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JOUENAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



t September 19, 1872. 



fifteen grains of jalap, or one to two grains of calomel twice 

 a- week according to the size of the fowls, with one-eighth to 

 one-fourth of a grain of acetate of morphia daily. It may be 

 made into a pill in any simple form. Beside this, enough car- 

 bonate of potass should be put in all the water to give a slight 

 alkaline taste. To meet the other causes, the fountain must be 

 kept clean and cool, and always filled with the alkaline drink, 

 and either some straw thrown down for the birds to scratch in, 

 or a cabbage, or half swede, or mangold hung up by a long 

 string to bob about as they peck at it. This will give much 

 amusement and occupation, as well as green food, which must 

 be regularly supplied. 



In a case the other day, a whole lot of Brahma chickens took 

 to the habit, cockerels (which were separate), as well as the rest. 

 They were cured in a week by the medical treatment alone, but 

 were on small grass runs. In most cases the other subsidiary 

 measures would be needful as well. I shall be glad to hear 

 further of the results of this treatment. My hopes are great of 

 its being found generally successful. — L.' Wright. 



LIVER DISEASE IN FOWLS. 



In reply to the letter of " I. K. L." last week, there can, I 

 think, be little doubt that the disease of the liver she speaks of 

 is of the regular strumous character. I say regular, because 

 breeders of Asiatics have long been acquainted with it after 

 unusually cold and wet seasons, such as last summer has cer- 

 tainly been. There must, of course, be some predisposition, and 

 in this case the seeds of the complaint may have lingered on 

 from last year, as the disease is usually of slow growth. 



I had a note the other day from our old friend, "Y. B. A. Z.," 

 on this very subject, in which he states that the proper treat- 

 ment would be alterative doses of mercury followed by tonics — 

 say for a Brahma two grains of calomel, with single-grain pills 

 afterwards twice a-week, followed by half a teaspoonful twice 

 a-day of the preparation known to all druggists as " Parrish's 

 Chemical Food." This is a syrup of phosphate of lime, potash, 

 and iron, prepared in a soluble form from a formula by Mr. 

 Edward Parrish, of Philadelphia. I have given the formula in 

 the work " I. K. L." so kindly refers to, as I have not the slight- 

 est hesitation in saying that for high-bred stock it is the most 

 valuable tonic ever discovered, being also daily more prized by 

 medical men for more important cases. Its effect on weakly breeds 

 or chickens is sometimes magical. I may mention that a friend 

 to whom I had recommended it for his fowls on account of leg- 

 weakness, was so pleased that he again recommended it to a 

 friend who bred dogs, and the latter became quite as enthu- 

 siastic about its efficacy in his peculiar line. — L. Wright. 



RAMSEY POULTRY SHOW. 



This was held on the 11th inst. ; the following awards were 

 made :— 



Dobkings.— 1. J. Longland, Grendon. 2, R. Wood. Clapton. Chickens— 1, J. 

 Longland. 2. E. Wood. Cock— 1, J. Longland. Hen— I, R. Wood. Cockerel. 

 — 1. J. Longland. Pullet —1, J. Longland. 



Spanish.— 1, H. Yardley, Birmingham. Chickens— 1. H. Yardlev. 2. Mrs. 

 Stephens, Abbotts Ripton Hall. Cock or Cockerel.— I, H. Yardley. Hen.—l, H. 

 Yardley. 



Game.— 1, S. Deacon, Polbrook. 2, H. Yardley. Cock or Cockerel.— I, H. 

 Yardley. 



Game Bantams.— Black-breasted or oilier Beds.—l, H. Yardley. 2, J. Good- 

 liff. Huntingdon. 



Mixed Brf ed. — 1 and 2. J. Longland. 



Cochin-Chtna.— 1 and 2 H, Yardley. Chickens.— I. H. Y'ardley. 



Hamburghs — Any Variety —1, W. Cutlack, jun.. Littleport. 2, H. Yardley. 



Polish.— 1 and 2, Rev. W. Thornhill. Offord Darcy. 



Ant other Variety. — 1, Miss Fryer. Moulton Paddocks. Newmarket. 



DtFOHS.— Aylesbury —1 and 2, Rev. W. Thornhill. Ducklings.— 1. J. Goodliff. 

 2. Rev. W. Thornhill. Rotten — 1, 3. Goodliff. 2. R. Wood. 'Ducklings— 1, J. 

 Goodliff. 2, R. Wood. Any other Variety— 1. H. Yardley. 2, J. Goodliff. Suck- 

 lings.— 1 and 2, J. Goodliff. 



CGeese— 1, S. beacon. 2, J. Goodliff. Goslings.— 1. H. Wymann, Conington 

 Lane. 2, J. Goodliff. 



Turkeys.— 1, Mrs. Morton. Offord Darey. 2, E. Arnold, Whittlesford. Poults. 

 ~1. Mrs. Mouoa. 2, E.Arnold. 



Extra Peizf.— To the exhibitor gaining the greatest number of prizes in the 

 foregoing classes.— H. Yardley. 



Special Prizes.— For tlie Best Pen of Fowls— H. Yardley. Sucks.— J. Good, 

 liff. Geese— S. Deacon. Tv/rkeys.— Mrs. Morton. Pigeons.— V7. Minson- 

 St. Ives, Hunts. 



Collection of Pigeons, not less than Three" Varieties.— 1 and 2, W. 

 Minson. 



Judge. — Mr. Tegetmeier, Finchley. 



SEDGEFIELD PIGEON SHOW. 



The first annual Exhibition of this Society took place on the 

 10th inst. The entries, numbering 135 pens, greatly exceeded 

 the most sanguine expectations of the Committee, so much so 

 that they intend revising the schedule next year. The medal 

 for the best bird in the Show was awarded to a Carrier belonging 

 to Mr. Sadler, Boroughbridge, which was immediately claimed 

 at £3 3s., and the medal for the second best waB won by a Fan- 

 tail belonging to Mr. J. Walker, Newark-on-Trent. The Variety 

 class (24 pens) contained some exceedingly good birds, and had 



two extra prizes awarded. Foreign Owls were first and second, 

 a Trumpeter third, a Blondinette fourth, and an Antwerp fifth. 



Carriers.— Medal. G. Sadler. Borobridge. 2, A. Brown. Gilesgate. Durham. 

 3. H. Yardley, Birmingham, he, A. Brown ; G. Sadler, c. K.. & T. Sanderson, 

 Stanhope ; J. Guthrie. Hexham ; J. E. Pyman, West Hartlepool. 



P. uters —1. K & T. Sanderson. 2, J. Bell, jun., Newcastle. 3, G. Sadler. 

 he, A. BrowD. c, R. J. Anderson, Newcastle ; J. E. Pvman. 



Tumblers — 1, J. E. Pyman. 2 and 3, W. R. & H. O. Blenkinsop, Newcastle. 



Fantails— Medal, J Walker, Ncwark-on-Trent. 2, R. & T. Sanderson. 3, H. 

 A. Ayrton. Saltburn-by-the-Sea. c, J. Walker. 



Turrits— 1, A. Brown. 2, J. Young, Bishop Auckland. 3, H. Yardley. he, A. 

 Brown ; J. Y'oung : R. G. Anderson. 



Jacobins.— 1 and he, W. R. & H. O. Blenkinsop. 2, H. Y'ardley. 3. J. Y r onng. 



Dragoons.— 1, H. Y'ardley. 2 and he. J. G. Dunn, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 3, J. 

 Gu'hrie. 



Magpies.— 1, R Smith, Durham Countv Asylum. 2, M. Ord, Sedgefield. 8, A. 

 N. Dodds, North Shields, he, N. H. Scott ; M. Ord. 



Barbs— 1. H Y'ardley. 2. W. R. & H. O. Blenkinsop. 3. R. Thompson. 



Any othpr Variety.— 1, W. R. & H. O. Blenkinsop. 2, C. Dennison, Halifax. 

 8. J. E. Pyman. 4. M. Ord. 5, R. Simpson, he, M. Ord ; R. Thompson ; T. W. 

 Kilkura, Bishop Auckland. 



Judge. — Mr. T. Rule, Durham. 



MALMESBUBY SHOW.— No. 2. 



Entering the grounds of Burton Hill, I find myself in one of 

 the very prettiest and best-kept places which in my somewhat 

 large experience it has ever been my lot to see. As far as I 

 know this neighbourhood — and I have known it for eighteen 

 years — Col. Miles's residence is quite unique ; there is no other 

 of the same kind. We have large and noble places, as Badmin- 

 ton, and Bowood, and Corsham Court ; the residences also of 

 many large squires. For the most part at squires', large and 

 small, the gardens are only kept up just according to general re- 

 quirements, and the gardener's taste not sufficiently encouraged. 

 Then we have trim well-managed villa gardens, particularly one 

 near Chippenham called " The Clift," in which the taste, and 

 care, and industry of its owner have in twenty years produced 

 a charming combination of variously-foliaged trees and many- 

 tinted flowers. But Burton Hill is neither large mansion nor 

 villa, but something between — a comfortable residence — a place 

 big enough for space and small enough to be cosy in. 



I have not the least idea who planned the gardens, or the gar- 

 dener under whose care they are now, but to both there is much 

 credit due. The grounds are not by any means large, but good 

 taste in laying them out has made them in appearance very 

 much larger. A long and narrow avenue, part firs, part, if I 

 remember rightly, elms, shuts out the road winter and summer, 

 and its narrowness gives an idea of length and consequent size 

 to the grounds. Then, if the garden had been a natural slope 

 merely, the eye would have seen all at once ; but the surface 

 being broken by grass terraces, with here a deep bowling-green- 

 like lawn, in the centre of which was an artificial circlet of water, 

 with the stiffness of its margin broken by ferns, and around it a 

 dazzling show of bedding plants in geometric beds ; then there, 

 a long line of small beds, with a geranium in the centre of each 

 trained like a standard rose. Then I must not forget the shrubs, 

 so many evergreen, so that Burton Hill must look cheerful in 

 the very heart of dreary winter. This year, too, has been a fine 

 one for lawns ; not a blade of grass has been scorched, but the 

 deep rains have kept all in richest greenness. Climbing a grass 

 terrace, I peep into a conservatory forming a part of the house, 

 and used for the nonce as a tea-room, many tea-tables standing 

 between its columns covered with creepers. But what pleased 

 my eyes, and specially my nose, was a sheet of heliotrope bloom 

 covering the whole of one side of the conservatory. The deli- 

 cate odour of this flower never struck me as so pleasing ; and 

 several square yards of bloom gratified the eye. In short, the 

 gardens at Burton Hill and all the gardening arrangements re- 

 flect the highest credit to the gardener. It is so pleasant to see 

 a place where the owners must delight in their garden and give 

 scope for then - gardeners' ability. I have noticed that when a 

 lady and gentleman do not care for their garden their gardener 

 is discouraged ; while, on the contrary, when they love and 

 especially understand flowers, he is encouraged and cheered in 

 his work, and puts forth all his energies. 



The flower and poultry Show was held in a field beyond the 

 garden connected therewith by a temporary bridge. From this 

 field one caught a pleasant glimpse of the venerable abbey. 

 Here were tents and bands of music, and the usual attendants 

 of a show. The flower showwas interesting as a local gathering 

 and exhibition, but only a fair one as to quality and quantity. 



The poultry and Pigeon Show was also but small. The latter 

 surely might have been much larger if the Committee had ad- 

 vertised their Show. It is not possible that, unadvertised, an 

 out-of-the-way place, especially in the south of England, can 

 have a good exhibition of poultry and Pigeons, because few keep 

 them compared with the number in the north. I learned that 

 there were fewer Pigeons this year than last, and poultry as well 

 were diminished. The fowls were shown in the old-fashioned 

 way — viz., three in a pen. This is a mistake ; two may be fairly 

 good, but the third spoils the look of all if not a match. There 

 are two gentlemen who are poultrymen in and nearMalmesbury 

 — viz., Messrs. Hanks and Maggs, the former at Malmesbury, 

 the latter at Tetbury, and they took, naturally enough, most of 



