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JOUEJTAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GABDENEE. 



[ August 9, 1864, 



hood, did not relish the idea of going there via London, and 

 paying the difference of the excursion ticket. 

 (To be continued.) 



THE AGRICULTURAL HALL POULTRY SHOW 

 AJND THE POULTRY CLUB. 

 In reply to your correspondent " An Exhibitor," I be g 

 to state that I have neither time nor inclination to enter 

 into the paper war which he appears to wish, particularly as 

 facts appear to have so little impression upon him. To him 

 as to all other of your correspondents I say, Communicate 

 directly, and they shall have all the information I can give. 

 With me the matter ends here. — E. Tddhan, an Son. Sec. to 

 the Poultry Club, Ash Grove, Whitchurch, Salop. 



However true may be the remarks of your correspondent 

 "An Exhibitor," I am very certain and at the same time 

 very glad that he is not the delegate, or, as he would say, 

 " the locum tenens," of poultry exhibitors generally. 



He expresses himself as being " truly amazed " that any 

 one should have the "hardihood" to deny that the appoint- 

 ment of Mr. Hewitt as judge at the forthcoming Islington 

 Show had taken place. I again state that if he had read 

 all the correspondence between you and Mr. Tudman he 

 would have seen that " no such appointment has taken 

 place ;" and if he means to doubt the word of the Honorary 

 Secretary of the Poultry Club, who is surely a person qualified 

 to know what the Club is doing, I am the person to be 

 " amazed," and he is the one that possesses the " hardihood." 

 That which your correspondent calls a " palpable fact " is 

 not a fact at all. 



In reference to the rules of the Club, this " Exhibitor," 

 who appeal's not to quite understand what he is writing 

 about, wishes to know, " How comes it that they have not 

 been acted on?" In answer to this, the rules are not yet 

 fully compiled, and are at present undergoing revision, 

 which is proved by the limited issue of the copies. I in 

 turn want to know how anything can be said to fail before 

 it has been tried. 



In conclusion, allow me to beg of " An Exhibitor " not 

 to write in future upon a subject till he fully comprehends 

 it. — A Poultry Fancier. 



LEICESTERSHIRE AND WALTHAM POULTRY 

 EXHIBITION. 



This Exhibition of poultry forms a part of the stock shown 

 at the annual agricultural meeting of this Society, which 

 this year took place at Market Harborough, the object of 

 the promoters (judging by the prize schedule), being more 

 to encourage useful poultry than those breeds which are 

 rather Fashion's favourites. Great care is taken of the 

 poultry -whilst on exhibition, and with the well-known 

 Turner's Sheffield pens, the Show was a really well-ordered 

 one. True it is, the number of pens shown were fewer than 

 customary, it being now the midst of the moulting time, as 

 it is certain that fowls are moulting some six weeks earlier 

 than last season — a feature that will tell much in favour of 

 the late shows. Some of the chickens shown were very early 

 birds, as forward as any we have seen this year, and in ex- 

 cellent feather ; but the adults, as a rule, were in a state of 

 semi-nudity. 



It will be well just to remind our readers, that in Pigeons, 

 however good individually, birds of directly opposed colours 

 cannot hope for success exhibited as pairs, the matching of 

 feather being as indispensable in Pigeons as in poultry. 



"We were glad to see the Judges marked their disapproval 

 of the quite too common plan now-a-days, of exhibiting two 

 or more ganders in a pen, devoted according to rule to a male 

 and two females. One pen of three ganders, and another of 

 two ganders and a Goose, though the best by far as to size 

 and feather, were most properly disqualified. 



The weather being exceedingly fine, without great heat, 

 the number of visitors was most satisfactory, and the Show 

 may be deemed a success. 



Dorking. — First, B. Everard, Bardon Hill House. Second, — Sheffield, 

 Geddington Lodge. Chickens.— First, B. Everard. Second, T. Burnaby, 

 Upper Lodge, PIpwelL 



Spanish.— First, M. Brown, Ab Kettleby. Second, B. Everard, Bardon 

 Hill House. Chickens. — First, "withheld, there being no competition* 

 Second, B. Everard. 



Cochin-China (Any colour).— First, A. Guy, Eaton, Grantham. Second, 

 J. Buckley, Desford. Chickens.— First, J. B. Hanbury, Clipston House. 

 Second, Capt. T. Wetherall, Loddington. Commended, A. Guy. 



Cochin-China (White).— First, M. Brown, Ab Kettleby. Second, T. 

 Sheppard, Humberstone. Chickens. — First, T. Sheppard. Second, G. 

 Sheen, Leicester. 



Game (Black-breasted and other Reds).— Prize, Capt. T. Wetherall, Lod- 

 dington. Highly Commended, M. Brown, Ab Kettleby. Chickens. — 

 Prize, B. Everard, Bardon Hill House. Highly Commended, Sir W. de C. 

 Brooke, Bart, Geddington Grange. 



Game (White. Piles or any other colour). — Prize, B. Everard, Bardon 

 Hill House. Highly Commended. H. W. White, Home Farm, Great Crosby, 

 Chickens.— Prize. B. Everard. Commended, A. Guy, Eaton. 



Hamboboh (Of any colour 1 . — Prize, K. E. Duckering, Northorpe* 

 Chickens.— Prize, H. E. Emberlin, Humberstone. 

 SINGLE COCKS. 



Doekino.— Prize, B. Everard, Bardon Hill House. 



Spanish.— Prize, M. Brown, Ab Kettleby. 



Cochin-China (White). — Prize, F. W. Montgomery, Gaddesby. 



Hamboegh.— Prize and Commended, J. Buckly, Desford. 



Bantams (Clean-legged).— First,,Capt. T. Wetherall, Loddington. Second , 

 H. E. Emberlin, Humberstone. 



Game Bantams (Black-breasted and other Reds). — First, Capt. T. 

 Wetherall, Loddington. Second, A. Guy, Eaton, Grantham. 



Ant othee Vaeiety Except Gamb. — First, A. Guy. Second, W. Chamber- 

 lain, Desford. Cock. — Prize, G. Sheen, Leicester. 



Duces (Aylesbury).— First, H. E. EmberliH, Humberstone. Second, 

 M. Brown, Ab Kettleby. Highly Commended, H. E. Emberlin. 



Ducks (Rouen). — First, J. Sheffield, Geddington Grange. Second, .T, 

 Burnaby, Upper Lodge. Pipwell. 



Tubkeys (Black).— First, J. Johnson, Brampton. Second, J. E. Bennett, 

 Husbands Bosworth Grange. 



Turkeys (Any other variety). —First, A. Guy, Eaton, Grantham. Second, 

 J. Johnson, Brampton. 



Geese. — Prize, W. Kirk, Wymondham. 



Pigeons. — Tumblers. — First, P. W. Montgomery, Gaddesby. Second, 

 Right Hon. Viscount lngestre. Powters. — Prize, H. E. Emberlin, Humber- 

 stone. Hunts. — First, H. E. Emberlin. Second, J. Buck, Leicester. 

 Jacobines. — Prize, H. E. Emberlin. Fantails.— Prize, W. Draycott, 

 Humberstone. 



Rabbits (For the heaviest weight).— Prize, W. Chamberlain, Desford. 



Ant otheb Kind.— Prize, W. Chamberlain. Highly Commended, F. W, 

 Montgomery, Gaddesby. 



"W. Dolby, Esq., of Botherfield, and Edward Hewitt, Esq., 

 of Sparkbrook, Birmingham, officiated as Judges. 



SUCCESSFUL POULTRY-KEEPING. 



As it is more pleasant to hear of success than failure, I 

 am tempted to send you my experience in chicken-rearing 

 this season ; and think even the successful poultry-keeper, 

 page 57, will acknowledge himself beaten. I shall be glad 

 to hear if any one has been more fortunate than myself. 



Cochin. — Feb. 11th, 5 hatched, 3 reared; Feb. 22nd, 

 4 hatched, 4 reared ; April 1st, 4 hatehed, 3 reared ; April 

 14th, 7 hatehed, 7 reared; May 1st, 7 hatched, 7 reared; 

 May 2nd, 8 hatched, S reared; May Sth, 13 hatched, 13 

 reared. Total, 48 hatched, 45 reared. 



Hajiburghs. — Feb. 11th, 6 hatched, 6 reared ; April 20th,, 

 12 hatched, 12 reared. Total, 18 hatched, 18 reared. 



The first two lots consist of two cockerels and five pullets, 

 and average 4 lbs. 15 ozs. each. The pullets all commenced 

 laying during the first week in July. — K. 



BUDE HAVEN & STRATTON HORTICULTURAL 

 AJST) POULTRY SHOW. 



The eighth Exhibition of this Society was held on Friday, 

 July 29th, in two spacious tents, in convenient grounds, 

 immediately adjoining the picturesque little church of Bude, 

 commanding fine views of the Haven and the surrounding 

 romantic scenery for which this favourite little watering 

 place is famed. The Show lasts but one day, so that the 

 birds are not fatigued by too long confinement in the poultry 

 pens. One great disadvantage under which the Society 

 labours is the fact that the nearest railway station is fully 

 twenty-six miles distant, so that whatever birds axe sent 

 from long distances have this tedious journey of twenty-six 

 miles to perform by coach before reaching their destination. 

 This necessarily tends to deter amateurs who reside in other 

 counties from sending their birds. There is, however, some 

 talk of a railway being constructed to connect Bude-Haven 

 with the North-Devon line, and if this scheme be carried out, 

 a vast improvement will no doubt be visible there in other 

 things besides poultry. 



