2 



60.4 



W. 



618 



79.2 



53.8 



122.8 



519 







Sat. 20 



30.112 



690 



61.8 



S.W. 



62.6 



S3.9 



55.2 



125 9 



52.8 







Sun 21 



30.06S 



77.5 



64.2 



S. 



G4.4 



89 



57 5 



132.9 









Mo. 22 



29.S43 



79.5 



70.2 



S.E. 



65.8 



87.4 



59.9 



1=7.4 



56 8 



290 



Tu. 23 



29.843 



70.0 



65 5 



N. 



649 



85.3 



59.3 



128.0 



57.2 



0.S9) 



Means 



29.968 



69.6 



62.5 





63.2 



81.0 



55.2 



121.2 



52.5 



1.216 



REMARKS. 



17th. — A rather dull day, a little rain about noon, but bright in early evening- 



lSth. — Dull morning, but fine before noon, slight rain about 5 p.m., and for 

 a time very dark in the evening, fine afterwards. 



19th. — Fair, but not very bright in the morning, fine all the day from noon. 



20th. — A most brilliant day throughout, exceedingly clear, distant objects 

 seen distinctly. 



21st. — Splendid summer day, very hot, but air so dry that it did not seent 

 oppressive. 



22nd. — Very fine morning, but soon clouded over, and violent thunderstorm 

 between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., fair afternoon and evening. 



23rd. — Pine early morning, thunder at 9.15 a.m., and at intervals all day. but 

 between G p.m. and 7 p.m. the most violent storni of thunder, lightning, 

 rain, and hail ever .remembered ; rather better after, but continuing 

 more or less till midnight. Hailstones unusually large ; one, picked 

 up eleven minutes after its fall, measured upwards of three-quarters 

 of an inch by more than half an inch, and was nearly half an inch 

 thick. As they fell during a dead calm there is little damage to glass- 

 in this neighbourhood. Rain fell at a rate exceeding 6 inches per 

 hour, 0.10 inches falling in fifty seconds, and a second 0.10 inches in 

 the following minute. A quarter of an inch fell ha two and a half 

 minutes. 

 Temperature very much above the average, with thunder almost daily, and 



an unusually severe thunderstorm on Tuesday afternoon and evening. — 



G. J. Symons. 



COTENT GARDEN MARKET.— July 24. 

 Trade is falling off now, and prices are receding, but not to materially in- 

 fluence them. Bush fruit continues in active demand in consequence of the 

 short supply, and is making good prices. 



FRUIT. 



Apples £ sieve 



Apricots doz. 



Cherries per lb. 



Chestnuts bushel 



Currants £ sieve 



Black 1.. do. 



Figs doz. 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs lb. 



Gooseberries quart 



Grapes, hothouse.... lb. 



Lemons ^100 



Melons eacji 



Artichokea doz. 



Asparagus .^100. 



Beans, Kidney.... per 100 



Broad bushel 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums fHOO 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Coleworts.. doz. bunches 

 Cucnmbers each 



pickling doz. 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bnnch 



Horseradish bund le 



Leeks : bunch 



Lettuce doz. 



b. a. 



s. a 



3 to 



2 



3 



6 



1 











5 



6 



5 



6 



4 



8 











6 



1 



6 



9 



2 



5 



S 



14 



2 



5 



8. d. 



s. d 



4 to 6 











1 







3 







1 



3 .0 



9 



1 6 



1 



1 6 











6 







2 o 



4 



1 6 



a o 



2 



S 



6 



1 











2 







3 







8 







3 







5 



i a 







2 



9 



1 



Mulberries ¥*-lb. 



Nectarines doz. 



Oranges ¥"100 



Peaches doz. 



Pears, kitchen doz. 



dessert doz. 



Pine Apples lb. 



Plums i sieve 



Quinces doz. u 



Raspberries -lb. 



Strawberries ^lb. 1 



"Walnuts bushel 10 



ditto ^100 1 



s. d. 8 

 OtoO 

 6 10 

 8 

 8 



















II 

 4 



d 

 » 



li 

 12 

 18 



Mushrooms pottle 



Mustard & Cress. .punnet 

 Onions bu"ch 



pickling quart 



Parsley per doz. bunches 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas quart 



Potatoes bnshel 



Kidaey do. 



New 1-lb. 



Radishes., doz. bunches 



Rhubarb u ndle 



Salsat'y ^bundle 



Savoys doa. 



Scorzonera .... ^bundle 



Sea-sale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes doz. 



Turnips bunch 



Vegetable Marrows, .doz. 



I. d. s 

 3 0to5 



9 



4 



6 















4 



1 



1 

 15 

 15 







POULTRY MARKET— July 2-4. 

 Prices aro falling, and but for tho hot weather, the change would be 

 greater. 



