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JOUKNAL OF HOETICULTUBB AND COTTAGE GAEPENEE. 



[ September 19, 1872. 



turned putrid by the small particles of egg which fall off their 

 beaks when drinking. 



On the foregoing diet I find birds, old and young, will have 

 better general health, and also retain the colour and quality of 

 their plumage much later on in the season. For the moulting 

 season I suppose I must allow breeders to follow their own 

 peculiar whims and fancies. I will, therefore, only warn them 

 that unless they abide by the same rules as before moulting 

 they will have the same dangers to encounter, with this differ- 

 ence — more fatal results. They must bear in mind that too 

 much soft food, food of an oily nature, or anything of an open- 

 ing tendency, will soon disorganise the bowels of their favour- 

 ites, then disease and death; verdict, as usual, "Moulting sick- 

 ness." I have never lost but one bird during the moult, and 

 that was, I believe, by an epileptic fit. 

 (To be continued.) 



Burton, I think a bee show would prove a great success at all 

 floral e x hibitions. — J. E. B. 



Tomato Sweetbreads. — Cut up a quarter of a peck of fine ripe 

 Tomatoes, set them over the fire, and let them stew in nothing 

 but their own juice till they go to pieces; then strain them 

 through a sieve. Have ready four or five sweetbreads that have 

 been nicely trimmed and soaked in warm water. Put them into 

 a stewpan with the Tomato juice, and a little salt and cayenne, 

 add two or three table-spoonfuls of butter rolled in flour. Set 

 the saucepan on the fire, and stew the sweetbreads till done. A 

 few minutes before you take them up stir-in two beaten yolks of 

 eggs. Serve the sweetbreads in a deep dish with the Tomatoes 

 poured over them. 



BAR HIVES. 

 "While thanking Mr. Symington for his favourable recognition 

 in the Journal, September 5th, page 201, 1 trust you will permit 

 me to explain that the inch which the shallowness of the frame 

 permits at the bottom of the hive (too faithfully copied by Mr. 

 Symington's workmen) is the space once occupied by the 

 notched rack for steadying the bottoms of the frames — a la 

 Woodbury, but which I do not now recommend. My idea of a 

 comb frame is that it should have no bottom bar or rail at all until 

 filled with comb to the lowest natural point, when the bottom 

 of the comb might be squared off, and a piece of lath, which 

 need not be more than a sixteenth of an inch thick, tacked on. 

 By this means the combs would be worked down to their natural 

 depth — i.e., to nearly a quarter of an inch from the bottom 

 board, and would be fixed solidly on to the bottom bars or rails 

 of the frames, and there would then be no loss of space in the 

 hive. 



Mr. Symington is making his hives double -walled, and for 

 summer such hives are admirable ; but in winter the bees are as 

 if they were " down a well," so little can they possibly be 

 affected by any of the few sunny hours of winter. In my new 

 hive, which is roughly described in a February number of The 

 English Mechanic, I have adopted the double-wall system, but 

 for winter have arranged for the front outer wall to be of glass, 

 so that the whole front of the hive shall have the full benefit of 

 all the winter sunshine. The super cover is pierced and glazed 

 with the same object, so that the upper storey may be occasion- 

 ally warmed and dried. In summertime the hive would be 

 turned round, with double wooden walls to the front, there 

 being two entrances to permit of that variation of aspect. 



The crown board is in pieces for ventilating and to prevent 

 warping, and is held in place by two ledges slightly hollowed 

 nnderneath, so that one screw in the centre of each pinches the 

 whole down tightly, and any part of the hive may be opened 

 without disturbing the whole. The entrances are 9 inches wide 

 by half an inch high, it being easier to contract an entrance than 

 to increase it, especially in the busy time. The hive is 20i inches 

 wide, 17 inches long, and 11 inches deep inside, and has two 

 division boards, and "will contain twelve or thirteen frames. — 

 C. N. Abbott. 



BEES, BEE HIVES, AND HONEY. 

 Owing to an advertisement appearing in your columns that 

 there would be prizes offered for bees, bee hives, and honey, in 

 connection with the Burton-on-Trent Floral and Horticultural 

 Exhibition, August 21st — being myself a bee-keeper of many 

 years' standing, and a constant reader of your Journal — I made a 

 few remarks on that part of tb e E xhibition which most interested 

 me. Having business at Burton about that time, I arranged it 

 so that I might be present at the Show, and certainly it far sur- 

 passed my expectations. The exhibitors were not numerous, 

 but the subjects excelled anything of the sort I ever saw before. 

 First in hives came Mr. T. Young, Hornington, with a practical 

 ten-bar frame hive ; second, Mr. G-. Cross, Uxbridge Street, also 

 with a bar frame hive; third, Mr. T. Pegg, Dalton Street; 

 fourth, Mr. Thomas Young, Hornington. An extra prize for a 

 hive adapted to cottagers went to Mr. T. Young, Hornington. 

 For a practical observatory hive, the first prize was taken by 

 Mr. T. Young, Hornington. This hive was stocked with Italian 

 bees, the finest I ever saw. I learned from the exhibitor that 

 the bees were supplied to him by Mr. W. J. Pettitt, of Dover. 

 Mr. Young also exhibited two sets of collateral hives, one stocked 

 and one unstocked. The unstocked one in particular was fitted 

 with every improvement, yet to my surprise they were not 

 mentioned in the prize list. The prizes for super honey were 

 as follows : — First, Mr. Gr. Cross, Uxbridge Street ; second, Mr. 

 T. Pegg, Dalton Street ; third, Mr. H. Withnall, Eangemore. 

 Extra prizes were awarded to Miss Baggaley, Whittington Hall, 

 Lichfield; Mr. H. Withnall, Eangemore; and Mr. E. Statham, 

 Doveridge. 



If the same spirit were shown in other towns as there was at 



OUR LETTER BOX. 



Books (A. N. C). — Mr. Wright's book of poultry can be had of every hook- 

 seller. It is published by Messrs. Cassellin parts price Is. monthly. 

 Bolton, Wellington, and Stafford Shows ( ). — They were not 



advertised, except in local papers. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, 



Camden Square, London. 



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



Date. 



A.M. 





In ti 



£E DAT. 



Radi ation 







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Shade Tem- 



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ter. 



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perature. 



Temperature 



Sept. 









In 



On 







g-=sJ 



Dry. 



Wet. 



3° 





Max. 



Min. 



sun. 



grass 







Inches. 



deg. 



dec 





dog. 



den. 



deg. 



deg. 



deg. 



In. 



We. 11 



30.002 



0S.5 



64.3 



s.w. 



60.4 



76.0 



59 6 



111.2 



561 



— 



Tn. 12 



30.19-1 



65 2 



60.6 



w. 



61.8 



75.2 



60.4 



122.6 



58.2 



— 



Fri. 13 



30.S22 



65.4 



61.8 



w. 



61.6 



80.2 



S3 9 



131.8 



51.1 







Sat. 14 



30.178 



e6 5 



63.8 



w. 



62 2 



72.7 



57.5 



101.8 



55.6 







Sun.15 



31.104 



65 2 



62.8 



w. 



62.4 



74.2 



53.1 



115 2 



55 2 



— 



Mo. 16 



29 909 



58.9 



54.5 



s.w. 



61.2 



68.2 



43.6 



117.2 



45.8 



— 



Tu. 17 



29.867 



62.7 



59 2 



s. 



6).6 



73.9 



52.9 



101.2 



50.8 



— 



Means 



30.095 



64 6 



60.9 





61.5 



74.3 



55.9 



114.4 



53.3 



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REMARKS. 



11th. — Fine day,and very oppressive, notwithstanding there was astrong win<2 



all day. 

 12th. — Beautifully fine all day and night, though still rather windy. 

 13th. — Very fine day, but rather too warm for the time of year ; somewhat 



cloudy for a short time about noon, then fine, and splendid sunset. 

 14th. — Fine, with cool breeze, alternate sunshine and cloud all day, and very 



close. 

 loth. — Fair, though hazy at 8 a.m., then fine, but occasionally cloudy during; 



the day; very red sunset. 

 16th. — Morning rather dull, day fine, at times very bright, but much cooler. 

 17th. — A very enjoyable day, now and then cloudy, but very pleasant. 



A week with frequent cloud, but no rain ; a total absence of thunderstorms, 

 although the weather was occasionally somewhat oppressive in spite of the wind, 

 ■which was frequently rather high. Temperature above the average, especially 

 on 13th.— G. J. SSymons. 



COVENT GARDEN MAREET.— September 17. 

 There is no alteration worth quoting, and the markets generallv are very 

 dull. 



FRUIT. 



Apples & sieve 



Apricots doz. 



Cherries per lb. 



Chestnuts bushel 



Currants $ sieve 



Black do. 



Figs doz. 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs lb. 



Gooseberries quart 



Grapes, hothouse lb. 



Lemons ^100 



Melons each 



s. d. s. d. 

 3 OtoO 



s. d. 



Mulberries ^ lb. 1 



Nectarines doz. 3 



Oranges ^llO 8 



Peaches doz. 4 



Pears, kitchen doz. 1 



dessert doz. 2 



Pine Apples lb. S 



Plums $ sieve 5 



Quinces doz. 1 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries ^ lb. 



Walnuts bushel 10 



ditto 1*100 1 



OtoO 

 



s. d. 



VEGETABLES. 



Artichokes doz. 2 0to4 



Asparagus ^100 



Beans. Kidney.... i sieve 2 



Broad bushel 



Beet, Red doz. 10 3 



Broccoli bundle 9 16 



Cabbage doz. 10 16 



Capsicums ^K'O 3 4 



Carrots bunch 6 



Cauliflower doz. 2 4 



Celery bundle 16 2 



Coleworts.. doz. bunches 2 3 



Cucumbers eacb 3 10 



pickling doz. 



Endive doz. 2 



Fennel bunch 3 



Garlic lb. 6 



h erbs bunch 3 



Horseradish bundle 5 7 



Leeks bunch 2 



Lettuce doz, 9 10 



Mushrooms pottle 



Mustard & Cress. .punnet 

 Onions bunch 



pickling quart 



Parsley per doz. bunches 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Round do. 



Radishes. . doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Salsafy ty bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Scorzonera.... ^bundle 



Sea-kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach buBhel 



Tomatoes doz. 



Turnips bunch 



Vegetable Marrows. .doa. 



s. d. s. d. 

 1 OtoS 

 



