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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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plumage ; but in the other Game classes there was nothing to 

 deserve special notice. Hamburghs were few for the number 

 of classes, though some of the birds were of fair quality. In 

 this locality the competition in Bantams is generally keen, and 

 in this case the entries were comparatively large in all classes. 

 In adult Red Game a pair newly moulted, in faultless plumage, 

 and good in all points, won the cup offered in the sis classes ; 

 and the second-prize birds were also of fair quality. In Red 

 Game Bantam chickens the same exhibitor carried off both 

 honours with good birds, but undubbed. In old birds of any 

 other variety of Game Bantams a remarkably good pair of Duck- 

 wings were first, but the others were not of high merit. lu the 

 class for Any other variety, Blacks were first and White second. 

 Aylesbury Ducks were good and the whole class commended, 

 and the winning Rouens were also good in all points. For 

 Ducks of any other variety four prizes were awarded, the first 

 to Kasarkas, the second to Widgeon, the third to White Calls, 

 and the fourth to Bahamas. In the Selling class Black Ham- 

 burghs were first, and Dorking chickens second. 



Dorkings — 1, W. Swann, Bedlington. 2, J. White, Walarby, Northallerton- 

 he, C. Widdas. Bitchburn, Darlington: W. Bearpark, Northallerton; W. J. 

 Thompson, Morpeth. Chickens.— 1, C. Widdas. 2, E. Barker, Stokesley. he, W. 

 Swan, Bedlineton. 



Cochins.— Cup, I, and 2, G. H. Procter, Durham, he, G. Holmes, Great Drif- 

 field. .Chickens— 1, G. H. Procter. 2, W. Jaggs, Birth. 



BR4H3IA3.— 1, W. Swann. 2. W. Whiteley, Sheffield. Chickens.— I, W. J. 

 Thompson. 2, R. Henderson. Middleshorough. c, J. N. Lawson, Rrhope. 



Spanish.— 1, W. Jaggs. 2, W. J. Thompson. Chickens.— 1, W. Laing, Sunder- 

 land. 2, J. N. Lawson. 



Polish.— 1, W. Bearpark. Chickens.— 1, W. Laing. 2, Dr. J. Barron. 



<.tA3ie.— Cup and 1, J. Mason. 2, J. Morton, Durham, he, J. B rough, Carlisle. 



Game.— Black-breasted and other Reds.— I, J. Brough. 2, G. Watson, Ryhope. 

 c, J. Gibson, Ryhope Colliery. Chickens. — 1, C. Widdas. 2, J. Hardy, Bishop- 

 wearmouth. he, J. Hardy ; J. Morton ; J. Stark. 



Game.— Any other Variety.— i, G. Holmes. 2, Pickering & Dugglebr, Driffield. 

 Chickens.— 1, W. Laing. 2, C. Widdas. 



Hamburghs.— Go Iden-spangled.—l, W. Bearpark. 2. G. Holme*. Chickens. 

 — 1, Countess of Tankerville, Chillingham Castle, Alnwick. 2, W. Whitfield, 

 Hetton. 



Hamburghs.— Silver-spangled— 1, W. Bearpark. 2, G. Holmes. Chickens — 



1, D. Cheyne. 2. T. Ayre, West Auckland. 



Hamburghs— Golden-pencilled. — 1, W. Bearpark. 2, G. Holme3. he. J. 

 Pattison, Bebside Colliery; J. Morton. Chickens.— 1, Countess of Tankerville. 



2, D. Cheyne. 



Hamburghs.— Silver-pencilled.— 1, G. Holme3. 2, W. Bearpark. he, N. H. 

 Scott, Ford Hall, Sunderland. Chickens.— 1, Countess of Tankerville. 2, N. H. 

 Scott. 



Game Bantams.— Black-breasted and other Beds.— Cup and 1, W. Rodgers, 

 Sunderland. 2, G. Hali, Kendal, he, D. Hunter, Sunderland ; J. Ferry, Cowpen, 

 Morpeth. Chickens.— 1 and 2, W. Rodgers. he, G. Hull ; G. Holmes. 



Game Bantams.— Any otlier Variety.— 1,G. Hall. 2. J- Ross, Bebside Colliery, 

 Birth, he, W. Rodgers. Chickens.— 1 and he, H. H. Thompson. Sunderland. 

 % R. Youll, Boldon. 



Bantams.— Any other Variety except Game.— l,H.Mully. 2, W.J.Thompson. 

 he, H. H. Taylor, West Hartlepoel. Chickens. — 1, G. Holmes. 2, H. H. 

 Thompson. 



Ducks.— Aylesbury.— I, O. A. Young. Driffield. 2, T. Stansfield, Sunderland. 

 he. W. Laing (2); W. Swann; Miss F. Wilson, Morpeth. Rouen.— 1, Miss F. 

 Wilson. 2, \V, Swann. he, Mrs. Clark, Pittington; W. Swann. Any other 

 Variety— I and 4, W. Binna. 2, J. G. Milner, Bellerby Vicarage, Leyburn, 

 3 and he, O. A. Young. 



Selling Class.— 1, W. Bearpark. 2. Mrs. Clark he, O. A. Young; J. Rob- 

 son ; J. Morton ; W. Swann; Miss F. Wilson ; Countess of Tankerrille. 



Judge. — Mr. E. Hutton, Pudsey, Leeds. 



"WHITBY POULTRY SHOW. 

 This Show was held August 28th, in connection with that of 

 the Agricultural Society. There were 308 entries of poultry and 

 Pigeons. The following awards were made by the Judges, 

 Messrs. Dixon, of Bradford, and Adams, of Beverley : — 



Dorkings.— 1, J. White. 2, W. Bearpark. Chickens,—!, R. Smith. 2, J. 

 White, he, Miss Barclay, c, G. Garbutt. 



Spaxish.— 1, J. Thresh. 2 and lie, J. Powell. Chickens.— 1, J. Powell. 2, J. 

 T'hresh. he, G. Clemmitt. 

 - French.— 1, Miss Barclay. 2. J. Booth. 



Cochin-China. — 1, G. H. Proctor. 2, G. Holmes, he, W. Thompson. 

 Chickens — 1, G. Speedy. 2 and he, D. rbeston. 



Brahma Pootra.— 1, W. Whitley. 2, T. S- Turner. Chickens— 1, M. G. 

 Greenbnry. 2, G. Polfreyman. he, Rev. R. A. White. 



Game— Reds.— 1. G. Sutton. 2, H. M. Julian. Am/ variety:— 1, H. M. Julian. 

 2, G. Holmes. Chickens.— 1, T. Weatherill. 2, J. Watson, he, W. Maynard. 



Hamburghs.— Gold-spangUd —!, H. Beldon. 2, G Holmes, lie, G. Garbntt. 

 Silver- sjmngled — 1, H. Btldon. 2, G. Holmes. Gold or Silver-spangled — 

 Chickens.— 1, G. Speedy. 2, Mrs. Stonehouse. 



Hamburghs. — Golden-pencilled, — 1, H. Beldon. 2, G. Holmes. Silver- 

 pencilled.— I. H. Beldon. Gold or Silver-pencilled— Chickens.— \, T. H. Read- 

 man. 2, J. Russell, he, W. Thompson. 



Bantams.— Game.— 1. W. Henderson. 2, J. Booth, he, T. Percival. Any 

 variety.— 1, G. Holmes. 2, R. Smith. 



Ant' Pure Breed.— 1, H. Beldon. 2. R. Ward, he, Lady D. Yeoman. 

 ■Chickens.— I, H. Beldon. 2, R. Loft, he, J. P. Fawcet. 



Faemyard.— 1, R. Smith. 2, O. A. Young. 



Any Variety — l, G. ^coby. 2, E. Barker. 3, J. Powell, he, G. Pounder ; 0. 



A. Young, c, G. Trueman. 



Ducks.— Aylesbury.— I, O. A. Young. 2, Mrs. Stonehouse. Ducklings.— 1, 

 TVIrs. Stonehouse. 2, H. Stony. Rouen.— 1, G. Garbutt. 2, G. Sadler. 'Duck- 

 lings.— 1. 3. Newton. 2, G. Garbutt. he, T. Weatherill. Any variety.— 1 and 

 2, S. Burn, he, 0. A. Young; G. Sadler. Duckli7igs.—2, 0. A. Young. Cross- 

 bred.— 1, S. Burn. 2, G. Pounder, he, T. S. Turner. 



Geese.— 1, H. Storrv. 2,0. A.Young, he, J. Arrowsmith. Goslings.— 1, J. 



B. Braithwaite. 2, P. C Bedlington. lie, O. A. Young. 



Turkeys.— 1 and he, J. B. Braithwaite. 2, H. Storry. Poults.— !, 0. A. 

 Young. 2, T. M. Derry. 



Pigeons.— Poute rs.—!, G. Sadler. 2, J. P. Fawcett. Tumblers.— 1, G. Sadler- 

 2, C. Anton. Carriers.— I, G. Sadler. 2, J. Harland. Fantails.— 1. J. P. Faw. 

 cett. 2, H. Yardley. he, J. S. Loversidge. Jacobins.— i, R. G. Sanders. 2, R. 

 Wilson. Trumpi'ters— 1 and 2, R. Wilson. Barbs.— 1, J. P. Fawcett. 2, H. 

 Yardley. Any variety.— 1, J. ThreBh. 2. T. Booth. Selling Class.—! and 2, C, 

 Auton. he, J. Harland; J. Horsley; J.Harrison; C.Anton. 



TRANSFERRING BEES— A BAR HIVE. 



Replying to your correspondent, " A Young Apiabian," I 

 would certainly recommend him after safely wintering his two 

 straw hives to transfer their contents to bar-frame hives ; and the 

 hive I should recommend him to construct is the one spoken of 

 by me as being preferred by Mr. C. N. Abbott, although he now 

 recommends a larger one still, and promises a full description 

 to be given in the English Mechanic in time for next season. 



The hives I made for myself are 17 inches from front to rear, 

 11 inches deep, and V2\ inches wide, all inside measure. These 

 admit eight frames, the top bars of which are 1 inch wide; they 

 are of a depth to allow 1 inch between the bottom of the frames 

 and the floor-board, and of a width to allow three-sixteenths of an 

 inch between the ends and the hive. They are separated by half- 

 inch spaces, which may either be done by screws or by a notched 

 rabbet at the top of the front and rear of the hive. I have made 

 them double-cased, with air-spaces between the inner and outer 

 skin for better protection in winter. Before making any more 

 hives for next season I intend waiting for Mr. Abbott's pro- 

 mised instructions, and should advise " A Young Apiabian " to 

 do likewise. 



For the process of transferring bees to bar-frame hives I 

 cannot do better than refer your correspondent to an article by 

 Mr. Abbott in the English Mechanic two weeks ago, where the 

 ■modus ujjerandi is described at full length, and I am sure if he 

 follow the instructions there given he cannot fail in being suc- 

 cessful. 



The introduction of an Italian queen mentioned in my letter 

 to your Journal (page 123) was accomplished in the following 

 manner : Having captured and removed the black queen, I next 

 day caged the Italian queen in a perforated zinc queen cage, 

 and inserted it between the bars of the hive, taking care that she 

 had sufficient honey for her wants and a few of her followers for 

 company. I must, however, have bungled in the operation, for 

 upon going to release her forty-eight hours afterwards I found 

 she had made good her escape into the hive. Fortunately she 

 was accepted by the bees as their future sovereign, and so this 

 my first attempt was more successful than I could reasonably 

 have expected under the circumstances. The operation is not 

 unattended with difficulties, as I lost several queens during the 

 summer in trying to establish them as heads of colonies. 



To hive a swarm of bees in a bar-frame hive is simple enough. 

 Having first shaken them into a common straw skep, a box, or 

 anything that is handiest, remove the honey board from the bar- 

 frame hive, and with a sharp jerk throw out the bees on to 

 top of the frames, and they will quickly find their way between 

 the frames down into the body of the hive, then slide on the 

 honey board, screw it down, and set the hive on to the stand it 

 is in future to occupy. 



I do not manufacture hives for sale, but if your correspondent 

 would prefer it my man shall make him one for a pattern, same 

 as those I have in use, and you can give him my address, as I 

 shall be happy to assist a beginner, as I myself have been as- 

 sisted. In conclusion I would strongly advise him to obtain 

 Langstroth "On the Hive and Honey Bee," and he will need 

 little other teaching. — R. Symington. 



HONEY SEASON IN NORTH BUCKS. 



The season has been far better than last year. Last year it 

 was the exception for a bee-keeper to obtain any produce. I 

 had an old stock given me, very weak, and I bought a swarm, 

 but at Michaelmas, though I did not take an ounce of honey, 

 I had to give each about 12 lbs. of food to make them up to the 

 required weight; but the syrup was not wasted. A neighbour 

 of mine lost three stocks, all he had, through not feeding, while 

 mine stood the winter well. I have obtained from each stock 

 an artificial swarm, and transferred both stocks to bar-frame 

 hives, so that I have now four good stocks, all with new comb, 

 and tolerably heavy. 



As to the yield of honey, Ihave obtained 19J lbs. of fine honey- 

 comb, and 10 lbs. of the best run honey. I may add that had 

 not the queen of one of my swarms died, and the loss remained 

 unsuspected for some time, I should have had several more 

 pound of super honey, for the other artificial swarm gave me 

 16A lbs. of splendid honeycomb. This is not reckoned a good 

 county for honey, as there is so little bee pasture. — L. C. 



BEE-KEEPING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 



It must be four or five years since you gave in your Journal 

 a section and description of a hive called the American Adjuster, 

 which I consider a first-rate hive for those who desire a large 

 quantity of fine honey without destroying their bees. I made 

 one exactly of the dimensions given, and put in the stock 

 box a first swarm, which well filled it the first year; and 

 every season since, excepting one, I have taken by far the 

 greatest weight of very fine honey from this hive. This year, 

 on July 23th, I lifted off the top as usual, and it weighed 48 lbs. 



