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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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the first-prize Grey Dorkings, the whole of the Hainburghs, and 

 the -winning Game Bantams. 



In Game the first in Reds were Brown Reds, very true to 

 colour, and sound in flesh and feather. Among the Duckwings, 

 first came a pair very good in colour. In single cocks of any 

 variety the first was a very good Black-breasted Red, in excel- 

 lent plumage but rather short-headed, and the second a Golden 

 Poland. 



The Pigeons formed the most attractive feature of this section 

 of the Show, and though the classes were not numerous nor the 

 prizes of much value, yet the entries were good ; and a regula- 

 tion that where there were ten entries a third prize should be 

 awarded, gave great satisfaction to the exhibitors. The pens 

 used were on Turner's principle, and showed the birds to great 

 advantage. 



Common Pigeons stood first on the list, only three pairs out 

 of eleven being what are required, the rest being very bad Ant- 

 werps. The first-prize pair were nearly perfect. Turbits were 

 a show in themselves, and perhaps it would be difficult to bring 

 three pairs of more perfect birds together than those which took 

 the prizes. The first-prize birds were Blue, the second Red, 

 and the third Blue. Tumblers were of fair quality, the first- 

 prize pair of Wholefeathers being very good in head, beak, and 

 eye. The second were Almonds. The Jacobins were good and 

 all Red ; the first-prize pair were uncommonly short and neat 

 in head. There were but two pairs each of Fantails and Pouters. 

 The latter were, however, of high quality. In Autwerps the 

 first prize went to Short-faced Silver Duns, and the second to 

 Long-faced Red Chequers ; and all the birds in the class -were 

 full of character, but many pairs were badly matched. Nuns 

 were moderate in quality, and several pairs were dirty. Owls 

 were very good ; the first-prize birds were Blue English, and 

 the second foreign White. The Variety class contained many 

 nens of the standard kinds. The first prize went to good Dun 

 Carriers, the second to Black Barbs, and the third to as hand- 

 some a pen of Blue Dragoons as we have seen for some time. 



As this section of the Show is so popular we should strongly 

 recommend a revision of the Pigeon list, as well as an augment- 

 ation of the prizes in both poultry and Pigeons, feeling confident 

 that no part of the Show will prove so remunerative now that 

 the Society is so well established. 



Spanish.— 1, — Powell, Bradford. 2, J. Thresh, Bradford. 



Dorkings.— 1, H. Beldon, Binsley. 2. W. Melton. Bowlinp. 



■C<ichin-China.— 1, W. Mitchell. Birkpnsliaw. 3, H. Beldon. he, H. Frith. 



Game.— Black-breasted or other Bed.— I.J. Thornton. Bradford. 2, W. Fell, 

 Drijrhlington. he, R. Hemming way, shelf. Duckwings or other Grey or Blue. 

 — land 2. W. Fell. 



Single Hen (Anv breed).— 1. H. Beldon (White Pile Game) 2. J. Powell. 

 he, I. Turner, Drighliopton ( White Pile Game); W. Fell (White Pile Game); J, 

 Thresh. 



Hamburghs.— Golden-spangled.— 1 and 2, H. Beldon. SUver-spannled.— 1 and 

 ■2. H. Beldon. Goldcn-pcncilled.— 1 and 2, H. Beldon. Silver-pencilled.— 1 and 

 2, H. Beldon. 



Polish.— 1 and 2, H. Beldon. 



Brahma Pootra.— 1, H. Beldon. 2, W. B. Gooderd, Horton Green. 



Game Bantam". — l and 2, G. Noble. Staincliffe. he. A. Smith, Halifax. 



Bantams (Any other variety).— 1. H Beldon. 2, J. Waddiogton, Guis^Iey. 



Single Cock (Any breed).— 1, R. Hemming way 2, H. Beldon. he, J. Thorn- 

 ton, Bradford. 



Any Varietv.— 1, C. Driver, Dudley Hill. 2, H Firtb. 



Turkeys.— 1,M. Greenhontrb, Dim ley Hill. 



Geese. — I, J. Ward, Dri<rhlin<rr,on. 



Ducks. — Aylesbury.— 2, C. Greenhough. Rouen. — 1, G. Wood, Stanninglev. 

 % J. Ward. 



PIGEONS. 



Common.— 1, W. Lund, Shipley; W. Binns, Pudsey. 3, Clayton & Bastow, 

 'Girlinston. 



Turbits.— 1, H. G. Boole, Bradford. 2 and he, Clayton & Bastow. 3, W. 

 BCnns- 



Tumblers.— 1 and 2, G. Cress-well, Eagerton. he, Clayton & Bastow. c, W. 

 Binns. 



Jacobins.— 2. G. Cresswell. he, G. Burton. Beeston : J. E. Mason, Bradford. 



Pant ails. — 1, J. Hawley, Girangton. 2, Clayton & Bastow. 



■Croppers or Pouters.— 1, J. Hawley. 2, Clayton &Bastow. 



Antwekps.—I, J. Hawley. a,W. Lund, lie, T. Shoe&mith; S. Moore, Great 

 Horton ; Clavton & Bastow ; W. Binns. 



Nuns.— 1, W. Lund 2. J. Coates. he, G. Cresswell. 



Owls.— 1, J. Annakin, Drighlington. 2, J. E.-Mason. Bradford. /te,'J. Thresh : 

 P. Mark. 



Any other Vaeirty.— 1, J. E.Mason. 2. G. Cresswell. 3. Clayton & Bii*tow. 

 hv, J. E. Crolts ; W. Lund ; J. Thresh ; F. Mark ; W. Binns (2) ; G. Cresswell. 



Babbtts— Spanish.— 1. W. Eudd. Bradford. 2, E. Smith. Bradford, he. S. 

 Ball, Bradford. Common — 1, Clavton it Bastow. Any other Variety. — 1, S. 

 Bali. 2, jClayton & Bastow. he, Miss Beldon, Bingley (2); B. Brownbriage, 

 jun. ; G. Burton. Beeston. 



Cats (Any colour).— M< ale.— 1, J. H. Holmes. 2, H. A. Firth, Female.— 1, Mrs. 

 ■C B. Murgatroyd, Bowling (White Angora). 2, A. W. Goodison. 



The Judges were Messrs. J. Dixon and E. Hutton. 



Spanish .—Black.— I, H. Beldon. 2, J. Powell, Bradford, he, J. Thresh Brad- 

 ford : W. Brierley. 



Brahma Pootra.— 1, H. Lacy. ?, "W. Schofield, Bmdford. he, E. Leach. 



Hameuhghs.— Gold or Silver-pencilled.— 1 and 2, H. Beldon. he. S Smilh, 

 Northowram. Gold or Silver-spangled. — 1 and 2, H. Beldon. he, J. Newton, 

 Silsden. 



Pheasant.— Black.— \. J Moore, Bingley. 2, H. Beldon. 



Game Bantam^.— Black Reds or Brown Beds.—l, W. F. Entwisle, Wyke, 

 Bradford. 2, G. Noble, Staincliffe. ho, W. F Eutwisle : S. Smith, Northowram. 

 Any variety.— I and 2. W F. Entwisle. Any variety except Game.—l, H. 

 Beldon. 2 and he. R. H. Ashton, Mottr*m. 



Any otitk.r Variety.— 1 and 2, H. Beldon. he, H. F. East, Swansea. 



Selling Class.— 1, J. Powell, Bradford. 2, S. Bueldey, Ending Healey. he, 

 H. Smith, Hyde. 



Turkeys. -J. E. Leach- 



Geesk— 1. E. Leach. 2, J. White, "Whitley. 



Ducks. — Aylesbury. — 1, R. Leach. 2, Capt. Openflhaw, ClecTrheEtrm. Rouen. 

 —1,3. Newton. Silsden. 2, E. Leach, ha, J. White. Any other Variety.— I 

 and 2, W. Binns, Pudaey. 



Extra Stock — Game. Brahma Pootra or Dorking Chickens. — 1, R. Heming- 

 way, Shelf. 2, C. Oarr, VViUdeu. he, W. Sugden, Eaatrick; H. Jennings, 

 Allerton ; H. F. East, Swansea. 



PIGEONS. 



Carriers, -1 and 2, E. Horner, Hurewood. Single Bird — 1 and 2, E. Horner. 

 he. J. Hawley, Gir'ineton 



Tumblers.— 1, E. Horner. 2, J. Hawley. he, H. Yardley, Birmingham; J. 

 Hawley. 



Pouters or Choppers.— 1, J. Hawley. 2, E. Horner, he, H. Yardley; E. 

 Horner. 



Fantails.— 1, J. F. Loveraidge, Newark. 2, E. Horner, he, J. "Walker, 

 Newark. 



Dragoons— I.E. Horner. 2, H. Yardley. 8, R. Schofield, Cleckheaton. he, 

 F. Graham, Birkenhead. 



Jacobins.— 1, Hinchcliffe & Holt, Bradford. 2, J. Hawley. he, W. Binns, 

 Pudsey. 



Nuns.— 1, A. J. Seller. Malton. 2, W. Lund, Shipley. 



Antwprps. — 1. H. Jennings. Allerton. 2, J. W. Collinson, Ha'iFax. he, W. 

 F. Entwis'e; "W.Lund; H. Jennings. 



Selling Class.— 1, C. Airton, jun., York. 2, J. E. Mason, Clayton, lie, E. 

 Horner. 



Rabbits.— Lop -cared.— 1 and he, T. C- H. Lord, Kuddersfield. 2, G. Johnson, 

 Kettering Extra Prizes.— Any Variety except Lop cared.— I, C. Airton, jun. 

 2, R. H. Gtew, Wakefield, he, F. Watts, Cleckheaton; T. C. & H. Lord; C. 

 Airton, jun. 



Judges. — Poultry: Mr. Richard Teebay, Fulwood, Preston ; 

 and Mr. James Dixon, Bradford. 



APIARIAN NOTES. 



CLECKHEATON POULTRY SHOW. 

 The fourth annual Show of the Cleckheaton Agricultural and 



Horticultural Society took place on the 20th of July. The follow- 

 ing awards were made in the poultry and Pigeon department : — 



Game.— Black Red or Brown Red.—I, C. W. Brierley, Middleton. 2, J. W. 

 Thornton. Bradford, he, J. Hodtrson. Bowling. Duckwing, Blue or Grev. — 1, 

 Miss Aykroyd, Eccleshill. 2, W. Fell, Adwalton. Anv' Variety.—}, 0. W. 

 Brierley. 2 and he. R. Walker, Gomersal. Cock.—l, C. W. Brierley. 2, J. W. 

 Thornton, Bradford, he, W. Sugden, Eastrick. 



Dorking.— 1, H. Beldon, Bingley. 2, E. Leach, Eochdale. he, W. H. King, 

 Rochdale. 



Cochin-China.— 1, C. W. Brierley, 2, A. Bamford, Middleton. he, H. Lacy, 

 Hebden Bridge. 



I should like to know what account would be given by the 

 various apiarian readers of " our Journal " of the present honey 

 season. In many respects it has hitherto been almost a repe- 

 tition of last year's experiences, although the character of the 

 year itself has been quite singular and entirely different from 

 the year 1871. Last summer we had a great deal of gloomy 

 weather, little electricity, and a continual dropping, without any 

 great actual rainfall. This summer has been marked by great 

 and striking alternations of heat and cold, with violent, almost 

 periodic thunderstorms, and tremendous rains. The summer 

 itself came late, following upon severe frosts quite down to the 

 close of June. Almost everywhere in the south-west of England, 

 and I believe in many other parts of the country, the blossoms 

 of fruit trees great and small have been very generally destroyed. 

 Hence many hives of bees died of starvation as late as May, and 

 this, as in my own case, in a country abounding in orchards, 

 which were in full bloom at the time. The cold weather and 

 the frosts combined to rob us of the large honey harvest which 

 we confidently expected from the experience of all former 

 years. Out of nineteen hives with which I closed last year's bee 

 operations, only seven survived till June this year. Such mor- 

 tality, after more liberal feeding than at any previous period in 

 my long experience as a bee-keeper, was utterly unexpected and 

 most disheartening. 



Then began, but not till near the middle of June, with the 

 fitful weather changes of this remarkable summer, a repetition 

 of last year's persistent swarming. No amount of additional 

 room in supers, large and small, even where the bees took to 

 them and constructed comb, availed to check this propensity. 

 As last year, so this, even before their own stock-box was filled 

 with comb, the bees preferred to swarm. Last year when this 

 occurred I accounted for it by supposing that the old queen had 

 died, and that the swarm which issued was led off by one of the 

 young queens, who are less unwilling naturally to quit their 

 homes than the queen mothers are. But no such account of 

 the phenomenon could be given this year. I find that the same 

 tendency to swarm prevails this year in Cornwall, and that the 

 swarming has taken place quite late in July. But here, owing 

 to the quantity of heather of many kinds and other late-bloom- 

 ing wild flowers which abound, there is every prospect of a 

 splendid honey harvest. Not so in Somersetshire, I fear, where 

 our last chance of honey in the prevailing white clover was fast 

 disappearing before the scythe of the mower. 



Everyone knows that swarming depends as much on the 

 weather as on any other cause. If the bees have plenty of 

 room, and honey abounds during a long course of fine weather, 

 the inconvenience of a crowded dwelling is only felt during the 

 brief hours of night. With the sunrise the inconvenience 

 ceases. Hence a chief motive to swarming is removed; the 

 more so as the space devoted to breeding is diminished by the 

 want of storing room for honey. At such times we have seen a 



